Issue No 106 | 10 August 2001 | |
NewsHIH Collapse Hits Arts Industry
Unions have called on the State and Federal Governments to come to assistance of a theatre that faces closure because its principal sponsor was the failed insurer HIH. The Marion Street Theatre will close its doors before the end of the year if it does not receive emergency bridging finance after the collapse of the company, which had pledged the theatre $250,000 this year and $350,000 for 2002. Theatre general manager and MEAA member Michael Huxley briefed the NSW Labor Council on the theatre's problems, warning its closure would lead to the loss of 70 full and part time jobs and leave a whole in the local community. Huxley says the Carr Government should step in to support a theatre that has adopted its preferred arts policy framework by securing private funding that made it wholly self-reliant. "This highlights the need for government art policies to consider a safety net for those companies which endeavour to seek private funds but end up in crisis through no fault of their own."
|
Interview: In Exile Burmese's government in exile's Minister for Justice U Thein Oo talks about a struggle for democracy that has become a test of international solidarity. Politics: A National Disgrace Labor's IR spokesman Arch Bevis gives his take on the workers entitlements issue and its mismanagement by the Howard Government. E-Change: 2.2 The Information Organisation Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel look at how network technologies will change the way organizations operate in the Information Age. Media: The Fine Print Mark Hebblewhite looks at how the major dailies handled the Tri-Star dispute and finds that the story really does depend on the telling. Human Rights: A People Besieged Labor MLC Janelle Saffin, an active supporter of the pro-Democracy movement in Burma, sets out the issues behind the ILO sanctions. International: Postcard From Brazil The CFMEU�s Phil Davey reports on a rural movement that puts our National Farmers Federation to shame. History: Indonesia Calling They needed no resolutions. Soldiers and workers who did not know one another moved together, the black ban started to reach out across the harbour from the noisy, smoke-filled room. Solidarity: On the Frontline Australian trade unionists are providing practical help for the Burmese through projects funded by APHEDA-Union Aid Abroad. Satire: Skase 'Too Ill' to Fly Home for Burial Spanish authorities have deemed Christopher Skase too ill to return to Australia for his own funeral. Review: Living Silence In these extracts from her new book, Christina Fink goes inside Burma to find a world where military repression is slowly crushing a people.
Notice Board View entire latest issue
|
© 1999-2000 Labor Council of NSW LaborNET is a resource for the labour movement provided by the Labor Council of NSW URL: http://workers.labor.net.au/106/news62_hih.htmlLast Modified: 15 Nov 2005 [ Privacy Statement | Disclaimer | Credits ] LaborNET is proudly created, designed and programmed by Social Change Online for the Labor Council of NSW |