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Lest We Forget
Just four days separate Anzac Day and the International Day of Mourning for Deaths at Work, but in the eyes of our leaders the gap could be 100 years.
Interview: Australia@Work
Labor's Penny Wong has the job of getting more people into the workplace and keeping companies honest. In her spare time ....
Unions: State of the Union
Unions NSW secretary John Robertson unveils the annual survey of attitudes of workers to their jobs, thier lives and the union.
Industrial: Fashion Accessories
Jim Marr unpacks the unlikely claim of a suburban house to be considered the New Mecca of the New Right �
Legal: Leg Before Picket
Chris White looks at how the federal industrial changes will impact on the basic right to strike.
Politics: Business Welfare Brats
Neale Towart asks why the only form of legitmate welfare seems to be going to the top end of town.
Health: Cannabis Controversy
Zoe Reynolds looks at how drug and alcohol testing is leading to some addled outcomes.
Economics: Debt, Deficit, Downturn
As the indicators head south, Frank Stilwell wonders whether it is the way we do economics that is to blame.
History: Politics In The Pubs
Phil Doyle reports on the increasingly-popular Struggles, Scabs and Schooners day out.
Review: Three Bob's Worth
Doing their best Margaret and David, Tara de Boehmler and Tim Brunero have different takes on the new Australian flick Three Dollars.
Poetry: Do The Slowly Chokie
Workers Online bard David Peetz teaches how workers to dance to Howard's industrial laws.
 Employers Desecrate Graves
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Tights Fail In Flight
Dick Tracy Booted In Blacktown
Cops Not Fashion Victims
Picnic On for Working Families
Skinny Pay Starves Weight Watchers
Banks Get Work For Free
Aged Care Workers Off Their Feet
Cleaners Clean Up
VSU Bad for Business
Unions Urge Fair Go For Timorese
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The Soapbox
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War, Plus The Shooting
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Life Imitates Art
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Unions Urge Fair Go For Timorese
The ACTU is calling on the Government to ensure East Timor receives its fair share of benefits from gas and oil projects in the Timor Sea.
ACTU President Sharan Burrow says East Timor deserves a fair go and a fair share of the billions of dollars being earned from the Timor Sea oil and gas reserves.
Burrow says it is also in Australia's best interests to have a prosperous and stable East Timor as our neighbour.
The ACTU is calling on the Australian Government to stop short changing the East Timorese on maritime boundaries and government royalties.
"It is essential that East Timor enjoys an equitable share of the anticipated $8 billion of downstream benefits from these projects," Burrow says.
The placement of a maritime boundary between East Timor and Australia will determine which country receives about $40 billion dollars in government royalties from the Greater Sunrise field.
But in addition to government revenue, there is also the economic benefit of on-shore infrastructure and investment to take into account.
"These long term projects will potentially generate thousands of jobs and bring with them numerous flow-on benefits to the local communities," Burrow says.
"The ACTU recognises that such development would enable East Timor to escape continued poverty and to build a sustainable industry."
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