Just a distraction
by NSW Teachers' Federation | Oct 13, 2002
PPPs & public schoolsIntroductionThe Teachers Federation is opposed to the NSW government's proposal to build nine schools using a private consortium to finance the...
Union chief meets the press
by Evatt Foundation | Oct 11, 2002
Greg Combet interviewed on Meet the PressGreg Turnbull, presenter (Channel Ten Network): Hello and welcome to Meet the Press. The union movement is under pressure to maintain its...
Between despondency & hope
by Tristan Ewins | Sep 24, 2002
The history and future of radical politicsAbout 60 km from Sydney's city centre, on a 14 acre bushland property on the gorge of the Georges River, Eric Aarons resides in a two...
Riders on the Storm
by John Densmore | Aug 24, 2002
Dread ripples through me as I listen to a phone message from our manager saying that we (The Doors) have another offer of huge amounts of money if we would just allow one of our...
War with Iraq?
by Ron Jacobs | Aug 15, 2002
Iraq: the Final Storm"I will reserve whatever options I have. I'll keep them close to my vest. Saddam Hussein needs to understand that I'm serious about defending our country."-...
Reckoning the damage
by Walden Bello | Aug 14, 2002
Capitalist crisis and corporate crimeThe unravelling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in sight. But one thing is...
What role for Telstra?
by Ros Eason | Aug 13, 2002
The Shadow Minister for Communications, Lindsay Tanner, released his telecommunications policy discussion paper, "Reforming Telstra", on 23rd May. The document has subsequently...
Why manufacturing matters
by George Campbell | Aug 13, 2002
Discussion paperThis paper focuses on the importance of manufacturing industry, the rationale for a proactive governmental approach, and the policy agenda that needs to be...
‘Mas’: a memoir
by Rosalind Carrodus | Aug 13, 2002
Speaking to your heartTo The South WindOh wind you are blowingnew life into meYou have loosened my anchorMy sails are all freeYou are blowing me, wafting meOut to the seaThe...
‘A fresh point of view’
by Melissa Boyde | Aug 13, 2002
Mary Alice Evatt hung her large collection of paintings in every room of her Canberra house, including the kitchen. "And why not?" she said to a journalist in the 1960s, "It's...