E D I T O R I A L

Power Plays
Depending on where you sit, the decision by a State Labor Government to sell off the division of the power industry responsible for its long-term planning is either bold or reckless.

F E A T U R E S

Interview: Still Flying
ACTU Secretary Greg Combet looks beyond the bid to save Ansett to a broader union agenda for 2002.

Women: Suffrage or Suffering
Alison Peters marks International Women's Day by surveying the achievements - and shortcomings - of a century of female suffrage.

Industrial: No Coco Pops For Brenda
The working poor get short shrift from the hypocritical Minister For Workplace Relations says Noel Hester.

Unions: Back to the Heartland
Lidcombe, western Sydney. A boring cultural desert, right? Wrong, wrong and wrong again according to CFMEU officials who talked to Jim Marr about relocating their headquarters to a working class base.

Activists: Getting to the Point
Rowan Cahill reports on a development battle that has fractured a South Coast community and the role the union movement has played to drive a just outcome.

International: Push Polling
On the eve of elections in Zimbabwe, trade unionists are paying the price for their commitment to democracy.

Economics: Debt Defaulters
Amidst the colour and movement of CHOGM little was said about the pressing issue of debt relief, writes Thea Ormond.

Poetry: Those Were the Days
The Golden Wing lounges have closed. The last of the commiserating Ansett workers have long since departed those makeshift taverns.

Review: Black Hawk Dud
If you want to find out exactly what went wrong during the US Marines' 1993 peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu in Somalia, do not see Black Hawk Down.

Satire: Fox-Lew Launch Rescue Bid for Beta Video
Businessmen Solomon Lew and Lindsay Fox have shocked the financial sector with a daring bid to rescue the communications giant Beta Video.

N E W S

Egan Sells His Brains

Spying Bill Targets Strikers

Dunny Wars: Will Workers Carry the Can?

Drivers Appeal To Commuters

New Tack on Asylum Seekers

Go Forth and Multiply � Unions on Women

Howard Shuts Workers Out Of Steel Talks

Questions Remain As Rio Rings Changes

Labor Hire Swifty Exposed

Unions Fight 'Industrial Blackmail'

AIRC in Contracting Debacle

Mayne Chance For A Wage Deal

IT Workers Get Their Own Geek Scopes

PNG Women Visit Australia

Brazilian Unions Study Aussie Experience

No Shangri-la in Jakarta

Activists Notebook

C O L U M N S

The Soapbox
Love Thy Neighbour
Bruce Childs explains why he's reactivated the Palm Sunday committee to take a stand for refugees.

The Locker Room
Debt Before Dishonour
In a week that featured allegations of drugs in footy, fast horses and faster cars, Phil Doyle struggled to keep up.

Week in Review
Bullies Rule, OK?
Jim Marr considers a week which highlighted the absolute joy of being big, rich and powerful in a lassez faire world.

Tool Shed
Leader of the Free World
George W Bush barricades himself in this week's Tool Shed with the sort of double standards that gives world domination a bad name.

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Palm Sunday

March 24, 12 noon

Meet Noon Sunday 24 March 2002 at Belmore Park (Eddy Avenue, Central Station).

SILENT MARCH to Victoria Park (next to Sydney Uni) for a joint festival with Walk Against Want.

Speakers include: Tom Uren (former Whitlam Minister), Sister Susan Connelly, Jo Vallentine (former Senator), Lyndia Miller & John Robertson (Secretary, Labor Council of NSW).

The MC will be Lex Marinos and Music will be by Astro Tabasco and Guests.

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Labor for Refugees

The Plenary Meeting of the NSW Branch will be held on March 13 at 6.00 pm in the LHMU Auditorium, 187 Thomas Street, Haymarket.

For more information email [email protected] or visit http://www.labor4refugees.org

The first Labor for Refugees Southern Sydney meeting will be:

Tuesday 12 March

7:30pm (aiming to finish by 8:30pm)

Banquet Room

Revesby Workers Club

Brett Street Revesby (next to Revesby train station)

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PLUTO SEMINAR : 6.00 PM WEDNESDAY MARCH 13

WAR ON TERRORISM: AUSTRALIA'S INVOLVEMENT

There's been little public debate on Australia's role in the 'war on terrorism'. In the last few days the war in Afghanistan has greatly intensified and according to news reports so has Australia's military role.

Pluto has brought together a distinguished panel of speakers to address this issue - the first seminar in the Pluto Institute series at Berkelouw Books this year.

War on Terrorism :

Implications for Australia

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

Ahmad 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]*

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EVATT BREAKFAST SESSIONS ARE BACK: MARCH 18

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SUBURBS? TWO VIEWS

The Mayfair Room, Southern Cross Hotel

Cnr Elizabeth & Goulburn Streets

Sydney. ( close to the Goulburn Street)

The speakers: Mark Latham, MP and Dr Brendan Gleeson

Chair: Professor Frank Stilwell

The cost: $10.00 and $5.00 concession

RSVP Evatt Foundation, Ph 9385 2966, Fax 9385 2967, email [email protected]

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Protecting Genetic Information

Public meeting

Tuesday 12 March 2002

6.00pm - 8.00pm

(Tea/coffee will be served from 5.30pm)

Advances in genetic science and technology are occurring at a rapid rate -- offering obvious benefits for

better medical diagnosis and treatment. At the same time, there are community concerns about the

possible dangers arising from unfair or improper use of genetic information.

Genetic information and samples may be used in medical research and practice; tissue banks and genetic

databases; health administration; employment; insurance and superannuation; access to service and

entitlements; law enforcement and evidence in court.

The Australian Law Reform Commission and the Australian Health Ethics Committee are conducting a joint

inquiry to see what sort of regulation is needed, in relation to human genetic samples and information, to:

� � protect privacy � � provide protection from unfair discrimination � � ensure high ethical standards of conduct.

Parliament Theatrette

Parliament House

Macquarie Street

Sydney

(venue has wheelchair access)

Fax: (02) 9284 6363 TTY: (02) 9284 6379

Website: www.alrc.gov.au

Further information:

Australian Law Reform Commission

Ph: (02) 9284 6333

Email: [email protected]

Parramatta Riverside Theatres,

Cnr. Church & Market Sts.

Parramatta

(venue has wheelchair access)

Public meeting

Wednesday 13 March 2002

6.00pm - 8.00pm

(Tea/coffee will be served from 5.30pm)

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