
Issue No 35		15 October 1999

News

It’s Time! Republic Goes Funky

A roll-call of Australian contemporary musicians have backed the Republican cause, recording an updated version of the Labor anthem "It's Time".

The recording took place in Sydney this week on the night before the ARIA awards, where You Am I manager Todd Wagstaff coordinated a conga line of talent.

With Cruel Sea as the house band, artists including Tim Rogers, Tim Freedman, Deb Conway, Mark Seymour and Josh Abrahams laid down the track.

It will now be distributed to radio stations and can be heard on live on the Channel V web-site.

Jennie's Call to Arms

Meanwhile, ACTU President Jennie George today called upon Australia's more than 2 million union members to campaign passionately in their workplaces and with their families and friends for a "Yes" vote in the referendum for a Republic on 6 November.

She says that statistics showed 74 per cent of Australian workplaces had union members, and 52 per cent had union delegates (1995 Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey).

"Union members are perfectly placed to campaign on the Republic. This could be the only chance we have in our lifetimes to decide on this important issue for Australia's future."

A personal message from Ms George to all union delegates is currently being distributed by unions.

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Interview: Strategic Responses
NSW Police Association president Mark Burgess has worked in the coal mines and the waterfront - now he’s the public face of NSW police

Republic: Negative Campaigning
If the Republic fails, one of the main complaints which should be leveled against the ARM is its refusal to play dirty.

Unions: Interpreter smooths the way for Kosovar Refugees
“The people really appreciate what Australia has done for them but they still want to go home," said Ariana Biba, a HREA member who has been worked recently as an interpreter assisting newly arrived refugees from Kosovo.

Education: Count Yorga's Evil Plot
NTEU president Carolyn Allport looks at Kemp's brazen attack on univestities and warns the battle is not won yet.

Safety: Death in the Snowy
Beyond the engineering achievements of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, there is the tragic story of those workers killed or seriously injured in the construction of the project.

International: Why Is the WTO So Anti-Labour?
Driving the cost of labour down appears to be the main priority of the World Trade Organisation

History: The Importance of Tradition
Historical documents bring us into closer contact with the past and its concerns as this 1945 extract from the NSW Nurses Association journal, The Lamp, shows.

Review: McLibel - The Mice That Roared
This documentary is the classic tale of the little guys against the system, a battle for the right to dissent.

Satire: Government Privatises Numbers
Prime Minister John Howard released a new policy on numerals yesterday, to bring them in in line with the Liberal Party's plan to privatise “Pretty much everything before we lose office.”

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