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The Passion For Power
Arguably Midnight Oils� greatest ever song �Powderworks� starts off with the apocalyptic warning "there�s a shit storm a-coming."
The Passion for Power
Arguably Midnight Oils� greatest ever song �Powderworks� starts off with the apocalyptic warning "there�s a shit storm a-coming."
Interview: The New Democrat
Canadian activist Judy Rebick explains how she's using lessons from Brazil to rebuild the labour movement.
Bad Boss: The Ugly Australian
Prime Minister John Howard is in California spruiking the "merits" of this month�s Bad Boss nomination �
Unions: Free Spirits and Slaves
International capital demands guest labour � legal or illegal � as a way of beating down wages and conditions and, as Jim Marr discovers, the Australian Government seems happy to oblige.
Industrial: National Focus
Noel Hester reports on another workplace death (we-will-not-RIP NOHSC), heartburn for the Canberra consensus and all the action from around the states in our national wrap.
History: A Class Act
The problem of forgetting the primacy of class in favour of other ideas of community is highlighted in a new book, writes Neale Towart
International: Across the Ditch
NZ Nurses Union leader, Laila Harr�, is in Sydney this week, comparing notes with the Australian Nurses Federation and seeking transTasman support for New Zealand�s highest profile industrial campaign.
Economics: Home Truths
Sydney University's Frank Stilwell argues that tax policy is driving the housing boom.
Review: No Time Like Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow is one part Grim Reaper of the environmental movement and two parts fictitious fable dramatically window dressed with extreme special effects, writes Tara de Boehmler.
Poetry: Silent Note
Resident Bard David Peetz uncovers the current public service motto � "Don't tell the Minister!".
 Making Plans For Nigel
People Importer Wants Indemnity
Desperate Ambos Turn to Copper
Victims Dusted in Asbestos Row
Delos Bang Victory Gong
Teaching 12 Percent Tougher
Now Carr Faces Medical Bill
Officers Hurt in Transit
Support Unit Makes Canberra Debut
Winter Beds Breakthrough
Workers Wait For Bread
HoWARd the A**sLIcKEer
Activists What�s On!
The Soapbox
The Pursuit of Happiness Part I
The Australia Institute's Clive Hamilton questions the assumptions underlying a society that defines happiness in dollar terms. The Soapbox
The Pursuit of Happiness Part II
Clive Hamilton concludes his analysis, looking at how more and more Australians are pulling back from a marketplace that is no longer providing the goods. The Locker Room
Sack �Em All!
Phil Doyle puts his job on the line, but doesn�t everyone these days? Politics
The Westie Wing
The NSW Government has an agenda on the table but the test is finding innovative ways to finance it, writes Ian West
Godbotherers Descend On Poor
Sick Of This Job
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Officers Hurt in Transit
Being kicked, punched and having bones broken is one of the risks of being a railway transit officer.
But officers fear RailCorps's proposal to reduce numbers at high risk stations such as Redfern and Central could worsen that situation.
Under the company's proposal, four-person patrols at high incident stations will be halved.
RailCorp is also proposing to cut the number of radios, currently supplied to all staff members, to one between every two officers.
Injured transit officer Michael Fusco, says is concerned about reducing the team sizes.
Fusco was left with permanent nerve damage in his leg after being pushed between a train and platform during an arrest last year.
"I think that raises issues around officer safety and also customer safety," he said.
Ahmed Jenzarli, who had his leg broken at Central Station last year, doesn't think staff numbers should be reduced.
Jenzarli left the force after being injured during a confrontation with two drunks at Merrylands.
He maintains the incident would not have occurred if there had been more staff on duty.
"I think it's dangerous to reduce numbers at dangerous stations, I mean Redfern is a joke," he said "An offender is more likely to arc up if there are two officers."
He says a member of the public could be knocked down or hurt in an incident, "During the exection of our duties we put our bodies on the line for passsenger safety."
"The proposal is dangerous on management's behalf because it could lead to more transit officers being injured," he said.
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