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Issue No. 125 | 22 February 2002 |
Unfair and Dismal
Interview: If Not Now, When? Activists: Fighting Back Industrial: Croon And Divide Politics: Politics of Extinction History: Harry Bridges: International Labour Hero International: Rats in the Ranks Review: Follow The Fence, Find The Truth Satire: Howard Screws Refugee Kids: G-G Turns Blind Eye Poetry: Let It Be
Building Workers' Bid to Win Back Lives Dog-Tired � Long Hours Leave Beagles Buggered Home Care Workers Reject Sweat Building Commission's Costly Spin Caltex Asked To Explain Price Hikes Palm Sunday Resurrected for Refugees Dismissals: Labor Blocks The Lot Company Collapses: Union Wants Bank Powers Legal Action to Block Job Exports Councils Targeted in Contracting Campaign CFMEU Constructs Lebanese Bridge Israeli Aircraft Destroy Most Of Palestinian Union HQ
The Soapbox The Locker Room Week in Review
Tom's Foolery Give Us a Spray!
Labor Council of NSW |
Satire Howard Screws Refugee Kids: G-G Turns Blind EyeExtracted from The Chaser
Dr Hollingworth has ignored the screwing over of the children, despite mounting evidence that the Prime Minister knew that no children had actually been thrown overboard and that no children's lips had ever been sewn together. "So some children got screwed, did they? Ah, that takes me back to my days in the Anglican Church," Dr Hollingworth reminisced before sweeping the entire matter under the carpet. The Governor-General has promised that if loud complaints are heard from the children involved, he will hold an internal inquiry before doing nothing. "Much as I would like to act, I am powerless to act because of overwhelming legal implications," he said. "My mates might get in trouble with the law." Dr Hollingworth has also invited Peter Reith and Phillip Ruddock to join a new Governor-General's Advisory Committee for the Exploitation of Children for Political Gain. "I'm a little disappointed they haven't gone through the sham of confessing their sins and being forgiven," he said. "At least the paedophile I appointed to my child abuse committee offered up a quick prayer or two. But Reith and Ruddock are just too experienced in the promotion of indifference to childrens' suffering for us to leave them off." The government has maintained its opposition to refugees using their children to push their agenda. "We insist that only the government can use refugee children to push their political agenda," said Mr Ruddock.
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