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Bush-Whacking
Those of us preparing to protest US President George W Bush�s visit to Australia must tread a fine line � between condemning the policies of an illegitimate president with a dangerous agenda and damning an entire nation.
Interview: No Ifs, No Butts
Rugby League Professionals Association president Tony Butterfield on his battle to deliver a collective agreement for NRL players.
Unions: National Focus
In this month�s national wrap: Noel Hester meets a heavy hitter talking up open source unionism, truckies front the suits at Boral�s AGM, tales of corporate bastardry and Medicare birthday revelry.
Industrial: Fools Gold
Unions have thrashed out a string of protocols with the NSW Labor Government. Some, now, are questioning whether they are worth the cheap, imported paper they are written on, reports Jim Marr.
Bad Boss: Bones of Contention
Byron Bay chicken boners have nominated thier boss for a Tony after seeing their entitlements plucked.
History: The Gong Show
In late September the South Coast Labour Council (SCLC) celebrated 75 unbroken years championing the rights of workers in the coastal Illawarra region 80 kilometres south of Sydney, writes Rowan Cahill.
Politics: The Hawke Legacy
The election of the Hawke Labor government twenty years ago holds some salient lessons for today�s Labor Party, writes Troy Bramston.
International: Sick Nation
As Australia celebrates 20 years of Medicare�s universal health coverage the crisis facing American workers in need of medical care is a useful reminder of what we�ve got � and what we stand, writes Andrew Casey.
Economics: Closed Minds
Philip Mendes looks at the political influence of right-wing think tanks, their financial backing and asks why the left hasn�t been able to get its ideas out there.
Review: Mixing Pop and Politics
He's had relations, with girls from many nations... but Billy Bragg seems to like us Aussies as much or even more than any of the others, writes P�draig Collins.
Poetry: One Size Fits All
There once was a man from the Lodge - Who tried hard, our poems, to dodge... Resident bard David Peetz is back!
 Rail Whistleblower Attacked - Again
Royal Con on Tape
Call Centre Stumps Umpire
Breakthrough for Email Privacy
Harbour Sell Off Sparks Occupation
Harvey World Travel Locks Up Tour
STOP PRESS: Telstra Drops Out
Workers Voice Gets Hard Edge
Employees Disable Hard-Ball Bosses
Canberra Eyes Crash Windfall
Bush Whacker - Dubya Fingered
Assault Costs Education Department
Uni Workers Stand Up To Feds
Thousands Say No to Cole
The Town that Struck
Activists Notebook
Postcard
North By Northwest
Phil Doyle returns from up north, where he survived on nothing but goodwill, good people and a great big orange bus. The Soapbox
The $140 Million Patriot
It would be hard to imagine a steeper slide from hero to zero than the experience of Richard Grasso, the now-deposed head of the New York Stock Exchange. writes Jim Stanford. Media
Bush's Bad News Blues
The Bush Administration is cooking up a new campaign 'to shine light on progress made in Iraq', writes Bill Berkowitz. The Locker Room
A Tale Of One City
Phil Doyle gazes into the crystal ball for signs of life, and finds that somewhere the horses are running in the wrong direction. Culture
With Banners Furled
There is no better account of the glory that was the annual Labour Day marches than that given by Kylie Tennant in Foveaux, her fictional account of life in inner Sydney in 1912, the year she was born. Politics
The Westie Wing
Our favourite Macquarie Street MP, Ian West MLC, reports on the world of NSW politics. Postcard
The Cancun Wash-Up
The dramatic collapse of the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Meeting in Cancun, Mexico, last month has been followed by a deafening quiet from Geneva, Brussels and Washington, writes Peter Murphy.
On The Waterfront
An Honest Job
Letter From America
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Letters to the Editor
On The Waterfront
As the busloads of angry potential voters rolled down the freeways to the big smoke last week. Seeking the publicity their obvious needs require. In an attempt to get some understanding from those State and Federal politicians elected to represent them. They should beware and not enjoy any perception that they are achieving something, not until it is in the legislation.
I look hard for political opportunities that may present themselves to me.
In 2000 we should still remember it was the Libs who flattened particularly small businesses across the country with GST an unbelievably complicated tax! In doing so they have turned over worked small business people, into proxy tax collectors. Making police out of people who don't habitually dob their mates.
There are always deals made. And when politicians start to squirm, political opportunist come out to put spin on what is taking place.
In Mondays Telegraph the NSW Labor Premier Carr is quoted a lot, to the effect that his opposition are a lazy lot. And we the thinking voters understand a lazy opposition allows the incumbent party to virtually do as it pleases. Premier Carr explains to the converted at the Labor congress in Town Hall "They (Liberal coalition) don't understand that opposition is a work place" Has Bob the Builder overlooked that this could be said equally about his Labor cronies in the Federal Parliament!
While we the overtaxed multitudes carry on like penned stock, there are things of far greater importance going on behind the smoke and mirrors. Perhaps many of you have never considered the beauty of of our harbour, or the value of a workplace close to where you live. Or perhaps something like Vaucluse House designed to sit comfortably on an acreage. And our Heritage Observatory sited near to the Harbour Bridge approaches on the southern side.
Public land, open space is a one time opportunity I haven't forgotten the flats proposed to be sited on open crassland near to the lighthouse on south Head, the hotel for the Quarantine station on North Head. There are ofter too few degress of seperation between our public property and the comfortable arrangements with Public Priviate Partisapation. We the people are the power base that our elected representative talk about when they use the word "mandate". None of them have a true Mandate to take us down the road we now travel.
Edward James
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