The price of wool was falling in 1891.
The men who owned the acres saw something must be done.
“We’ll break the shearers’ union and show we’re masters still,
And they’ll take the terms we give them or we’ll find the men who will!”… Go to Article
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Vale Bernie Neville
“He who lies here, it said, marched
Not to conquer a foreign land, but
His own.“
– Bertolt Brecht, “The Tombstone of the Unknown Soldier of the Revolution“
I am shocked to hear the news of the passing of Bernie Neville.… Go to Article
2007 Federal Election: Bastards voted out
Little Joy for Workers
“In democracies, sometimes the rulers have to change in order to ensure that things remain the same”
— adapted from The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa
Unions were told by the Labor Party that they had to work on a marginal seats campaign to get the ALP in government and thereby change the workplace laws.… Go to Article