Issue No 65 | 04 August 2000 | |
Trades HallPaul Howes' Week on the Web
Our resident geek runs a cold eye over the ALP site and checks out its Hobart coverage. And there's more!
The Week that Was With all the action of ALP National Conference now over, you can take time to reflect and go back to see the week that was in Hobart at the ALP' National Conference Site http://www.alp.org.au/nc2000 . The Conference was tagged as Australia's first online conference for a political party, it featured live web casts of all the sessions and was continually updated as the conference progressed. Tanner Re-Vamped Lindsay Tanner MP, Federal Labor Member for Melbourne and Author of "Open Australia" has recently re-vamped his website located at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~lindsaytanner (unfortunately he hasn't registered a domain name yet). Whilst a lot of the content remains the same he has created several new sections and it is well worth checking out. Get on line to get active Greenpeace Australia's website now has a section called "Get Active" http://www.greenpeace.org.au/getactive. Get Active is an online guide on how to set up your own campaigns on environmental issues in a local setting. It is a well designed and well thought out site and a definite bench mark for activist organizations who want to educate their membership on self-organising. International This week I checked out the website of the Socialist International (SI), which is the international organization of social-democratic parties (the ALP is the Australian Section). The SI has historically been a very European oriented organization, although in recent years they have tried to overcome this by encouraging participation in the running of the organization by South American and Asian sections of the SI. The site located at http://www.socialistinternational.org has had a recent make over and typifies the new breed of European Political websites that are emerging. It is very attractive and actually contains information (unfortunately Political Parties in Australia have generally failed to grasped the idea of including information in their sites). Irish Labour The Labour Party in the Republic of Ireland has been online for several years now their site is located at http://www.labour.ie . This site is an absolute gem, and should be viewed as an example to all Parliamentary Parties around the world. You could sum the site up by saying less is more. It contains enough information for the punters to be able to feel that they can understand Party policy but doesn't go overboard so that when you are reading their policy you don't feel like your reading an Insurance Contract. On top of the content of the site it has a nice, simple and easy to navigate layout without appearing like a billboard. So many political sites around the world (especially the Federal ALP site) are so huge and complicated that electors and members aren't going to be bothered searching for information. If you have any sites you think Paul should review or add to the LaborNET links section email him at mailto:[email protected]
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Interview: Hobart Perspective Having held senior positions in both wings of the labour movement, Martin Ferguson went to Hobart with more perspective than most. He shares a bit of it with Workers Online. Politics: Love-in In a Cold Climate In our exclusive campaign diary we bring you the sights, sounds and smells of the ALP's Hobart conference. Unions: Passion Plays Canadian union campaigner Sharon Costello outlines how British Columbia nurses are using the arts to activate their membership base. International: Spanish Telecom Builds Employee Portal The prospect of on-line access for unions to company employees was outlined to Union Network International by the head of Spanish Telecommunications giant. Telefonica. History: Husky Girls and the Female Psyche When women entered the workforce during World War Two their male supervisors were given these simple tips to get the most out of them. Satire: Communism Vindicated by Successful Collective Meeting Tonight's meeting of the Marxism-Leninism Now Collective demonstrated the continuing relevance and ultimate success of communist principles, according to the Collective's Secretary, George Addison, 44. Review: Following the Money A new book looks at the role the bosses have played in the changing industrial relations framework.
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