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Interview: Terror Australis Unions: Graeme Beard's Second Dig Industrial: The Hell of Troy Organising: Miners Strike Gold Economics: The Accepted Wisdom History: Vicious Old Lady International: Out of Sight, Out of Mind Review: War Unfogged Poetry: TAFE
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WA Bosses Duck for Cover Workers Online and the AMWU, last week lifted the lid on the abuse of dozens of tradesmen, imported from South Africa and paid as little as one-third of going rates. [full story] Static Hits Digital Revolution The Pay-TV operator has been offering "self-installation" for subscribers, and even investigated paying couriers to perform the "migration" of existing connections to digital in order to bypass subbies. [full story] Rising Sun Sets on Costello AMWU national secretary, Doug Cameron, announced worker representatives would fly to Japan to argue for the South Australian community, just 24 hours after Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, said its future was beyond government control. [full story] Terror Telegraphs New Era The Tele is campaigning actively to protect the former Australian Defence Industries site at St Mary�s threatened by a Federal Government selloff. [full story] Dust Storm Greets Hardie James Hardie, who made millions out of asbestos over decades as an Australian building materials giant, has refused to guarantee any future compensation claims. [full story] Psych Nurses Seek Safety The move comes a month after a Western Australian Psychiatric Nurse was severely bashed by a patient. [full story]
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Employers, including WA�s powerful Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are protecting their backsides in the wake of immigration rort revelations.
Subscribers to Foxtel�s new digital Pay-TV service face 18-month delays after the operator refused to negotiate with disgruntled contractors.
Car workers will underwrite a mission to Tokyo in bid to save Mitsubishi�s Adelaide operation as Federal Government washes its hands of up to 20,000 jobs.
Rupert Murdoch�s Daily Telegraph has dumped it�s long running opposition to green bans to back protection of western Sydney�s last remnant bushland.
Dying workers will front James Hardie boss, Peter MacDonald, when he appears before an inquiry into an $800 million shortfall in compensation funds set aside by his company.
Victoria�s Psychiatric Nurses and Mental Health Professionals are threatening industrial action over unsafe staffing levels, claiming mental health services are in "crisis".
