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  • AUSTRALIA

    Social message from knight in shiny overalls

    • Paul Mitchell
    • 21 August 2006
    2 Comments

    While sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, the new Australian film hero Kenny Smyth also provides a strong social critique. The movie is dedicated to those who do menial jobs and are often overlooked, and even sometimes scorned by their fellow Australians.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Opportunity passes over Beazley and Costello

    • Jack Waterford
    • 24 July 2006
    1 Comment

    The idea that neither Peter Costello nor Kim Beazley will ever be Prime Minister of Australia has been reinforced in recent months

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Community in an electronic age

    • Rufus Black
    • 09 July 2006

    Technology has changed human relationships, argues Rufus Black.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Occasional harmonies

    • Gerard Windsor
    • 04 July 2006

    Gerard Windsor in Sicily.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Fair Go, FairWear

    • Daisy Gardener
    • 26 June 2006
    1 Comment

    The Independent Contractors Legislation recently introduced in Parliament affects many immigrant outworkers. The fashion industry faces a serious challenge over unfair practices towards outworkers.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Selective collectives

    • Nicholas Way
    • 05 June 2006

    The Federal Government abhors workers using unions to bargain collectively. But there is different thinking for small business.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Loves Labor lost

    • Michael McGirr
    • 14 May 2006

    Ross McMullins’ So Monstrous a Tragedy: Chris Watson and the world’s first national labour government is reviewed by Michael McGirr.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Rancour in the rank and file

    • Nick Way
    • 27 April 2006

    Nick Way looks at the reasons behind poor morale among Victoria’s biggest union.

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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Nigel Sinnott, Jan Pinder, CameronĀ  Forbes and Brian McCoy
    • 24 April 2006

    Letters from Nigel Sinnott, Jan Pinder, Cameron  Forbes and Brian McCoy

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Fair go, Prime Minister

    • Nicholas Dunstan
    • 23 April 2006

    Scrapping unfair dismissal laws will leave most Australian workers vulnerable. The effect on society could be profound.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Trust me

    • Jack Waterford
    • 21 April 2006

    John Howard has a new pitch to the public on nearly everything, but particularly on national security and industrial relations: Trust me.  

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