Issue No 82 | 20 December 2000 | |
NewsWorkers at Centre of Turn Of the CenturyBy Mary Yaager
Unions will play a major part in the Centenary Of Federation celebrations and parade on New Years Day and will be honoured for their contribution to the nation's first 10o years.
The Centenary Of Federation Committee, chaired by former NSW Premier, Barry Unsworth, is planning one of the most spectacular parades ever seen in Australian history on the first of January 2001. According to the organisers the streets of Sydney will come alive and it will be like a scene from Rio. There will certainly be colour and movement as an array of performing artists, ethnic groups costumed artists, bands ,colourful floats , banners and spectacular puppets line the streets.
Over a half a million spectators are expected turn out to watch the Journey Of A Nation - The Federation Parade. It will be a collaboration of the past, present and future and will showcase Australia's growth over the last 100 years . The Parade themes will include a celebration of unions, Indigenous culture ,a recognition of community organisations. It will also focus on our cultural diversity ;our inventions and discoveries ; the sports we play, fashion ,the arts and to top it off a look towards the future. Unions will march under a specially designed banner which will signifying one of the major achievements of the movement in the last Century. Some of the Union participants have pulled their original uniforms out of the mothballs for the occasion. Health And Research Employees Association President and Ambulance Officer, Steve Pollard who is participating in the Parade says "I will have to lose a few kilos to fit into my old uniform." The Parade starts at 4.00pm in Macquarie and Bent Streets, before moving along Oxford and Flinders Sts.It then proceeds then through the Robertson Gates at Centenial Park
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Interview: Being Michael Costa Labor Council�s secretary on the 2KY sell-off, the Olympics and his plans for the future. Unions: Millennial Milestones In a year of highs, some trade union stories stuck in the collective consciousness. Here's ten of the best. International: Eric Lee's Year in Review The editor of Labourstart looks back on the global issues that mobilized labour in the past 12 months. Organising: Dispatches from the Field Despite the 'Botsmanesque' critiques which have been levelled at Organising, it would be hard to deny that the year 2000 has seen more and more unions in NSW latch onto the approach - at least in principle anyway. Economics: Who Gets Gold?? At the end of this Olympic year, Sydney Uni's Frank Stilwell charts the winners and losers in the new sport of redistribution of income. Politics: Election 2000: The Winner is Gridlock In the last in his series on the US Federal Election Campaign, Michael Gadiel, our roving reporter, gladly signs off. Satire: Chaser Launches Book In the great tradition of repackaging old material to cash in on Christmas, the team from The Chaser & Silly 2000 has produced its first book. Review: Cultural Wasteland The spotlight was on Australian culture in 2000. But was it a missed opportunity, asks Peter Zangari.
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