Monthly Archives: October 2008

Julia Gillard – phase out full fee uni places

Education Minister Julia Gillard says the Government wants Australian students to gain entry to university on merit, not ability to pay.

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Privatise TAFE (articles)

Federal and state bureaucrats are pushing to privatise all occupational training in Australia by making TAFE’s $4 billion annual funding “contestable”: bureaucratic code for privatising all occupational training.

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JustAct Jam

The JustAct Team are devising a JustAct gathering complete with music, discussions on JustAct and social justice issues…and of course karaoke! We want to get a feel for how you guys see JustAct and get your ideas on future actions …

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PHILIPPINES: release Remigio Saladero

ILRF has just learned that on Wednesday Remigio Saladero, the chief legal counsel for the KMU (an independent labor federation in the Philippines) and the union representing Dole Philippines’s workers, was illegally arrested by the Philippine government. Please take action now to tell the U.S and Philippine governments that the world is watching.

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Union gets education results for refugees

The training devised by the LHMU is excellent. Graduates began work straightaway.

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Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Annual comedy trivia night

Saturday 8 November, 2008 North Melbourne Town Hall, 33 Errol St, North Melbourne Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 sharp start Featuring awe-inspiring improvisors THE CREW, plus a heap of unanswered questions! Tickets $50 (concession $40) Supper included, drinks …

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Past Online Action – Pastor Berlin Guerrero

Act NOW! – At the moment we are asking for you to help Pastor Berlin Guerrero Help the UCCP to seek justice for Pastor Berlin Guerrero Pastor Berlin Guerrero from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) was …

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Gary Morgan on underemployment

The Roy Morgan September 2008 Quarter unemployment estimate of 584,000 (5.3%) means there are 1,319,000 (12.0%) Australians either unemployed or ‘underemployed.’

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Elements Indigenous Art Exhibition

Engineers Without Borders Elements brings together works by some of Australia’s best Indigenous artists including Emily Kame Kgnwarreye, Clifford Possom, Minnie Pwerle and Dorothy Napangardi. Free public exhibition runs from 11-26 October, open daily from 10am-6pm 161 Collins Street, Melbourne. …

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Smell the Cheese?

With Citibank flogging dodgy loans to cash-strapped students …

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