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20 August 1999 |
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SportA Union Fighter
Rick Timperi wants to do what no other boxer has ever done -- fight at three Olympics.
But before he gets to the Sydney 2000, Rick has a tough year of fighting ahead of him. "I've got to win the State title in October, Australian title in November and the Oceania Games in April," he says. Rick says the hard men of Tonga and Samoa are going to be tough to beat. "But I'm pretty hard myself. I'm not a real technical boxer - but I get the job done." Rick's record includes, sixth in Atlanta in 1996, a gold in the Oceania Games and a previous world top 10 ranking. Training twice a day, six-days-a-week is not easy, but getting to the Olympics will make it all worthwhile. "When you walk out for the opening ceremony the atmosphere in the stadium is unbelievable. There's nothing else like it," he says. Rick's 32 and is on cloud nine after the age limit for Olympic boxers was lifted. "They've increased it from 32 to 34. It's an omen. It's got to be my year," he says. Rick's a stonemason by trade and reckons he's an old-fashioned-sort-of-bloke. He likes to buy flowers for women and take them out somewhere nice for dinner. But he also believes the strong should look after the weak, the young and the old. "It's a bit like being in a union -- sharing and looking out for each other."
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   Interview: Stepping Up To The PlateACTU secretary-in-waiting Greg Combet talks about his report on international trade union trends and the need to adapt for the future. Work/Time/Life: The Good Type of Wharf Security The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has locked in better job security for casuals as part of its collective agreement with P&O Ports. International: Venezuela Warned By Global Labour GroupVenezuela's new Constituent Assembly has drafted a decree providing for the dissolution of the country's national trade union organisation, the CTV. Legal: Politically Motivated Case Against Unionist FailsA politically motivated extortion case against Eric Wicker, a long-time trade unionist on the Port Kembla waterfront has failed. Republic: Direct Election Republicans who say YES � and MORE!Despairing at the sight of Ted Mack and Phil Cleary fronting for Kerry Jones and the Australians for A Constitutional Monarchy? Appalled at the disastrous strategy and paralysis of the Australian Republican Movement? A significant group of Republicans has an answer for you! Unions: Technology for the TimesNew technology offers exciting opportunities which help union growth, according to this extract from Unions@Work. History: Australian Unions and Industrial Action 1788-1900A project is under way to compile a comprehensive record of unions, informal worker organisation and strikes from the period of European settlement to 1900 using a specially designed computer database. Review: Stage Left! - Workers Theatre Hits the Mark'Rare' is the word on the Melbourne Workers Theatre production, 'Who's Afraid of the Working Class?' currently touring the eastern states of Australia. Satire: Australia's Most EarnestStrewth magazine scours the cultural landscape for its inaugural Earnest Bastard of the Year Award.
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