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Issue No. 126 01 March 2002  
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I Don�t Like Sprouts
I've always thought brussel sprouts tasted like reconstituted vomit, so the latest smart-arse advertising campaign for the Clearview pension fund doesn�t really wash with me.

F E A T U R E S

Interview: Clean Hands
Susan Ryan was Labor's first female Minister, today she represents the trustees responsible for our super funds, where the move to socially responsible investment is happening, albeit slowly.

Corporate: Out of Asia
The decision by America�s biggest employee pension fund to pull out of a number of Asian countries because of their poor labour rights and civil liberties standards has sent shock waves through the region.

Unions: Tears, Real And Crocodile, At The Ansett Wake
It�s ended in heartbreak but the campaign to keep Ansett flying should really be remembered for the courage, determination and decency of the airline�s devoted staff writes Noel Hester.

Economics: Labour�s Capital: Individual Or Collective?
More Australians own shares than ever before, asks Frank Stilwell, but is it the best way to share the wealth?

History: Mardi Gras: The Biggest Labour Festival?
The struggle for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers has been part of the wider struggle for workers rights, in Australia and internationally.

International: Driving A Hard Bargain
Public sector workers in Korea are using the last twelve months before local and national elections � and the up-coming soccer World Cup � as bargaining chips in their campaign against privatisation of public utilities.

Review: In Bed With a Sub-Machine Gun
In this extract from his new book, Night Train to Granada, GB Harrision travels from Drepression era Newcastle to Spain under Franco's heel.

Satire: Whitlam Forgives Kerr: "At Least He Didn't Dismiss A Rape Victim"
Gough Whitlam claimed today that the man who dismissed him is no longer Australia�s worst Governor-General. �Sure he dismissed me, but at least he never dismissed a child rape victim like Governor-General Hollingworth,� said Whitlam.

Poetry: Dear Mother
Thanks to the generosity of the Defence Signals Directorate, Workers Online has obtained intercepts of recent communications between Australia and London. A transcript is below:

N E W S

 Unions Stats Snow Job

 BHP Strike Over Super Control

 Some Light Reflects Off Ansett

 Net Porn Highlights Privacy Lag

 Mad Monk To Float Down Oxford Street

 Burma the Next Chernobyl

 Govt Breaches Its Own Guidelines

 Sartor Policies Irk Council Workers

 Service Fee Push Hots Up in Qld

 Casino Workers Show Their Hands

 Hotel Bosses Have Full House But Cry Poor

 Airport Screeners Win Training Rights

 CFMEU Korean Activist Honoured

 Support For Fijian Union Battle

 Beer Cold and Prawns Peeled

 Activists Notebook

C O L U M N S

The Soapbox
Grumpy Old Men (And Bettina)
Scratch the surface of most conservative commentators and you'll find a lapsed Leftie, Paul Norton argues.

The Locker Room
Black and White
The Australian way of playing rugby union, cricket and the development of our own game, Australian Rules, were profoundly influenced by a forgotten man.

Week in Review
Gridlocked
Jim Marr loooks at a week when trains, planes and ships of shame all threatened to come to a grinding halt.

L E T T E R S
 More on Harry Bridges
 Well Done, Splitter
 Repeating History
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Plam Sunday Peace March for a Compassionate Refugee Policy

Sunday, March 24

Assemble midday, Belmore Park Central.

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International Womens Day Breakfast & March.

Breakfast is on at the Convention Centre, 8.30am on Saturday 9th March at Darling Harbour.

The march starts at 11.30am at Town Hall Square. We will have a lovely new women in unions banner this year. As always we are asking women unionists to march as a group. contact Alison Peters [email protected]

Susan Sheather, Organising Assistant ,Labor Council of NSW

Telephone: 02 9286-1614 (direct)

Mobile: 0402 422 383

Fax: 02 9261-1478 (direct)

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'WAR ON TERRORISM' AUSTRALIA'S INVOLVEMENT

There's been little public debate on Australia's role in the 'war on terrorism'. Pluto Institute has brought together a distinguished panel of speakers to address this issue - the first seminar in the Pluto series at Berkelouw Books this year.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 13 at 6.30PM

Berkelouw Books 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt

Speakers:

Duncan Kerr MHR

ALP member for Denison

Kerry Nettle

Greens Senator-elect for NSW

David McKnight

Senior lecturer, Humanities, UTS

Brian Goddard

Peace activist and photo-journalist

Ahmed Shboul

Arabic & Islamic Studies

Sydney University

Venue: Upstairs, Berkelouw Books 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt - 6 . 00 PM Wednesday March 13

Admission $10 and $5

Bookings: Email [email protected]

NSW Fabians Present: THE DEATH OF LIBERALISM:

WEDNESDAY MARCH 27

There are many who hold that liberalism is now dead in Australia. Join this provocative and lively discussion.

The Death of Liberalism with the NSW Fabian Society:

Hon W.C . Wentworth, Former Federal Liberal Minister

Greg Barns, Chair, Australian Republican Movement

Former Liberal Party candidate

John Roskam, Executive Director, Menzies Research Centre

Venue: Upstairs, Berkelouw Books 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt 6.30PM

Admission: $15 and $5 (Concession and Fabian Members)

Bookings: Email: [email protected]

Photo Exhibition

The Alliance and the Walkley Foundation will again host the annual photographers slide night in the Alliance's Sydney courtyard, 245 Chalmers St Redfern, on Friday 1 March, 2002. The event will showcase the work of some of Australia's top photographers including Glen Campbell, Phillip Gostelow, Jon Reid, Tamara Dean, Fiona Morris, Paul Jones, Tony Reddrop and Marko Bok.

This year's event will also include a special series of photographs of the Sydney bushfires including pictures from Walkley Award finalists Dean Sewell and Sean Davey, and Nick Moir and Adam Hollingsworth from Fairfax.

The slide show will start from 8pm with welcome drinks from 7.30pm, the night is open to all and is free of charge. Please rsvp to Amanda Hendry from the Walkley Foundation on 02 9333 0918 or via email to [email protected]

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Asylum Seekers - Let The Children Go To School

Media Conference, 11am Monday 4 March, Press Gallery Conference, Parliament House, Macquarie Street Sydney

Speakers: Justice Marcus Einfeld, Junie Ong - ChillOut, Maree O'Halloran - NSWTF

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ChillOut SAD Rally

5.30 p.m - 7.00p.m Thursday 7 March

Martin Place Amphitheatre

For further information please contact

Maree O'Halloran, President NSWTF on 9217 2350 or 0417 672104

Junie Ong, ChillOut on 9365 2659 or 0412 397788

John Hughes, Media Officer NSWTF on 9217 2347 or 0418 423834.


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