Gold for NSW ladies’ gym
BRISBANE: New South Wales ladies’ physical culture team overcame two setbacks to win the coveted gold medal at the 49th…
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Sydney scores surprise women’s swimming win in 49th carnival Gold galore for Moss and Stone
BRISBANE: New South Wales caused the major shock of the 49th Australian Maccabi Sports Carnival when it won the men’s and women’s swimming shields at the Chandler Aquatic Centre,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Poerw From Aussie Coal Israel May Establish Overseas Oil Drilling
JERUSALEM: Israel is considering purchasing oil wells and coal mines in foreign countries to ensure a continued supply of energy for its own uses, Energy Minister Yitzhak Berman told the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine lockout turns into bitter strike
SYDNEY: NSW and Queensland coal miners are continuing their two-week strike over a new award in defiance of the Coal Industry Tribunal. The strike followed the locking out of 17,000 miners by NSW coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unity wins miners' biggest ever pay rise WOLLONGONG: Coal miners last week forced employers to pay the biggest wage rise ever in the industry's history
Workers on the national award won increases of $63 a week when private coal owners caved in and agreed to match a NSW government pay offer last Thursday. (Negotiations on other award improvements are continuing.)…
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The following is an abridged version of Coal Production and Transportation on the South Coast, a contribution to P debate on the issue being released this week by the South Coast District of the Communist Party of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gold key for politician
BRUSSELS: John de Courcy Ling, the MEP for Midlands Central, has been presented with a gold key…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners' US reality
The following is taken from the US United Mineworkers Journal of July last year. It provides a terrifying look at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →You can't go down the mine, mummy!
Women disappeared from coal mining in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. Thousands of women and their female children had been employed mainly by husbands, fathers and boyfriends to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Down the mine
Joyce Stevens' article You can't go down the mine, mummy (Tribune, 3.3.82) gave an interesting and illuminating account of women…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sir Les Thiess got the gambling licence for Townsville, while Sir Robert (of Jennings Industries) got the coveted Gold Coast casino licence -- virtually a licence to print money
Lewis had told a police constable not to proceed with the drink-driving charge and the relevant papers were thrown into a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Coast Man Passes
Foundation member of Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation, Mike Travers, died recently…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Newcastle port holdups: ship & coal owners at fault
A public controversy has long raged in the local and national media over the future of Newcastle's coal export trade and the huge fleet anchored in the port. The media, employers and even NSW Premier Wran have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Land Council criticised on uranium mine
DARWIN: Big Bill Neiiji, a traditional owner of the Jabiluka uranium site, recently accused the Northern Land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paper and mining lay-offs expose Tas economic ills
Last week Industry and Commerce Minister Lynch released official figures showing that the resources boom had "flattened out", as many commentators put it. The world recession is taking a lot of the puff out of the "bonanza" that Fraser flashed Associated Pulp and Paper Mills (APPM), the Tasmanian-based paper company, has announced further retrenchments, taking its total in the last year to over 400…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Aust AWU still opposing U-mining
ADELAIDE: The South Australian branch of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) has not withdrawn its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners win May Day comp
WOLLONGONG: The banner carried by the Miners Federation on May Day (above) was awarded the prize for the best trade union banner in the parade. People from different groups and several unions marched in the parade which workers say was the largest for many years. The winning design, using badges and photos from Miners Federation history…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine shutdowns: Multinational sacks workers for profits
SYDNEY: The British multinational BP dropped a bombshell last week when it sacked over 200 workers in mines in the Burragorang Valley, west of Wollongong. Clutha, a BP subsidiary, closed two mines completely and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Coast area is still “solid” stock
Solid investment strength continues on Queensland’s Gold Coast, with a market study showing highrise settlements of just over $20 million finalised by a major realty…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Talks continue on Clutha mine closures
SYDNEY: Efforts are continuing to have the 216 mineworkers sacked by the BP subsidiary company Clutha reinstated. As Tribune goes to press, meetings are being held involving…
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