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19 October 2001 |
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NewsExtra Security Urged at Chemical Sites
Workers at major hazard facilities, such as chemical plants, have warned there is no national security strategy to deal with the international terror attacks. As the spate of anthrax scares arrived in Australia this week, Australian Workers Union state secretary Russ Collison warned that his members had raised concerns that security levels at major chemical plants are at an all-time low. This is due to the Howard Government not recognising chemical warfare as a national threat and the need for infrastructure on chemical sites to be enhanced. "The federal government may advise that they have a good response to a biological or nuclear threat, however they do not have a prevention or preparedness strategy," Collison says. "Our members working in these facilities have indicated that they feel insecure and threatened by the lack of security and lack of preparedness taken by employers." The Labor Council has called on the Howard Government to immediately introduce a national strategy on all potential major hazard facilities. Postal Workers in Security Talks Meanwhile, discussions have been held between Australia Post management and the CEPU regarding the potential of increased incidents with dangerous and hazardous materials (including biological and chemical agents) affecting Australia Post. The CEPU has expressed its concern to ensure that the maximum effort is made to take all necessary steps to protect postal workers and the public from such incidents. Recent events in the United States have highlighted the need for renewed vigilance in this regard. While the existing suspicious and dangerous goods procedures operative within the Australian postal service are considered appropriate as an immediate safeguard, the CEPU has insisted that a range of additional measures be adopted to enhance security and safety within Australia Post from these threats. The CEPU notes that it is particularly important at this time to not be unnecessarily alarmist. However they insist that all appropriate steps must be taken by Australia Post to ensure that postal workers and the community are secure from the heightened threat during these unsettled times.
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   Interview: The Green MachineNick 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 DayAustralia 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: FightbackLabor'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 TerrorIncredible 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 LoomsThe global community has uniformly condemned the recent terrorist attacks, which horrifically helped revive the re-election prospects of John Howard. Review: FlashbacksCultural theortician Neale Towart consults his record collection in a bid to understand the chaos gripping the earth.
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