E D I T O R I A L

Brand Spanking
Some of the biggest names in corporate Australia are copping a spanking right now � and while the troubles are of their own making the fall-out may have broader consequences.

F E A T U R E S

Interview: Generation Next
The Australian Services Union's Luke Foley is one of a group of thirty-somethings taking the reins of the union movement.

Legal: We�re All Terrorists Now
The Government�s hastily cobbled security laws are so all-encompassing that jamming the boss�s fax could see you eating porridge in Long Bay for the rest of your life, reports Noel Hester.

Unions: Holding the Baby
The concept of Carers� Responsibilities doesn�t appear to have penetrated the ageing walls of the Australian Retailers Federation, reports Jim Marr.

International: Taking It To The Streets
In the past few days 22 million workers have taken to the streets in two countries over the global push to cut workers rights, as Andrew Casey reports.

History: Off the Wall
Creative campaign posters provide a colourful archive of worker struggles from the past, writes Neale Towart.

Economics: Financing International Development
John Langmore details the significance of the first International Conference on Financing Development held in Mexico in March.

Satire: Queen Mum's Life Tragically Cut Short
The world has been numbed by grief and shock, after Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother unexpectedly died last night at the tender age of 101.

Review: Return of The People�s Parliament
The last two weeks has seen the return of the most democratic program on the television, Big Brother. Cultural theoritian Mark Morey reports.

Poetry: Silent Night
Our resident bard, David Peetz, turns his hand to the Senate Inquiry into a Certain Maritime Incident.

N E W S

Tobacco Giant's New Smoking Gun

Evidence Proves McJobs A Reality

Workers Die Waiting For Justice

Abbot Sparks Nuclear Reaction

Sick As A Dog Or Pissed As A Parrot?

Workers� Anthem � Hip Hop or Grunge?

DOCS Crisis � At Risk Kids Slipping Through Net

Call Centre Workers Stiffed - Survey

Broadcast Blues at SBS

South Coast Medical Centre in Della�s Sights

Sydney Take-Off For Security Campaign

Israel On Dangerous Ground

Technicians Take Aim At Canon

Intel Faces Email Censure Challenge

Megawati Reopens Marsinah Case

Activists Notebook

C O L U M N S

The Soapbox
The Politics of Unfair Dismissal
Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations Robert McClelland finally nails down the Labor line on the Abbott sackings laws.

The Locker Room
Tipping the Scales
Jim Marr argues that policing of the ten-metre rule is creating havoc for footy tipsters.

Bosswatch
Stand and Deliver
It might be tough for some - but for shareholders and executives, life is just dandy.

Week in Review
Stretching the Truth
The political porkie still reigns supreme on the big stage but, good news in the form of a warning, some tall tales from the past are unravelling with embarrassing consequences�

L E T T E R S

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INVITATION TO AFTINET PUBLICATION LAUNCH

12.30, 24 April 2002,

Parliament House, Sydney

The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) invites you to the launch of its new publication: The MAI Resurrected?

What the New Round of World Trade Organisation Negotiations could mean for Australia by Dr Patricia Ranald, Principal Policy Officer, Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)

When: Wednesday 24 April at 12.30 pm.

Where: Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney.

The Australian government is taking part in negotiations in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and on proposed new WTO agreements on investment,

competition policy and government procurement. These proposals resurrect many of the negative features of the discredited draft Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), which collapsed in 1998 after it was exposed by community debate.

These negotiations could result in:

reduced ability of governments to regulate essential services like electricity or water to ensure equitable prices and environmental sustainability

privatisation of public services like health and education by opening up their funding to transnational corporations

removal of the right to limit level of foreign investment in strategic industries like the media, telecommunications or airlines, or

to use government purchasing to help local

development

The publications explains the WTO process, how we can hold our government accountable and campaign against these outcomes, and for a trade framework which respects human rights and the environment.

Speakers include :

The Rev Dr Ann Wansbrough, Uniting Church Minister

Julius Roe, National President, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union

Dr Meredith Burgmann, President, Legislative Council of NSW

Senator John Cherry, Australian Democrats Spokesperson on Trade

Senator elect Kerry Nettle, Greens NSW

For more information contact Sarah Mitchell at [email protected].

Thanks to the Uniting Church for funding assistance with the publication and to the Mercy Foundation for campaign funding.

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