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Sad Sacks
It has been a sad spectacle watching a Labor Government run down public servants, as they have in NSW this week.
Interview: Court's in Session
As the silks line up to challenge WorkChoices, Jeff Shaw is fighting for his own legacy - the NSW IR system.
Industrial: Whose Choices?
The Howard Government's WorkChoices legislation has been dissected by lawyers and the commentariat; now it's the turn of political economists.
Politics: Peter's Principles
Forget John Howard. The force behind WorkChoices is Peter Costello. The Prime Minister-in-waiting has devoted a lifetime to undermining the security and living standards of Australian families, Jim Marr reports.
Environment: TINA or Greener?
What does the greenhouse effect and legislation to control workers have in common, asks Neale Towart
History: Its Not Just Handshakes and Aprons
Power. They have it, we want it. Friendly societies tried to keep it for working people, writes Neale Towart
International: US Locks out Jose' Bove
The US Government has refused to allow France's most famous farmer Jose Bove into the country to address a conference
Education: No AWA - No Job
The Howard Government has given the Australian community its first view of the future by forcing new staff at Ballarat University to sign an Australian Workplace Agreement if they want a job, writes Jenny Macklin.
Culture: Jesus was a Long-Grass Man
The writings of a Middle Eastern theologian may provide guidance to those grappling with indigenous issues, writes Graham Ring
Review: Charlie the Serf
Nathan Brown takes the sledgehammer (and sickle) to Mr Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
 Taskforce Shrugs Bashed Teen Worker
Abattoir Blues
Car Plant Puts Pedal to Metal
Call Me Now: Rev Kev
Fat Boss Sings
Unions Back After This Break
Public Cuts Must Be Last
Apprentices Grow Up
‘Castle Win Keeps Trains On Track
Chicken Worker Stuffed
‘Revolving Gangplank' at Sydney Ferries
NSW Councils Short $21 billion
Activists What's On!
The Soapbox
Hitler in Bowral
Political censorship has made its wasy to the sleepy Southern Highlands, wrties Rowan Cahill. The Locker Room
No Laughing Matter
Phil Doyle tries to take Australian sportspeople seriously, and fails. Parliament
The Westie Wing
Ian West is mistakenly sent an advance copy of John Winston Howard’s Little Blue Book of Australian History…
Lest We Forget
For Whom the Toll Bells
Unfinished Business
Labor Sells Hydro
Stop the Hordes
Packer Whacker
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Letters to the Editor
Labor Sells Hydro
Can anyone explain why the State Labor Government opposes the sale of Telstra but is selling the Snowy Hydro scheme. Is the Labour movement really supporting this or is it just those few stupid dinosaurs who see it as some desperate act to revive the fortunes of the Iemma Government. Although Labor has been selling out the working people for at least 10 years it is now condemning working families to low pay and 19th century working conditions brought about by a certain victory for the coalition at the next election.
Labor has always survived by utilising the maxim "a Labor government is always better than a Liberal one", no matter how often it sells out. Its key constituencies have swallowed this nonsense for years. The privatisation of the Snowy Hydro is the result of inbreeding by a succession of apparatchiks and sleazy compliant parliamentarians.
Its time for strong-minded Labor independents to take on the official Labor candidates at the next election and to do their damnedest to defeat these shameless men and woman.
Paul Palmer, NSW
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