
Issue No 119		16 November 2001

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All the latest details on actions, workshops and conferences for anyone interested in labour politics.

Shaping our World Through Institutional Investor Activism

Sydney Tues 20 Nov; Melbourne Wed 21 Nov

6-8pm. Two seminars only; limited space available.

Following the collapse of One Tel, HIH and Ansett, the world's leading institutional investor speaks in Australia on how institutional activism can save jobs, companies and the environment while improving returns.

Peter Butler, CEO of UK based Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, provides a rare insight into institutional activism. Discover:

* How institutional activism operates around the world

* How institutional activism goes beyond voting shares and

engages with managers to improve company ethics and profits

* How investors, fund managers, clients, unions and

activists benefit from shareholder activism

* How institutional shareholders can control corporations

and the triple bottom line

If you have any interest in the active use of capital, this is a seminar NOT TO BE MISSED.

Peter Butler will appear together with a panel of leading Australian experts :

* Chris Cuffe - CEO, Colonial First State Investment Managers and a Director of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). Chris has grown Colonial First State from small start-up operation to a dominant force in the Australian retail funds management industry.

* Jon Buckeridge - heads the Australian and New Zealand investment management operations of Morgan Stanley, a global investment bank. He is also a Director of IFSA.

* Michael O'Sullivan - Chair, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, which represents Australia's largest superannuation funds .

Two seminars only

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SYDNEY - Tuesday, 20th November, 6pm -8pm

Seminar Room, Level 37, Gilbert + Tobin, 2 Parks Street, Sydney - Parking - Queen Victoria Building or Hilton Hotel

Light refreshments

SPEAKERS :

Chair: Chris Cuffe -CEO, Colonial First State Investment Managers

Peter Butler - CEO of UK based Hermes Focus Asset Management

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MELBOURNE - Wednesday, 21st November, 6pm-8pm

Melbourne City RACV Club, 123 Queen Street,Melbourne

Light refreshments

SPEAKERS

Chair: Jon Buckeridge - Morgan Stanley/IFSA Director

Peter Butler - CEO, UK based Hermes Focus Asset Management Ltd/IFSA Director

Michael O'Sullivan, - Australian Council of Superannuation Investors Chair

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Booking details for both seminars - $75 per ticket - Bookings essential, Major credit cards welcome

Contact Tory Waygood

Phone : 02 9692 5100

Fax : 02 9692 5192

Email: [email protected]

Mail 'Pluto Seminar' @Locked Bag 199, Annandale 2038

http://www.plutoaustralia.com/

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International Day of People with Disability

The Absolutely Everybody Festival Day at Parramatta's Church St Mall (open air)

The event is on Sunday 2 December 2001, from 12-4pm and is organised by the Disability Council of NSW, Disability Services Aboriginal Corporation, Mental Health Coordinating Council, Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association, NSW Council for Intellectual Disability, People with Disabilities NSW, Physical Disability Council of NSW, with the support of Parramatta Council.

The purpose of the event is to celebrate International Day of People with Disability in a fun and relaxed atmosphere of diversity and inclusion.

This year marks 20 years since the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981 so there is a lot to celebrate!

There will be groovy entertainment including the Australian Theatre of the Deaf, Aboriginal Dancers Yidaki Dige, duo Nature Nature and a rock band Mud Rock, as well as roving street theatre, kids entertainment, multicultural food and a sausage sizzle. One of the most unique parts of the day will be the interactive displays and activities including an Image Gallery, and a Time Wall, marking significant times for people with disability, and where participants can add their own achievements and hopes for the future.

There will also be information stalls, a wheelchair sports demonstration, community organisations and some market stalls so you can go Christmas shopping!

Auslan interpreters, some personal care assistance and accessible toilets will be available. Parramatta Train Station is an Easy Access Station and is very close to the Mall. Some street parking and parking stations are available. If you would like to find out more info on transport options or access please contact me.

A colour flyer is being distributed and I can send copies to you if requested. Any assistance in distribution of these would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime if you have any queries please contact me.

ph (02) 9319 6622

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Issue 119 contents

Interview: Out of the Rubble
Michael Costa argues that Saturday's election result could have been much, much worse.

Unions: Sixty-Forty Are Good Odds!
John Robertson argues that while there may be many problems with the ALP, union power is not one of them.

Politics: Wrong Way, Go Back
Labor's failure in the federal election is the result of more than bad luck. It is the result of a shift to populism that has left the Party bereft of core principles.

Campaign Diary: Week Five: All Washed Up
If you can stand it, relive the fatefull final week of a most remarkable election campaign.

International: Trade Piracy Unmasked
As the trade barons met in Qatar to chart out their agenda, George Monbiot looks at the machinations behind the scenes.

Factions: The Party's Over
Chris Christodoulou renews his call for a breakdown of the factional system to bring new life into the ALP

History: The Fall-Out
Neale Towart looks back to Labor's reaction to its loss in the 1954 'Petrov election' and finds warnings for today's post mortem.

Media: Elite Defeat
Rowan Cahill looks at the intellectual paucity in the PM's ongoing attacks on 'elite opinion'.

Satire: Crean 'Listens To Australian People': Will Sink Refugee Boats
Simon Crean, the most likely candidate to replace Kim Beazley as Labor's leader, says he will take heed of the message sent to the ALP by Australian voters at the Federal Election.

» Unions Call for Border Review

» Compo Fire Reignites as Bill Hits Deck

» Workers Unite Over Corporate Power

» Day Three: Telstra Privatisation Begins

» Primus Deal Marks New Era in Telcos

» Qantas Staff Cuts Condemned

» Bank Workers Seek Proxies for AGMs

» Blokes Stand Up For The Ladies

» Landmark Community Services Win

» Anger at Sartor's Power Grab

» Consumer Boycott Call for Sugar Co-op

» Apprentices Win Parity with Uni Students

» Competition for Nurses Hots Up

» CFMEU Launches Bunny Club

» ICFTU Reveals 250 Companies in Burma

» Activists Notebook

» STOP PRESS: No Democracy at Telstra AGM