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No Place Like Home
Little by little, the truth is seeping out; a judicial inquiry into James Hardies Industries corporate restructure is exposing a scandal of dramatic proportions.
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!".
 Multi Bets on China Card
Community Flags Reconciliation Push
Nigel�s Ad Values Questioned
Medal for "Jobs Vandal"
Schoolies Earn Thousands
Westbus Drives Over Entitlements
Circus Owners Cut Up Rough
Fireys Slam Adelaide "Death Traps"
Job Slasher Faces Spam
Sixty Stations Face Axe
"Sickies" to Join Dinosaurs
Mr One Percent on Notice
Stink Over DJ�s Bogs
Aussie Kids Die on the Job
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
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Community Flags Reconciliation Push
Teachers and wharfies this week joined a 2000-strong community push to return the Aboriginal flag to its position above the Taree City Council Chambers.
Rank and file workers linked arms with Aboriginal leaders and community members to protest the newly-elected Taree City Council's decision to lower the Indigenous flag.
Members of the Independent Education Union took to the street with more than 150 students from St Clare's High School and St Joseph's Primary School.
St Clare's High School IEU member Phil Chalmers said despite the Council's refusal to reinstate the flag, the event was a win for reconciliation.
It culminated with Biripi-Worimi elder Patricia David-Hurst (AKA Aunty Pat) releasing 10 doves of peace outside the chambers before the marchers attended a sausage sizzle hosted by the Biripi-Worimi people.
"The whole event was really a push for reconciliation and it is not over yet," Chalmers said. "Our peaceful protest had a lot of support which is ongoing."
The Newcastle Branch of the Maritime Workers Union also sent a message to the protesters throwing their support behind the action.
Race relations have a vexed history in Taree which was the site for one of the 1960's freedom rides that sought to end racial discrimination in rural NSW.
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