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Mining & the mines, 1974

24 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Support British Miners' Struggle

Tribune · Tuesday 5 February 1974 · page 9

As British miners are voting to decide whether to change their overtime ban to a strike, the class struggle in Britain is reaching a flashpoint…

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Miners Press Energy Action

Tribune · Tuesday 5 February 1974 · page 2

All sorts of people are wanting to get into Australian coal, with grand plans about it, especially plans to make millions for themselves. Coal mining should now be regarded…

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AUSTRALIANA Immigranten aan Gold Coast ook getroffen

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 22 February 1974 · page 2

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British elections: win for miners, struggle ahead

Tribune · Tuesday 5 March 1974 · page 9

The British elections resolved nothing. A minority government resting on the goodwill of the Liberals will attempt to govern for a few months while the major parties juggle…

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Miners win $ 20 rise

Tribune · Tuesday 26 March 1974 · page 10

In an unprecedented set of circumstances, the Coal Industry Tribunal last week gave a decision for a $20 rise all-round in wages in…

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Miners' no $20

Tribune · Tuesday 2 April 1974 · page 3

Miners and other unionists employed in the mining industry last week rejected their unions' recommendation to accept Justice Gallagher's decision for a $20 a week…

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Editorial: Govt, hits mining co

Tribune · Tuesday 2 April 1974 · page 3

The Federal Government's decision to refuse Queensland Mines the right to mine uranium in the Peko-EZ Ranger deposit on Aboriginal Reserves in the Northern Territory until the Woodward Commission report on Aboriginal…

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As inflation cuts wage packets, miners,metal,oil workers say: Make Bosses Pay! No closed agreements

Tribune · Tuesday 2 April 1974 · page 1

Workers' control tactics have forced open patrol stations in Sydney. These had been closed by Shell Oil Company and its co-conspirators in the oil cartels because they wanted to enforce the principle of closed agreements supported by…

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Ridge Miners with Eureka Flag

Tribune · Tuesday 9 April 1974 · page 12

LIGHTNING RIDGE: Opal miners in this north-west NSW town are up in arms at the proposed imposition of a $250 bond for the issue of a miner's licence…

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Miners Win $25 Rise

Tribune · Tuesday 16 April 1974 · page 12

Coalminers have won a $25 a week pay rise and other concessions following their earlier refusal to accept $20 offered by Mr. Justice Gallagher of the Coal Tribunal…

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Admin Leaves Filmgoers Out in the Gold

Tharunka · Wednesday 1 May 1974 · page 1

In my eight years of working for cinema awareness on this campus, largely through OPUNKA, I have been obstructed, frustrated, even intimidated by various organs of the UNSW Administration. Last Friday night’s outdoor screening of Andy Warhol’s “Lonesome Cowboys” is the latest evidence for the Administration’s anachronistic view of the importance of cinema. Professor Myers agreed early last year that about one-third of Opunka’s limited bookings on Science Theatre should be…

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Qld Mines Ltd vs. Black Land Rights

Tharunka · Wednesday 15 May 1974 · page 8

During the past 16 months the uranium miner, Queensland Mines Ltd., has waged a public campaign against the Aboriginal people at Oenpelli settlement in Arnhem…

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Car prize-but mum can't drive! A 'solid gold' win

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 4 June 1974 · page 8

Mrs. M. Harley could hardly believe her ears when she heard she had won a brand new Datsun. Mrs. Harley of…

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Qld Mines — Dirty Doings

Tharunka · Wednesday 12 June 1974 · page 8

Queensland Mines has been trying to mine Nabarlek in the Northern Territory for some time. Because it would lead to the desecration of the Oenpelli aborigines’…

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Miners: Fighting S. African Coal

Tribune · Tuesday 25 June 1974 · page 12

Mineworkers in Alabama, in the southeastern USA are mounting an all-out campaign to stop the planned importation of South African steam coal…

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Miners: Anger at Tribunal Shift

Tribune · Tuesday 16 July 1974 · page 8

SYDNEY: Coalmining is the latest industrial area in which the arbitration system has brought itself into new disrepute with workers…

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Miners: Big Wage Gain in Cobar

Tribune · Tuesday 30 July 1974 · page 9

COBAR: After a two weeks strike by members of the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union at the Cobar metalliferous mine, an increase of $28 a week was won…

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Goldfield Scoundrel From Our Past “All is not gold that glitters...”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 August 1974 · page 11

Amongst the many new arrivals, lured by the gold to migrate to Australia, were doubtful elements as well, who tried their luck at the New South Wales goldfields Bess by diggings than by…

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Tighten Gold-studded, Not Workers' Belts

Tribune · Tuesday 27 August 1974 · page 3

Laurie Aarons, outlining the decisions of the National Committee held last weekend, said the "anarchy" lay not in workers' action for wage rises but in soaring inflation,…

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Micronesia: War Bases & Mining the Ocean

Tribune · Tuesday 27 August 1974 · page 9

MICRONESIA consists of hundreds of islands in the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator. Micronesia is American trust territory handed over to the USA as part,…

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