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  Issue No 40 Official Organ of LaborNet 19 November 1999  

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Deface a Face

25,000 Teachers Can’t Be Wrong!


Angry teachers yesterday voted overwhelmingly for Education minister John Aquilina to take the mantle of this week's face to deface.

Thousands of teachers boo-ed the alleged Labor Minister, as he continued to back in bureaucrats appointed by the Greiner Government as they lock horns with the teachers elected representatives.

In a first for the Carr Government, Aquilina allowed his bureaucrats to bypass the union to offer a bodgy pay deal direct to teachers - bogging down the Internet and clogging up their mail boxes.

His slimy attempts to assume the high moral ground by denigrating the teachers and the public education system will do damage to the profession way beyond the current dispute.

And his liberal use of the truth of the content of the pay claim, would surely get him an 'F' for honesty.

Worse, he has appeared to co-ordinate his campaign with that friend of the workers the Daily Telegraph - obviously forgetting the age-old truism: if you lie down with dogs, you're sure to get fleas.

He's used the Net for his purposes, now it's your turn. See if you can't transform him into the caring, sharing friend of education that we all know lies deep within him.

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In this issue
Features
*  Interview: No Quick Fix
Online pioneer Marc Belanger explains why the Internet, on its own, will not save the union movement.
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*  Unions: Organising With A Mission
Entries are beginning to trickle in for the Labor Council Organiser of the Year. With just two weeks to deadline, we look at the TWU's nominee.
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*  History: Rhyme and Reason
Poems written by workers provide us with an insight into their experiences and also how they felt about their work and working conditions.
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*  Health: The Food Police
Three times a day you take your life in your hands. How? When you sit down to eat a meal.
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*  Politics: East Timor: Defeat or Victory for the Left?
John Passant's "Requiem for the Left" advances some rather extravagant charges regarding the left and East Timor.
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*  International: Kiwi Unions Rebuild from Ground Up
After fifteen years as a right wing laboratory New Zealand is about to change tack. New NZCTU chief Paul Goulter outlines the challenge ahead.
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*  Satire: Australian Democrats Revealed as Student Hoax
The Chaser has obtained an exclusive background report on the extraordinary story which reveals how and why Cheryl Kernot defected from the Democrats.
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*  Review: The Best of the Best
Once again Channel Nine has out done itself with it’s new Ray Martin program “Simply the Best”.
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*  Labour Review: What's New at the Information Centre
View the latest issue of Labour review, our resource for officials and students.
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*  Deface a Face: 25,000 Teachers Can’t Be Wrong!
Angry teachers yesterday voted overwhelmingly for Education minister John Aquilina to take the mantle of this week’s face to deface.
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»  Oldfield in the Pub
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Columns
»  Guest Report
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»  Sport
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»  Trades Hall
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»  Piers Watch
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Letters to the editor
»  Letter of the Week
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»  Republican Post Mortem
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»  Aquilina's Horror Award
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»  CCT - Destroying Rural Communities
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»  Timor Pride Not Cause for Requiem
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