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Compo Protest Virtually Ignored


The NSW Parliament has rejected more than 300 statements of protest against the state's workers compensation laws because it refuses to recognise online petitions.

 
 

Pat Portlock hands over Petition to Parliament

The print outs of the online petition were amongst more than 21,000 petitions tabled in the NSW Legislative Council by Labor MLC Ian West on Tuesday.

But when West went to officially present the petitions to the procedural Office of Legislative Council, he was told the Parliament "does not and has never" accepted email-generated petitions.

The Labor Council's Michael Costa says it's time the NSW Parliament entered the 21st Century and recognised Internet activism.

"Our campaign on workers compensation had a strong focus on online activism and many ordinary workers used the technology to email MPs directly with their concerns and also used the online petition facility," Costa says.

"The Federal Parliament already accepts online petitions - the NSW Parliament should follow suit as a matter of urgency if it wants to be a credible forum for public debate.

Talks Continue as Workers Keep the Heat On

Meanwhile, L:abor Council negotiator have been continuing to talk turkey on the proposed Della Bosca changes to the state's workers compensation system.

Labor Council has now put some detailed propositions on their preferred dispute resolution process to Della Bosca this week. A response is expected next week.

On Tuesday, the government was sent a reminder of the depths of worker anger, when an estimated 5,000 construction industry workers braved horrendous conditions to march on State Parliament.

While a planned statewide strike had been deferred after the Government agreed to refer contentious areas of the Della Bosca package to further consultation, the building industry unions rallied to raise their specific concerns over workplace safety and employer non-compliance.


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In this issue
Features
*  Interview: Balancing the Books
Opposition Finance spokesman Lindsay Tanner on bringing a Labor agenda to managing the nation�s finances.
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*  Compo: Undampened Spirits
Despite atrocious weather, building workers took to the streets this work over the carnage in their workplace. Mark Hebblewhite was there.
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*  Unions: Giving Blood
Local government workers are mounting a campaign to have leave to give blood donations recognised in their award.
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*  Women: A Checklist for Women Voters
With a mountain of demands on Australian working women, the biggest question could well be which is the biggest?
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*  History: May Day Meditation
May Day has been and gone, but we thought Peter Linebaugh�s take on its meaning was worth reading on all the other days too.
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*  International: The Weeks of Living Dangerously
The now almost inevitable fall of Indonesia�s President Abdurrahman Wahid could have drastic consequences for the increasingly militant working class movement in that country.
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*  Economics: No More Mr Nice Guy
In his new book, Steven Keen outlines why the public needs to know that economics is intellectually unsound.
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*  Satire: NZ to be Disbanded
Following the successful disbanding of the armed forces the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, has unveiled a new bold plan to total disband the entire nation.
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*  Review: Action in the House
Workers Online�s Big Brother Addict argues the time has come for the contestant�s to take some industrial action.
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News
»  Twenty Grand � The Cost of a Life in 2001
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»  Compo Protest Virtually Ignored
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»  Workers Tell Jodie: It's a Bit Rich
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»  Disbelief at Dubai in the Sky
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»  Wage Rise For Two Million Workers
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»  Casuals Win Parental Leave Rights
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»  Egan Budget Welcomed � But Social Audit Still on Agenda
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»  Bad Rosters �Like Being Drunk�
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»  Nurses Act on Ward Rage
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»  Council Workers Brace for Border Skirmish
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»  Meatworkers Win in Federal Court
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»  Hotel Bosses Linked to Tobacco Industry
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»  Workers Demand Treaty With Indigenous Australia
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»  Activists Notebook
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Columns
»  The Soapbox
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»  The Locker Room
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»  Trades Hall
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»  Tool Shed
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Letters to the editor
»  Pop and Politics - Where's Billy??
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»  Satire is not Serious
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»  Toasting May Day
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»  WorkCover - Questions for NRMA
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