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Issue No. 297 | 03 March 2006 |
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Howard's Decayed
Interview: Court's in Session Industrial: Whose Choices? Politics: Peter's Principles Environment: TINA or Greener? History: Its Not Just Handshakes and Aprons International: US Locks out Jose' Bove Education: No AWA - No Job Culture: Jesus was a Long-Grass Man Review: Charlie the Serf
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
 Belly Tells It Like It IsWhat's Going On?
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Activists Activists What's On!
Tune in to Workers Radio Sydney 88.9FM Weekdays 5:30am - 9:00am The 2006 Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA raffle Is now open!!! We invite you to take part in this year's Raffle by buying a ticket, selling tickets or encouraging your family and friends to participate. FIRST PRIZE Round the World Trip for Two. Imagine, you and a friend heading off around the world on a trip of a lifetime!! Every ticket gives you the chance to win the great prize of a ticket for two around the world with $720 spending money and one night's accommodation in London thrown in. SECOND PRIZE Acer Travelmate Laptop Computer. You will be able to go anywhere with this great laptop, valued at $1,300. Acer Travelmate Model 2304Lci, Celeron M-350 with new 1MB Cache, 15" Widescreen, 256MB RAM, 40GB Hard drive and many more features. Raffle tickets can be purchased from 1 March 2006: · Ph: 1800 888 674 Fax: (02) 9261 1118 · Email: office@apheda.org.au · Online at www.apheda.org.au Bid for Freedom Art Exhibition and Auction When: Exhibition March 1-5, 2006 Mon-Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat, Sun 1pm to 5pm Auction March 5, 2006 Sunday March 5, 1.30pm to 5pm Where: The Glen Eira City Council Gallery Cnr Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads Caulfield VIC 3162 Melways Ref: 68 A2 More than 100 Australian artists have generously donated works to be auctioned to raise money for the Brigidine Nuns Asylum Seeker Project For more info see http:www.bid4freedom.org Sick of marching in a straight line? The Queers in Unions group - Workers Out - invites you to be involved in our float and parade entry for Mardi Gras, Saturday 4 March. We're looking for all sorts of union members from all sorts of unions to come along and join the fun. You can be a dancer, help us build our fabulous float or get a group together and come along and be part of the parade entry on the night. Contacts Dancers and other performers: Bronwyn Winter on 0412 770 424 General parade entrants: Dominic Quigley on 0424 007 638 All other enquiries: Email bkeeffe@spsf.asn.au Long time activist and campaigner for workers rights who recently passed away Thursday 9th of March, 5pm Victorian Trades hall Council Human Rights...Negotiable? What would an Australian Bill of Rights do for you? Presented by the Port Jackson ALP State Electorate Council Saturday 11 March 2006 Leichhardt Town Hall 2- 4:30pm Cnr Norton & Marion Sts, Leichhardt Guest Speakers The Hon. Rob Hulls MP Victorian Attorney General Julian Burnside Queen's Counsel, Refugee Rights Advocate, Author Tim Palmer Walkley Award Winning Journalist, ABC Jakarta The Hon. Susan Ryan Chair of the New Matilda Human Rights Campaign RSVP: SEC Secretary Verity Firth on 02 9692 8761 (leave a message) or at verity_firth@yahoo.com.au by 1 March 2006 John Howard: 10 Years On It is now 10 years since John Howard was first elected as Australia's Prime Minister. This forum will consider the Howard Government's 10 years in power and the impact it has had on Australia. With: Julia Gillard MP, Shadow Health Minister Gerard Henderson, columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald Judith Brett, Author When: Wednesday 22 March from 6.00pm to 7.30pm Where: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe Cost: Free Chair: Senator John Faulkner, President of the NSW Fabian Society APHEDA VICTORIAN ACTIVISTS MEETING Tue 4th April, 6.30 PM. The first meeting of the Victorian Activist Group will be held 6.30 PM, Tuesday 4th April 2006. Meeting Room 9, Community & Public Sector Union (CPSU), 11th Floor, 575 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP to natasha.joyce@cpsu.org.au by Monday 3rd April. The Activist network enables members and supporters to meet and share recourses locally as they support Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA's overseas projects and campaigns. APHEDA MELBOURNE MOVIE FUNDRAISER Thu 20th April, 6.30 PM Make it a date to remember! Join Melbourne members and supporters at the Cinema Nova for a night of film and fundraising. Raising much needed dollars for Union Aid Abroad-APEHDA's overseas projects, tickets are just $20/$15 to see the Academy Award nominated film Tsotsi in it's first week of release (see below for movie blurb). Thursday 20th April 6.30 PM at the Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street Carlton. Contact Steve Mullins for bookings (payment MUST be made before the night) Mobile: 0413021412 smullins@actu.asn.au Tsotsi - (m) nominated for Academy Best Foreign Language Film Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective - Tsotsi traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking. Tsotsi is a gritty and moving portrait of an angry young man living in a state of extreme urban deprivation. His world pumps with the raw energy of Kwaito Music - the modern beat of the ghetto that reflects his troubled state of mind. The film is a psychological thriller in which the protagonist is compelled to confront his own brutal nature and face the consequences of his actions. It puts a human face on both the victims and the perpetrators of violent crime and is ultimately a story of hope and a triumph of love over rage. Winner, 2005 Toronto Film Festival, People's Choice Award STRUGGLES, SCABS + SCHOONERS is BACK 29th April 2006 from 1:30pm. This year it is all about the history - and ongoing battles - of working class women. Join us for stories, memories, hope, singing and beer. Tickets are $30, which includes dinner. If you wanna get on board the bus (walkers are welcome & free), please let us know ASAP - you'll have a confirmed seat if you get us the money before the day - please make cheques payable to the PROUD TO BE UNION COMMITTEE INC (send to Struggles, Scabs & Schooners - c/- FSU, PO Box A2442 Sydney South 1235).
RSVP to Chris (chris.gambian@fsunion.org.au
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