Issue No 59 | 23 June 2000 | |
SatireRural Poor Return to LaborExtracted from The Chaser
Thrilled by the great new branding, the new Country Labor party has caused scenes of great rejoicing in the country.
"What we have always needed was our very own Labor party," said one thrilled grain salesman who has been down on his luck since the dismantling of trade tarrifs in the mid-1970s. The general response from the country to the new 'Country Labor' party has been very positive. Some described the new logo as one of the "greatest things to happen in the country since Telecom Australia renamed itself Telstra and started taking away all our public phones." The new party follows a large investment by the Labor party into brand management and brand focusing. "By looking at the way companies would subtly repackage the same products for different markets we have learnt how democracy must move," said Mr Eric Roozendaal, Secretary of the NSW Branch. t is understood that Labor is also looking at other new parties such as Indigenous Labor, Ethnic Labor and 'Filthy Rich but still vote Labor Labor'. Asked why they weren't considering a Women's Labor a source from head office admitted that they had tried that sort of thing once but that they had ended up asking for too much and so they had to be disbanded. "Let that be a lesson to you bushies," he added. "We've given you a new party so keep quiet and vote the right way." The positive response to Country Labor has led other organisations to follow their approach. Telstra announced the release of Telstra Country Wide, a totally new and focused approach to the removal of bush services.
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Interview: Holding the Line Diwan Shankar, Assistant National Secretary of the Fiji TUC, is in Australia to consolidate support for his members and plead for ongoing bans. Technology: D-Day for VC? NSW Labor Council secretary Michael Costa explains the motivations behind the new Get on Board computer-internet venture. Legal: Knock, Knock - Who's There? When the nine year old son of CFMEU construction division state secretary Andrew Ferguson recently responded to a Saturday door knock, it was neither a friend nor a Jehovah's Witness. Unions: Are You a Good Listener ? Mark Hearn goes inside the Energy Australia call centre to find a workplace where there is a code for evrything - even trips to the toilet. International: Union Observers Barred from Zimbabwe Poll Five observers from the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) and 19 other South Africans aligned to Zimbabwe's Catholic Commission for Peace and Justice are among 233 observers barred by the Zimbabwean government from monitoring the parliamentary elections. History: Community, Class, and Comparison Despite its occasional romantic tendencies, new labour scholarship is mapping collective action within working class communities. Satire: Rural Poor Return to Labor Thrilled by the great new branding, the new Country Labor party has caused scenes of great rejoicing in the country. Review: The Wicked Webs We Weave LaborNet web-meastro Paul Howes trawls the web for some hot sites for all you political junkies.
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