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Mining & the mines, 1985

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Coolangatta Gold A condensed overview of how recent local cinema is being received by local critics in the mainstream press. Compiled

Filmnews · Tuesday 1 January 1985 · page 20

"Very early on in this movie, I mentally rechristened it Chariots of Fire Goes Bananas. "But I soon realised that Chariots was only one of the hit movies that have been…

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Carnival Reports From Bernie Gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 January 1985 · page 23

The winning goal came in the 77th minute when Motty Eliash beat off two NSW defenders in the penalty…

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Report blocks uranium mine

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1985 · page 15

BRISBANE: Peace activists and environmentalists in North Queensland received a welcome Christmas present last year from…

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British Miners New negotiations

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1985 · page 5

The British miners are about to enter into new negotiations with the National Coal Board. The union's general secretary, Peter Heathfield, speaking to the Australian Miners Federation president, Barry Swan, last weekend, said that the miners' strength and resolve…

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Gold From Perth

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 January 1985 · page 24

New South Wales gold medal winners at the 52nd Australian Maccabi Sports Carnival in Perth earlier this month are pictured here…

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British Miners

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1985 · page 5

This week's Tribune British Miners Fund donations total $607.52, which brings the Fund total to $8,079.72: Joan Carey (NSW) $2; NAE(NSW)$5; T Her ring ton (Vic) $100; B Lowe (Vic) $5; Anon of Woy Woy (NSW) $25; W H Newtown (NSW) $5; South Coast District, CPA (NSW) $17.50; Anon (NSW) $5; Evelyn Armstrong (NSW) $5; Anon (NSW)$10; W H Newtown (NSW)$5; Brian Peat…

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Mining Industry Diamonds in trouble

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1985 · page 4

GOLDS WORTHY (WA): Early in January 1985., Transport Workers Union (TWU) officials organised bans…

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Western Mining's sexist memo backfires

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1985 · page 15

PERTH: Western Mining Corporation's (WMC) industrial relations manager, Stanley Carter's face must have…

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Mining Industry Western Mining in deep water

Tribune · Wednesday 13 February 1985 · page 9

South Australia does not have an abundance of water. It is often referred to as the driest state in the…

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Readers' Say Victory to the British miners

Tribune · Wednesday 13 February 1985 · page 12

Of particular interest in the Tribune of. December 19 was the report on the visit by Yorkshire miners' vice-president Sam…

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British Miners Strike stays solid

Tribune · Wednesday 20 February 1985 · page 4

February 24 will be a show of strength for the miners' strike and its supporters in Britain, when the Liaison Committee in Defence of Trade Unions holds a major rally in London. The miners are facing a ceaseless barrage of media reports that the…

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Mines destroying native forests

Tribune · Wednesday 27 February 1985 · page 15

PERTH: A booklet entitled Jarra Forest or Bauxite Dollars, published by the Campaign to Save Native Forests (CSNF)…

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Gold Diggers the Sally Potter Interview

Filmnews · Friday 1 March 1985 · page 8

JENI THORNLEY: How much was the decision to film on 35 mm connected to exhibition, with trying to form a bridge between that small closed world of…

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Miners return defiant, not defeated

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1985 · page 3

Rather than see miners starved back to work in small groups, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at a…

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Mining Industry Concern at Brazilian iron ore

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1985 · page 5

"Brazil is becoming a phobia with people in the iron ore industry", said Ian Burston, manager of Hamersley Iron Ore…

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Britism Miners The aftermath of the miners' strike

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1985 · page 7

When British miners returned to work last week after their historic 366-day strike, they marched…

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FILM Mirrors reflecting mirrors The Gold Diggers. A film directed by Sally Potter. Chauvel Cinema, Sydney, until March 22. Reviewed by Jane

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1985 · page 11

The Gold Diggers engages its audience in a pursuit of knowledge. It is a mystery which progresses spirally using…

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Mining Industry Further trouble at Argyle mine

Tribune · Wednesday 20 March 1985 · page 4

The dispute at the Argyle diamond mine south of Kununurra in the Kimberley region of Western Australia…

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Gold Coast UIA leaders pratsed

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 March 1985 · page 4

SURFERS PARADISE: The Gold Coast United Israel Appeal was praised for raising the largest amount per capita in Australia, at its recent annual meeting. It also had the lowest…

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British Miners Final British Miners Fund

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1985 · page 5

This week Tribune is closing its British Miners Fund. Over the past year the response from Tribune readers to Thatcher's attacks on the working class in Britain has been outstanding. When such attacks occur, acts of international solidarity play an important…

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