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Issue No. 148 | 16 August 2002 |
Peak Performance
Interview: Labor Law Unions: Critical Conditions Bad Boss: Shifting The Load History: Peeking Out Safety: Flying High Corporate: Salaries High, Performance Low International: War on the US Wharves Review: And the Signs Said... Poetry: Tony Don't Preach Satire: Latham Dumps Rodney Rude as Speech Writer
Qantas Dressed Down Over Uniform Backflip Virgin Threatens Delegate Over Net Use Email Protection Hits Firewall Victorian System Needs Reform: AIRC Qld Public Sector Battle Heats Up Community Workers Eye Canberra Show Down Lift Techs Face Redundancy Lock Out Council Workers Win Picnic Day Fight School Support Staff Demand Recongition Black Chicks Talk At Refuge Fundraiser Colombian Left MP Applying For Asylum
Politics The Soapbox The Locker Room Bosswatch Human Rights
Another Capitalist Party? Justice For All? Kill the Photos! Right Wing Lackies
Labor Council of NSW |
News Activist Notebook
Bin Ladin in the Suburbs Presented by the NSW Fabians ==================== The New Moral Panic Against Muslims and Arabs When : Wednesday 21st August, 6pm for 6.30pm sharp start Where: Berkelouw Books, 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt Cost : $10/$5 for Fabians The topic to be discussed is the recent backlash against Australian of Muslim background in the wake of September 11th, the Federal Government's Border Protection and Refugee detention policy, and the longstanding debate about "Lebanese Youth gangs' in Sydney's West, lately fanned by the trial of a number of young men found guilty of rape. with
Paula Abood Refugee and Arabic Community Activist, Writer and Academic
Scott Poynting Co-author of Kebabs, Kids, Cops and Crime and Associate Professor, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney.
Omeima Sukkarieh Arabic Community Worker, Western Sydney
For further information: [email protected] ***************** THE PRICE OF PROSPERITY: HOW UNEMPLOYMENT COSTS US DEARLY A seminar presented by the Don Dunstan Foundation and the Academy of Social Sciences Tuesday 3 September, 5.30-7.30 pm, NSW Parliament House Theatrette, Macquarie Street While our leaders celebrate Australia's 'economic miracle', unemployment, particularly long-term unemployment, has become a permanent feature of Australia's economic landscape and needs to be put back on the policy agenda. A must for all those working with the unemployed or interested in policy. Speakers: PROFESSOR PETER SAUNDERS, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales. Overview PROFESSOR BRUCE CHAPMAN, Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University. Youth Unemployment DR BOYD HUNTER, Fellow of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University. Costs of indigenous unemployment DR DON WEATHERBURN, Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Impact on crime Venue: The Theatrette NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street (on-site parking not available as Parliament is sitting. Domain Parking open until 10pm) Bookings essential: phone 1300 131 501 (Gabrielle Simpson at Simpson's Management Services) or email [email protected] *************************** Sept 11 Does listening to the news overwhelm you? In the face of world events, how do we maintain optimism and hope? Community services workers celebrating stories of hope and change An interactive forum where community workers can discuss their role in the promotion of peace, social justice and anti -racism. Date: 11 Sept 2002 Venue: Great Hall, Tower Building- UTS, near Central Railway Station Time: 9.30am - 3.00pm Cost: $25 (includes lunch) Contributors include: Dorothy McRae McMahon Retired minister of the Uniting Church activist, writer & 1988 Australian Human Rights Medallist
Stuart Rees Emeritus Professor & Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Contact Beate, Gabi or Paula on 9281 8822 for more info Email : [email protected] For more information go to: www.acwa.asn.au/changeforum.html
Jointly convened by the Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT) and the Centre for Popular Education, UTS
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