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Honour the dead, fight like hell for the living”.

By on April 25, 2009 in Public Policy, Social justice

If one central thing can be drawn from reflecting on Anzac Day, it is this: In war, the best offer their own lives, the worst offer the lives of others. Andy Alcock continues. Graham Cornes should be congratulated for his story in SAWeekend Magazine on 25.4.2009 about returning to Vietnam. It reminded me of a [...]

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Refugees, again

By on April 21, 2009 in Public Policy

Andy Alcock contributes on the QANDA PROGRAM 16.4.09 – REFUGEES, again! Well, those who wanted to justify the inhumane and callous attitudes of John Howard were certainly out in force tonight! Last week, The Age ran an article about an Afghani asylum seeker who managed to get to Australia and spent a period in detentiion. [...]

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Pressure MPs for paid maternity leave

By on April 6, 2009 in Public Policy, Social justice

It is essential to keep the pressure on to ensure Paid Maternity Leave is included in the 2009 Federal Budget. 1. Send the digital video petition to members of parliament – http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/pmlpetitionaction 2. Send an email to members of the Expenditure Review Committee – http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/pmlemailaction With your support, Paid Maternity Leave can be included in [...]

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Stop the cell off: virtual rally today

By on April 1, 2009 in Public Policy, Right to Strike

The Stop The Cell Off campaign is an initiative of the Public Service Association of NSW, the trade union representing the state’s public prison officers. 3800 members work in the state’s prisons, and are fighting to keep NSW prisons in public hands, and retain jobs and services in local areas. “There’s been no signal from [...]

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The Free Market and the Social Divide in Education

By on March 30, 2009 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Public Policy, Social justice

The Free Market and the Social Divide in Education by Trevor Cobbold, at the National Public Education Forum Old Parliament House Canberra, 27-28 March 2009 As Geoffrey Robertson has just said, education is a human right. Education for all without discrimination is an essential feature of a democracy. It is also a guarantee of democracy. [...]

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Crunch Time Conference

By on March 26, 2009 in Public Policy, Social justice

Crunch Time A Sydney conference with speakers from Australia’s leading progressive think tanks. At the halfway mark of the Rudd Government’s first term, and a year on from the 2020 Summit, this conference considers the principles and values that should guide progressive policy making into the 21 st century. For the past three decades governments [...]

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Not much for the unemployed

By on February 9, 2009 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Public Policy, Social justice

Not much from Rudd for those losing jobs or coming onto the job market as unemployment is set to soar. Professor Bill Mitchell discussed the crucial question: What does the $42 billion do for the unemployed who will be worst hit by the current downturn? The answer is: not much. Bill Mitchell on ABC radio [...]

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Re-nationalising Communication

By on February 9, 2009 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Public Policy, Social justice

A new blog by Tristan Ewins Left Focus including paper on world economic crisis and Australia: The Case For Re-nationalising Communication January 30, 2009 Even now it does not seem so long ago that a genuine “mixed” economic model prevailed across nations the world wide. In the wake of Depression and World War II, the [...]

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FWB has to be changed to meet GFC

By on January 30, 2009 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Labour Law, Public Policy

The disastrous impact on workers in this global capitalist financial crisis requires changes to the Fair Work Bill now before the Senate to better protect workers’ rights. The government did not know about or develop this proposed labour law, the Fair Work Bill (FWB) as a response to this most severe global capitalist financial crisis [...]

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