
Issue No 79		24 November 2000

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Hurley Rebukes Actors' Guild: I'm No Actor!

Extracted from The Chaser

Liz Hurley has responded angrily to claims by actors that she crossed a picket line by filming an Estee Lauder ad.

The Screen Actors' Guild is protesting against the low wages given to actors in commercials. Hurley's manager issued the rebuke after numerous union members yelled at her and called her a scab as she launched her new film, Bedazzled.

"According to Liz's understanding, the picket meant that no-one could act in an commercial, and she obeyed that to the letter," her manager stated. "If you look at the clip, you won't see one skerrick of acting."

Hurley's manager challenged the Screen Actors' Guild to produce any evidence whatsoever of Hurley acting.

The Guild later issued an apology, conceding that Hurley had not acted in the advert and adding that it now accepts that Hurley has never acted in her life.

"So far we've only watched her efforts in Austin Powers, My Favourite Martian and Passenger 57, but we're definitely getting the impression that she's never acted," said active Guild member Kevin Spacey. "I'd hate to jump the gun before watching Austin Powers II: The Spy Who Shagged Me, but it's beginning to look like we were wrong."

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Interview: Back on Track
After blowing the whistle on rail privatization, NSW Transport Minister Carl Scully is rebuilding bridges with the trade union movement.

Unions: The Problem with Organising
It may be the new mantra, but Brisbane Institute director Peter Botsman argues that organising may be the wrong to go for a movement attempting to attract a new breed of workers.

International: Burma: Workers Act on ILO Ruling
Energy workers' trade unions across the Asia-Pacific have urged Western oil and gas companies to "cease investment in Burma while the use of forced labour continues".

Economics: Rethinking Incomes Policy
While many have thrown incomes policy out with the Acoord bathwater, Graham White argues it still has a role to play.

History: What Goes Around Comes Around
Labor Council's Mark Lennon argues that while trade unions - and labour history - might be unfashionable, there's life left in both of them.

Education: Peas in a Pod
Both sides of politics must take blame for funding levels in our public schools, argues NSW Teachers Federation president Sue Simpson.

Satire: Hurley Rebukes Actors' Guild: I'm No Actor!
Liz Hurley has responded angrily to claims by actors that she crossed a picket line by filming an Estee Lauder ad.

Review: It's Only a Job
In a stunning new book, author Phil Thornton and photographer Paul Jones have combined to portray working life in all its diversity through the eyes of ordinary people like process worker Sharonak Shannon

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