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Yes. They look like it.

I told you so! In my opinion, that book is a bit too long.

Mr Marx- this'll be worth a read to you. 'Soviet era less bleak than US history' Back to the topic.... Perhaps these union bosses are just radical and extreme because John Howard is the PM and has been, for 11 years. They were probably angry since day 1 and have had this anger and...

Yes! I'm free from exams, in the meanwhile. Damn you for quoting my mistake! Grrr....

Sorry, he DID name a Labor PM. My mistake. I was thinking about Malcolm at the time when I was reading that.

I didn't say that he'll make a good PM just because of his friendly personality. Hey, personality is important for a politician, right? I also didn't say that he WILL improve Australia for all Australians, I said that he'll work hard to.

That's if an election is today. Why do you disagree with me?

You're right, Latham vs Costello would be great!

Rudd! Adding onto what Neb said, I like Kevin's personality- he's friendly, humourous and not-so-arrogant. I'm sure that he's very intelligent and will work hard to make improve the nature, state and strength of Australia for ALL Australians.

I'm guessing that those people who write the HSC English syllabus look through this thread to see what books to throw in there.

Paul Keating for me. He was a great bloke who was a treasurer-turned-PM. The Hawke-Keating government from 1983 to 1996 saw huge economic reforms and started this long-going economic growth we've got today. Second would be Bob Hawke. I just love his beer-drinkin', women-lovin'...

Hmmm...didn't know that. Thanks. I was just having a read of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party#Structure

I understand that the majority of Labor MPs are/were trade unionists. Labor also has strong (but weakening) links with the unions providing support. They were certainly founded by trade unionists! My argument was that the ACTU/unions and Labor are seperate (or should I say, more separate...

That's a bit like saying that the Nationals don't belong in parliament because there are less farmers these days. I disagree with your point there. The Labor party may not be as union-influenced today. Labor party is to provide a more liberal democracy whereby economic power is...

frog12896 has made his 100th post in this thread! I think that the main reason of the unions' campaign is not for electoral purposes but to inform the public of the bad side of WorkChoices and its impacts on working families. They could've done this last year or the year before. At the same...

Do Int. Students get better marks than locals or is it the other way around?

International students provide revenue for unis as they pay upfront so that CSP exist. All international students I've come across speak understandable English. If they don't, why would they be here? You can't avoid international students. Captain Gh3y suggested you to move to the country...

Union Membership- it's still down from the WWII days. Does anybody think that John Howard brought the unions back to life again with WorkChoices? I don't know but it's quite debatable. Sometimes, I don't think that there's anything wrong with a party (whichever side) that angers unions...

I'd say it's a lot more than 10% but less than 20%. In some sectors such as the NSW public education sector, everyone is a union member.

LOL! They have some big issue concerning WorkChoices vs the ACTU and 'some' people find the costs of the dinner at Kirribilli more fascinating. Howard was like "What cost?". As for the so called "Dirty Tricks Manual", I reckon that it's just campaigning to get rid of the Howard government...