by Neville Wran, Bob Hawke | Aug 9, 2002 | News
The blueprint for Labor Party reformToday we handed down the report of the ALP national committee of review to the party’s national executive.The recommendations are geared towards making the party more participatory and democratic, more attractive to potential...
by Evatt Foundation | Aug 9, 2002 | News
A fitting tribute Bruce Childs The Evatt Foundation was launched in 1979 as an educational and public affairs association operating to advance the ideals of the labour movement. Its name and philosophy serve to commemorate Dr Herbert Vere Evatt (1894-1965), one of...
by Evatt Foundation | Aug 7, 2002 | News
A superannuation trapThe ALP has again been drawn into a trap set by their political opponents in supporting so-called ‘genuine choice’ in superannuation, one of Australia’s biggest unions declared today.The LHMU National Council – meeting in...
by John Quiggin | Aug 5, 2002 | News
The case for renationalisation and divestitureRos Eason has criticised proposals for the divestiture of peripheral parts of Telstra’s operation which have been made, among others, by Lindsay Tanner and me. While correctly cautious about visionary plans for...
by Public Services International | Aug 3, 2002 | News
Ghana: Keep water public!In Ghana, people are mobilising. They want to stop the leasing of their country’s water supply to foreign multinationals. The local Coalition Against the Privatisation of Water – CAP of Water – is steadily growing but the...
by Kenneth Davidson | Jul 27, 2002 | News
The Minister for Finance, Nick Minchin, is one of the driest ministers in the Howard cabinet. He is also a smart politician and one of the Coalition’s most serious policy makers.So, state Labor ministers who are besotted with cosying up to big business at any...