
Issue No 116		19 October 2001

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MUA Sponsors Surf Comp

The small seaside township of Yallingup in WA will take a step back into the 60's this weekend as over 120 of the Nations best Long boarders hit the water for the MUA/Golden Breed Australian National Long Board championships.

The MUA is the major sponsor of the national titles that are being held under the banner Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas as part of its on going campaign against the deregulation of our coast and the dangers of substandard foreign shipping to our marine environment.

The word 'Yallingup' is Aboriginal for 'place of love', but the break itself can provide some of the largest waves to be ridden in the South West with no love lost.

Yallingups shifting peaks have made the difference between winning and losing. In past surfing competitions held at the location, competitors will need not only to remain focused on their task at hand, but also in tune with the ever changing conditions. Surfers will have to deal with a shifting take off zone and Spring in South Western Australia can see huge ground swells come up within hours, making conditions very trying.

Australia and the World's first surfing champion, Midget Farrelly of NSW, will be among the Long boarders visiting the region. Farrelly is in Western Australia to open Jack Edens Surfabout Revisited Collection at the Vasse Felix winery. The exhibit will run from Oct 19 for 2 months

Current Australian Long board Champion Wayne Dean QLD is no stranger to the break at Yallingup and will be putting on a display for the local talent that will show why he is number one in Australia, while West Australian Claire Finnucane could easily cause some upsets in the Womens division. Finnucane who revels in all types of conditions from small to large waves is no slouch to competitive surfing, having represented the State on numerous other occasions including short boards.

Competition will be fierce in all the 9 divisions with each of the states vying for the prestigious title of National Champions. Could the West Australian long boarders repeat the short boarders victory at Rottnest in May this year? We will just have to wait and see.

MUA GOLDEN BREED NATIONAL LONGBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Yallingup Beach

Western Australia

OCTOBER 20TH TO 28TH.

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Issue 116 contents

Interview: The Green Machine
Nick Bolkus outlines Labor's environmental stance and lays down the gauntlet to Bob Brown's Greens.

Industrial: Regaining Control
France�s 35 hour week stems from the program of the Left coalition government which went to the polls in June 1997 with the policy of �worksharing�.

Unions: Home Of The Longest Day
Australia has a dubious new prize to put in its cluttered national trophy cabinet. We are increasingly the most over-worked nation in the world.

Campaign Diary: Week Two: Fightback
Labor's doing everything to win a normal campaign - but this is no normal campaign.

Economics: Who Will Notice When You Die?
Johann Christoph Arnold asks whether the anti-globalisation movement is the answer to an epidemic of loneliness.

History: American Terror
Incredible revelations about the work of the US National Security Agency through the Cold War years help put the current War of Terror into perspective.

International: Global Day of Action
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the US last week, the ICFTU has announced that preparations for the Global Unions Day of Action on November 9 will go ahead.

Satire: World Gripped by Fear as Howard Third Term Looms
The global community has uniformly condemned the recent terrorist attacks, which horrifically helped revive the re-election prospects of John Howard.

Review: Flashbacks
Cultural theortician Neale Towart consults his record collection in a bid to understand the chaos gripping the earth.

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