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Interview: Power and the Passion
ALP's star recruit Peter Garrett shares his views on unions, forests and being the Member for Wedding Cake Island
Unions: Tackling the Heavy Hitters
Tony Butterfield became a State of Origin gladiator at the unlikely age of 33. Even that, Jim Marr reports, couldn’t prepare him for the knock-down, drag-em-out world of modern IR.
Industrial: Seeing the Forest For The Wood
Proposals to flog off NSW’s forests have raised eyebrows and temperatures amongst some of the key players reports Phil Doyle.
Housing: Home Truths
CFMEU national secretary John Sutton argues for a radical solution to the housing affordability crisis.
International: Boycott Busters
International unions have issued a new list of corporations breaching ILO sanctions to do business in Burma.
Economics: Ideology and Free Trade
The absurdities of neoclassical economic assumptions has never stood in the way of their being trotted out to justify profiteering and attacks on the rights of citizens. The AUSFTA is the latest rort we are supposed to swallow, writes Neale Towart.
History: Long Shadow of a Forgotten Man
Interest in JC Watson's short time as Labor's first Prime Minister should not detract from his more substantial role as Party leader, writes Mark Hearn
Review: Chewing the Fat
As debate rages in Australia about Fast Food advertising, Julianne Taverner takes a look at a side of the industry that Ronald McDonald won’t tell you about in Supersize Me.
Poetry: Dear John
Workers Online reader Rob Mullen shares some personal correspondence with our glorious leader.
Politics
The Westie Wing
As the NSW Labor Government sells its first budget deficit in nine years, the real concern for the union movement is the devil in the detail, especially when it comes to procurement agreements, writes Ian West. The Soapbox
Rubber Bullets
Labor's IR spokesman Craig Emerson launches a few characteristic salvos across the Parliamentary chamber The Locker Room
Tears After Bedtime
Phil Doyle says that it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye Postcard
Postcard from Vietnam
APHEDA's Hoang Thi Le Hang reports from the north of Vietnam on a project being fund by Australian unionists.,
A Place To Call Home
These days the Great Australian Dream is closer to a fantasy, where the chances of owning to your own home depend on either inheriting property or winning lottery.
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Privatisation Kills
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Nurses Telegraph Fight Back
"Sexiest Man" Plays it Safe
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Macdonald Ponders Asbestos Blue
Latham Gets Late Mail
Murdoch Faces Discrimination Rap
Boss Goes Postal
Oberon Survives Bomb Threat
Howard Out On CD
Telstra Hangs Up On Staff
Activists What’s On!
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Poetry
Dear John
Workers Online reader Rob Mullen shares some personal correspondence with our glorious leader.
I wrote a letter today to the bloke in charge
and I said "John, things are tough
it‚s really bad for the farmers up here
and our pensioners are doing it rough".
You gave all the wealthy a slice of the cake,
Cause you share with your toffy nosed chums.
So, spare a thought for the battlers up here,
And chuck us a few flamin' crumbs.
You wouldn't believe the damage you've done
With that Yankee barrow you push.
So, spare a thought for the battlers up here
When next you‚re in bed with George Bush.
It's hard to believe the stories you tell
of our need to fight George Bush's war.
It's our money you've spent, for the kudos you got.
Did you ever say, "We'll help the poor."
The free-trade agreement does nought for the North
And our sugar's not worth a red cent,
So, bring your Yankee mates out to stay,
And we‚ll charge the war-mongers rent.
When Latham wins and he‚s in charge
As sure as day follows dark,
We‚ll pack your bags and give you a post
As Ambassador, based in Iraq
Rob MULLER 25 - 6 - 04
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