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  Issue No 91 Official Organ of LaborNet 06 April 2001  

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Like a Lamb to the Slaughter


Dear Editor,

"Please Don't Tell my Kids".(page 13 Sunday Telegraph April 1) What a missed opportunity by Journalist James Hooper, for a probing investigation into annals of the private attitudes and preferences of those involved in Australian Rugby League the game for men.

This story, if it had not been used as - a tear jerking, heart bleeding, lip biting supplication for domestic blindness could have erected the N.R.L.,from only being relevant in Australia, the arse end of the world, to an

exposure of international dimensions.

Perhaps given that , Mr. Hopoate indicated that he intends to remain involved with Junior League, the department of community services should be examining the circumstances of this involvement.

One must also question the palpated recipients of this "niggling" behavior,they must surely be considering other options and aqueous passages for compensatory amends to be made, by both Mr. Hopoate and the Club.

As for Mr. Hopoates` request that parents not take their children away from the game, it is Mr. Hopoate who should be removed from the game permanently.

One could speculate, could these actions be misconstrued as public acts of sodomy?

If nothing else, Mr. Hopoate has stimulated Australian Rugby League into penetrating the Digital Age.


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*  Interview: Costa on Compo
Labor Council�s secretary gives his take on the Big Stink over Della�s workers compensation package.
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*  Politics: Della's List
All Labor members of Parliament were this week asked to indicate whether they would support injured workers. More than half said 'yes'. Here they are.
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*  Unions: Picketing Joy
Rowan Cahill chronicled the definitive dispute of 2000 for Workers Online. He looks back on the battle and the lessons to be drawn from the workers at Joy.
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*  History: Vale Tony Mulvihill
The environment, migrant workers and the hairy nosed wombat have reason to be thankful for the active citizenship of Tony Mulvihill.
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*  Economics: Stopping the Rot
A national campaign is underway to persuade politicians from both the major parties that they need to be addressing the issue of poverty within Australia.
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*  International: East Timor � Beyond the Headlines
It�s now more than 18 months since the violence and bloodshed following the popular consultation on the future of East Timor was front page news in Australia.
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*  Technology: Online Breathing Space
The global collapse of faith in new technology has given journalists a chance to prepare themselves for the real revolution, writes David Higgins
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*  Satire: Howard Cuts Beer Price to Get Voters Drunk
Prime Minister John Howard has agreed to cut the excise on beer, in the hope cheaper drinks will help get the country drunk enough to vote for him.
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*  Review: The Battle for 96.9Fm is Over
What would you get if you crossed 2DAY FM, 2MMM, JJJ and MIX 106.5 FM? A fairly commercial radio station that wouldn�t know the difference between throwing up, stuffing up, growing up or breaking up.
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