One of the people accused of helping refugees escape from Woomera is
asking for letters of support. Please write to:
timothy daniel collins
port augusta prison
po box 6
port augusta
SA 5700
(Tim can't receive any books or papers).
This week's stories: Alcohol Industry Relies on Binge Drinkers and
Children...Public Housing List Grows...Government Plays
Favourites...Overworked And Not Paid...Poor People Are Funny...Public
Hospital Crisis...By 3000, No Child Will Live In Poverty...Quotes of the
Week.
A report from America has concluded that the alcohol industry relies on
underage drinkers and alcohol abusers for about half its sales.
(MX, February 26).
The public housing waiting list grew by 13 percent in the last financial
year.
(The Age, February 28).
The Victorian government gave unfair preferential treatment to one of
the bidders for the $110 million Docklands Film Studio, according to a
report by the Victorian Auditor-General Wayne Cameron.
The report said that Central City Studios were allowed to negotiate with
the government for nine months over design changes and finance
arrangements, unlike their two competitors.
The company was also allowed to add $5.9 million to the cost of the
studio. The project cost a total of $6.9 million more than the
government's initial $40 million commitment.
The government has refused to release a report by the auditor assigned
to the project, despite promising to do so.
(The Age, February 28).
44 percent of workers in Australia say they work unpaid overtime most weeks.
Of these workers, the average amount of unpaid overtime worked is 8.4
hours a week.
(The Age Good Weekend supplement, March 1).
American television network CBS has ignored protests and says it intends
to continue with its idea for a reality TV show, in which a poor rural
family will be given a home in Beverley Hills. The show is designed to
"capitalise on the fish-out-of-water dynamics between the family and
their affluent new neighbours" according to the MX newspaper. Critics
say it is an exercise in ridiculing poor people. Bigotry against poor
whites is far more acceptable than other kinds of bigotry, in America
and Australia. Shows such as 'the Simpsons' feature stereotypes of poor
whites which originated at the same time as racial stereotypes, and were
based on the same pseudo-scientific ideas. Slurs such as 'white trash'
are treated far more lightly than racial slurs.
(MX, February 26).
The financial position of Victorian public hospitals has deteriorated in
the last year, with nine judged to be in financial difficulties and 15
others reporting 'poor results'.
(The Age, February 28).
26 percent of children born worldwide will not be immunised against any
disease. 30 percent will suffer from malnutrition in the first five
years of their life.
(The Age Good Weekend supplement, March 1).
Quote of the Week:
"I wrote the Republican Party's foreign policy platform".
Bruce Jackson, Vice President of weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
"Space is going to be important. It has a great feature in the military."
Stephen Hadley, military advisor to George Bush Senior, and lawyer for
Lockheed Martin.
The board of Lockheed Martin includes Lynn Cheney, wife of US Vice
President Dick Cheney.
(Quotes and information from SchNews news report, Feb 7).
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