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The Sirens' Song
There is nothing for trade unionists to celebrate from Labor�s loss in the Cunningham by-election.
Interview: The Wet One
NSW Opposition industrial relations spokesman Michael Gallacher stakes out his relationship with the union movement.
Bad Boss: Like A Bastard
Virgin Mobile is sexy and funky, right? Well, only if those terms have become synonyms for dictatorial or downright mean.
Unions: Demolition Derby
Tony Abbott likens industrial relations to warfare and, like a good general should, he is about to shift his point of attack � from building sites to car plants, reports Jim Marr.
Corporate: The Bush Doctrine
For the powerful, consumerism equals freedom, and is all the freedom we need, writes James Goodman
Politics: American Jihad
Let�s get real. The origins of modern Islamic terrorist groups are in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Langley, Virginia not Baghdad, argues Noel Hester.
Health: Secret Country
Oral history recordings are an inadequate tool in trying to find out what happened to Aboriginal stockmen and their communities on cattle stations in Northern Australia, writes Neale Towart
Review: Walking On Water
On the 20th anniversary of the first AIDS-related death, Tara de Boehmler witnesses the aftermath of losing a loved one to the illness in Walking On Water.
Culture: TCF
Novelist Anthony Macris captures life on the shop floor in this extract from his upcoming novel, Capital Volume II
Poetry: The UQ Stonewall
The University of Queensland has sought to join the ranks of union-busting companies like Rio Tinto in trying to sack the president of the local union - and made the mistake of thinking they were dealing with an array of acquiescent academics.
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Melbourne Cup Strike Threat
10,000 Rally in Support of Kingham
Negligent Bosses Labelled �Serial Killers�
Ambulance Officers Win $6 Million Back-Pay
Strike Pay to Bali Appeal
Boral Bosses Bag Bulk Bucks
Bid to Block New ACCC Chief
Cuts Equals Profits for ANZ
First Takers for 36-Hour Week
IT Outsourcing Agencies Called To Account
Pay to Work Spreads to Hornsby
Howard Opens Waters to Rogue Ship
Work a Suicide Factor
Unis Drop RDO Assault
Boxes of Books for Good Causes
Activist Notebook
The Soapbox
I Walk The Line
American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has weighed into the Hilton Hotel dispute with this special message to the workforce. Postcard
Mekong Daze
Union Aid Abroad's Phil Hazelton fires off a missive from Laos where he is spending a year working with the community. Month In Review
Bush Whackers
It was a month where the world teetered on the brink of peace, no thanks to the leader of the free world, writes Jim Marr The Locker Room
The Laws Of Gravity
Phil Doyle goes looking for the fine line that separates sport from an exercise in time-wasting Bosswatch
Snouts in the Trough
It�s AGM season in the corporate world, and deal after shady deal is being exposed as highfliers treat company accounts like the proverbial honey-pot. Wobbly
Songs of Solidarity
There has been a proud history of pro-worker tunes dating back to the early days of the 20th century, which will be continued in a new CD, writes Dan Buhagiar.
Heaps of Bali Feedback
Brooklyn Phil Says ...
Here Comes the WTO
From Little Finks ...
The Mouth From the South!
Ushering the Rusted Shield
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Howard Opens Waters to Rogue Ship
The Federal Government has used extraordinary powers to allow a controversial foreign ship to operate off Queensland without permission from the State Government.
The bulk carrier Stadacona - formerly known as the CSL Yarra - sailed out of Townsville for Gladstone yesterday without the normal permits required by the Queensland Government, the ACTU said.
Federal Transport Minister John Anderson's department had issued an unprecedented special exemption under the Navigation Act to let the foreign ship operate.
Experts believed it was the first time in Australian history that the special exemption power had been exercised to allow a foreign registered ship employing foreign seafarers to work on Australian intrastate trade.
"The Federal Government's policy of issuing more and more permits for foreign ships to take over the Australian coastal trade is destroying the Australian shipping industry," ACTU Secretary Greg Combet said.
"Flag-of-convenience ships do not pay Australian wages or taxes and are a risk to border protection because they are not subject to full immigration and customs controls. Sub-standard foreign ships are also a threat to our marine environment, including the Great Barrier Reef. John Anderson is welcoming them with open arms."
The Stadacona, formerly named the CSL Yarra, was at the centre of a dispute with maritime unions in May when the ship's owners, CSL, sacked its Australian crew for cheap Ukrainian seafarers and transferred the ship's registration to the Bahamas.
Evidence to the Federal Court in April stated that the Ukrainian seafarers' wages were $19,600 a year compared to $52,100 a year for Australians.
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