Issue No 116 | 19 October 2001 | |
Letters to the EditorRedunancy Under Attack
Kim Beazley has attacked the Prime Minister for his lack of a third term agenda. Rather, I fear that Howard and Costello do have a very firm agenda - hidden until after the election. Many public servants would be aware of rumours circulating through key policy departments - like the Prime Minister's Department - that retrenchment benefits for Commonwealth public servants will be reduced after the election to the so-called "community standard" of 8 weeks pay. Before the election, all unions with members in the public sector, especially the cpsu, should get a clear undertaking from MPs and Senators that they would vote against any legislation to roll-back existing working entitlements in this way. Noel BLaxendale
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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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