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Issue No. 149 | 23 August 2002 |
Our Historical Mission
Interview: Something Smells Cole-Watch: Credibility Crisis Unions: Union Cities Industrial: Lib Men Gang Up Against Working Mums History: Eureka! East Timor: Don�t Rob Their Future Review: Black Chicks Say It All Poetry: Self Regulation
Cole to Hear of Criminal Takeover Conspiracy ANZ Fined Over Freedom Of Speech Breach Qantas Union's Gorilla Tactics Shearers Black Ban Their Hall Of Fame Democrats Fire Shot for Workers Teachers Walk Out At Aust College of Technology Airport Security Worker Spat At And Assaulted CBA Workers Say Enough Is Enough Doco Dishes Dirt On Howard�s Gas Wrangle
The Soapbox The Locker Room Postcard Week in Review Bosswatch
Susan's Soccer Outrage
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News Activist Notebook
TAMPA DAY: BLACK ARM BANDS AND VIGIL Monday 26th is the anniversary of the so-called Tampa Crisis. To mark that day refugee supporters are asked to wear a black arm band and in the evening to attend a Vigil at Sydney Town Hall - which commences at 5pm. John Maitland, National Secretary of the CFMEU will be speaking on behalf of Labor for Refugees at the rally. He will be talking about the link between the scapegoating of refugees during the last election and the scapegoating of trade unionists at the Government's staged Royal Commission into the CFMEU. To read more about Tampa Day, see the Labor for Refugees article in Workers Online: http://workers.labor.net.au/148/c_tradeshall_amanda.html EVATT FOUNDATION BREAKFAST SEMINAR - MONDAY AUGUST 26, 7.30PM PPPs: public private partnerships THE NEXT GREAT PRIVATISATION DEBATE It's time to stop, to get beyond the rhetoric, and to critically consider so-called 'partnerships' with private firms for the provision of public social infrastructure in Australia. Like ducks in a shooting gallery, our State Labor governments have all lined up behind PPPs, and business lobby groups are baying for action. But is private investment in public schools and hospitals in the public interest? Why are PPPs just a disguised form of business welfare, designed to prop up Labor support at the big end of town? Are State Labor governments just lining up for more versions of ' WA Inc' type financial scandals? The Evatt Foundation is helping to get the information out. With the assistance of our website, where information is readily available on the subject, and this breakfast seminar, the Evatt Foundation is playing a crucial role in this debate. We are fortunate to have two prominent speakers on this topic. Maree O'Halloran, President, NSW Teachers' Federation and Dr Christopher Sheil, Visiting Fellow, Department of History, University of NSW. The seminar will be chaired by David Carey, Federal Secretary, State Public Sector Federation (SPSF). The date: Monday August 26th 2002, 7.30am breakfast, seminar commencing promptly at 8.00am and finishing on the dot of 9.00am. The venue: Macquarie Room, Southern Cross Hotel, Cnr Goulburn and Elizabeth Streets Sydney, opposite the Goulburn Street Parking Station and a short stroll from both Central and Museum railway stations. The cost: $12 RSVP: by Thursday, 22nd August, Evatt Foundation, UNSW, 2052 tel: 9385 2966, fax 9385 2967 email:[email protected] RECONSTRUCTING EAST TIMOR. .................Three Years On from the Historic 'Independence' Referendum A ONE DAY CONFERENCE ON AUSTRALIAN INITIATIVES IN EAST TIMOR. ORGANISED BY THE AUSTRALIA-EAST TIMOR ASSOCIATION (NSW) with assistance from the Sydney City Council and supported by the Research Institute of Asia Pacific (Sydney University), Aidwatch, Otford Press, participating NGO's and the "Friends of Maliana" Project of Leichhardt Council. WHEN : FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST...9.30 AM - 5.30 PM WHERE: MARCONI ROOM, 4TH LEVEL, SYDNEY TOWN HALL (entrance through stairs at rear of Town Hall, Druitt Street) COST : $30/$15 (full day)....$10 (session only)...(Provided Lunch $15 extra) Twelve Months On From 9/11: Troubled Times and Their Implications for Australia. An Australian Fabian Society conference on options for Australia in the light of the Afghanistan Experience and American responses to the World Trade Centre tragedy. When: 9am to 5pm, Saturday, 14 September, 2002. Where: The Kaleide Theatre, RMIT University, Swanston Street, Melbourne (Entrance a few doors north of Storey Hall - look for the Commonwealth Bank ATMs) Cost: Standard: $35, AFS Members $30, Students and Concession $20. Speakers: Richard Butler (Diplomat-in-Residence, Council for Foreign Relations, New York), His Excellency Mahmoud Saikal (Ambassador for Afghanistan), Professor William Maley (Australian Defence Forces Academy), Dr Andy Butfoy (Monash University), Professor Bruce Grant (Monash University).
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