
Issue No 114		05 October 2001

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Letters to the Editor

A Plan for Australia

Dear Kim Beazley,

I have carefully studied the Knowledge Nation plan, the revive Ansett plan, the Safe Injecting Room plan, the Illegal Boat People plan, the Badgerys Creek Airport plan and your performance in the House of Reps .

Unfortunately there appears to be no" Jobs for Australians" plan!

As one of many thousands of mature age unemployed and classified by some as unskilled ,unemployable and excess to requirement Australians. I have been selected to inform you that we are left with these haemorrhoidial type niggles and the feeling of paranoid that you are having a lend of us.

In all your grandiose plans, there is not a mention of these maligned and discarded forgotten Australians who have worked and paid taxes for the benefit of previous and future generations.

Perhaps these mature age Australians could , with the medicare subsidzed assistance of Dr Philip Nitschke ,make better use of the Safe Injecting Havens?

Tom Collins

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Issue 114 contents

Interview: Thinking Smart
With education a key priority, Labor's spokesman Michael Lee will emerge as a key player in the upcoming campaign.

Unions: In the Spotlight
The Public Education Convention placed the spotlight firmly on the performance and prospects of our federal politicians.

Campaign Diary: Election Form Guide
So they're off and racing in the 2001 stakes. Right now it's looking more like a handicap, but we're going along for the ride.

Education: Applying the Blowtorch
Veronica Apap reports on how teachers are planning to elevate education in the upcoming federal campaign.

History: Australia�s Orwell
Stephen Holt argues that the life of Jim Maloney contained echoes of the literary legend's own political journey.

International: Brazil Loses Child Labour Warrior
The global trade union movement against child labour has lost one of their brightest forces to a brutal assassination.

E-Change: 3.4 The New Governance
In the last instalment in their series on technological change, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel look at the challenges politics has yet to meet.

Satire: Qantas Denies New $7770 Domestic Fares 'Exploitative'
Australia's largest domestic carrier Qantas has rejected suggestions that it's new $7770 fares between Sydney and Melbourne are taking advantage of the airline's recently inherited monopoly.

Review: Dark Music for Dark Souls
The term Industrial Music represents a wide variety and coalition of musical forms, Adam Lincoln explains.

» Corporate IT Training in Labor's Sights

» Ansett Battle Moves to Top End of Town

» Ansett Families Jeer Howard The Saboteur

» Ansett Workers Hit the Hustings

» Email Bullies in Medibank Pay-Back

» Unions to Campaign Against Workplace Racism

» WorkCover's Adverts 'Devoid of Meaning'

» Principals Warn Of Critical Shortage

» Nurses Release Federal Policy Proposals

» The Aged Care Monster

» IT Workers Get Union Voice

» New Partnership for Sustainable Energy Industry

» One Hundred Strike Over Crane Accident

» CEPU Official for Telstra Board

» Qld Casual Workers Pay Increases

» The Workers United, Need a New Slogan!

» Activists Notebook

» Vale: Frank Belan

» The Soapbox

» Sport

» Trades Hall

» Tool Shed

» The President and the Terrorist

» Confessions of a Grand Final Loser

» A Plan for Australia

» Sleeping on the Job

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