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Issue No. 225 18 June 2004  
E D I T O R I A L

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.

F E A T U R E S

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!".

N E W S

 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!

C O L U M N S

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

L E T T E R S
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Circus Owners Cut Up Rough


Circus owners used knives, iron rods and pistols to bash parents and child labour activists in India, the ICFTU alleges. Circus owners used knives, iron rods and pistols to bash parents and child labour activists in India, the ICFTU alleges.

Renowned campaigner for children's rights, Kailash Satyarthi, is recovering from head injuries and a broken leg in a Lucknow hospital after being set on by owners of the Great Roman Circus.

The Brussels-based union international has lodged a formal complaint with the new Indian Government over the attack which occurred when Satyarthi went to the circus in Colonelganj, Uttar Pradesh, to investigate complaints lodged by 11 parents.

He was accompanied by his son, a photo journalist and four of the parents.

Indian reports claim that district authorities "connived with the circus owner" who threatened to "eliminate" Satyarthi who heads-up the Global March Against Child Labour.

The attack came one month after the Global March-organised Children's World Congress on Child Labour won support from government and non-government organisations in Florence, Italy.

ICFTU general secretary, Guy Ryder, pointed out in a letter that India, as a member of the ILO, had an "obligation to uphold fundamental principles, including the abolition of forced labour and elimination of child labour.'

Hospital authorities reported Satyarthi's condition as "stable".


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