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Vindicated


The release of the Besley Report into Telstra has vindicated my stance in running for election to the Board of Telstra.

Mr Besley has clearly shown that Telstra service standards have slackened, particularly for non metropolitan Australians, and the government has recognised this by announcing that plans to privatise Telstra must be temporarily shelved.

But that is not good enough!

Mr Howard is good at pointing the finger at Labor having sold off the Commonwealth Bank and then claiming that they should be blamed for over reduced banking services, increased fees and closed branches.

Yet his plan for Telstra would be even more devastating and the average Aussie would be worse off.

There MUST be a certainty that Australians will not suffer reduced services and increased costs as a result of such a sale. We must ensure that Australians in remote areas receive a minimum standard of quality service.

Telstra services have already slumped over recent years. Perhaps readers should write in and provide a few thousand examples.

We must ensure that employees are not sacked merely to make profit which generally comes with reduced services as we have seen with our banks. We also need to be certain that the sale of Telstra will account for the loss of income that Telstra brings to Australia, an amount that is enormous and which I doubt can be recovered by the sale of Telstra.

As an old friend named said to me when I was on the RACV Board, there are a number of business opportunities that would allow Telstra to grow further, to increase profits and yet to give its customers enhanced service.

Telstra is a great Aussie company but it can be greater. I am running for the Board of Telstra and if the federal government were honest, they would not automatically lock their 51% controlling vote into their candidates who have one goal in mind - to SELL, SELL, SELL.

Ange Kenos


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Features
*  Interview: Righting The Wrongs
Improving the lives of Aboriginal people can't be taken out of the context of the economy, welfare and other areas says Bob McMullan, Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
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*  Economics: At The Mercy Of Gamblers
The plunge of the Australian dollar relative to the greenback has consequences for Aussie workers according to Frank Stillwell.
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*  History: Labour History Under Seige Again
The Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre have recently been informed of proposed changes to the Noel Butlin Archives Centre (NBAC), changes that will cut staff by more than 50% and leave the Archives mothballed in the tunnel where the repository is situated.
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*  Workplace: Fighting The Flexible Firm
We are told that hardship and exploitation at work is dying out, and the new economy offers opportunity, freedom and job satisfaction for all. Richard Sennett unveils the true nature of the flexible workplace.
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*  Safety: Being bossed around is bad for your health
A survey of more than 3,000 Australian workers has revealed that some 54% of workers experience intimidating behaviour in their workplace. In almost 85% of cases it is employers, managers and supervisors who are identified as the culprits.
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*  Unions: Discrimination
New to the union and the maritime industry and with only a few days casual work to live off, Stephen Rolls courageously spoke up against individual contracts during a job interview with Burnie Port Corp.
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*  International: Serbian Workers and Their Unions Fight for Freedom
Serbian workers and their unions have been at the forefront of the struggle for democracy in Yugoslavia as they led a general strike in response to attempts by President Slobodan Milosevic to nullify the defeat he faced in the Sept. 24 election.
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*  Satire: A few more years of civilised brutality will advantage Aborigines: Ruddock
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Minister for Reconciliation Philip Ruddock has defended his comments to French newspaper Le Monde claiming that Aborigines were disadvantaged because they were late in coming into contact with developed civilisations.
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*  Review: Poetry For Workers By Workers
Poems about the trials and tribulations of a waitress and what you learn in a chocolate factory are among the gems from the 925 anthology.
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Letters to the editor
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