Issue No 107 | 17 August 2001 | |
SatireBracks Disputes Cabramatta tagExtracted from The Chaser
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has called for a national council to decide on a location for Australia's drug capital.
The Premier has become frustrated by continual references to the Sydney suburb Cabramatta as "the drug capital". "If there are going to be any capitals then they clearly have to be halfway between Sydney and Melbourne," said Bracks. "Capitals must be equally inconvenient for all people to get to." Bracks announced a new competition for architects to design a new city. "To keep our drug capital consistent with Canberra, we will only select entrants who use a compass to design the city," said Bracks. "We hope that if we put in enough roundabouts people may become too dizzy to use drugs." Politicians from Canberra have pointed to huge drug problems in Canberra, and suggested that it should be a natural place to be the drug capital. Drug use advocates have objected to the capital being in close proximity to the political capital, and wish to keep the drug users away from persons of unsavoury character. Victorian residents have reacted with shock to Brack's statement. "I must be wrong, but this seems like Bracks' own idea and not just a continuation of Kennett's policies," said one shocked Melburnian. South Australian Premier John Olsen also entered the debate suggesting that it should be built at a mid-point between Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. Unconfirmed reports suggest he may not have been making a joke.
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Interview: What's The Deal? Labor's IR spokesman Arch Bevis explains how a Beazley Government will rebuild our broken system. E-Change: 2.3 The State of the Union White hope or white elephant? The future of trade unions is by no means guaranteed in the networked society. Industrial: Into the 21st Century ACTU President Sharan Burrow looks at the landmark deal delivering workers 12 months paid maternity leave. Unions: The Black Hole Jim Marr goes inside Stellar to discover the human cost of a management philosophy that says: you are on your own. History: The Age of Dissent The Sydney Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History has organised a Conference on Social Protest Movements and the Labour Movement, 1965-1975. Media: ABC and the Knowledge Nation Tony Moore looks at how the national broadcaster's fortunes are closely linked to the Knowledge Nation Agenda International: Brazil�s C.U.T. - When Big Is Beautiful The CFMEU�s Phil Davey drops in on Brazil�s equivalent to the ACTU, the Central Unica Dos Trabalhadores (CUT). Satire: Bracks Disputes Cabramatta tag Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has called for a national council to decide on a location for Australia's drug capital. Review: Globalisation Is Globalisation In an extract from his book, Christopher Shiel argues that the official Australian perspective on globalisation is strikingly narrow.
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