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Ballarat Trades Hall Scrapbook: newspaper clippings 1988-1993, The Courier (newspaper), various
Newspaper clippings 1991-1993.
1. Teachers' strike: Major disruptions as 500 stop work [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 2 December 1992
2. Strikes in 3 sectors [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 3 December 1992
3. Letter to the editor: Change priorities for a better city [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier? Author: P. Murphy
Date: n.d.
4. Traynor's comments criticised [regarding penalty rates]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 27 July 1991
5. Trades Hall seeks urgent talks on health funding [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 29 July 1991
6. Stewart condemns weekend shearing [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 1 August 1991
7. Working class poet [Geoff Goodfellow] recites with the power of language
Paper: The Courier
Date: 8 August 1991
8. Budget '91: Budget brings little local joy
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 21 August 1991
9. State Budget '91: Budget hits low income earners
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 28 August 1991
10. Job cuts face local bakery [Sunicrust, Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 29 August 1991
11. Factory closure will put 50 out of work [Vitclay, Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 3 September 1991
12. Protest for jobs urged [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 7 September 1991
13. Bank staff cuts 'astound' Trades Hall secretary [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 12 September 1991
14. Pixelated black and white portrait photo of Graeme Shearer
15. Abattoirs picket line supported [Camperdown]
Paper: The Courier
Date: n.d.
16. Shearers to set up AWU committee [Ballarat}
Paper: The Courier
Date: 19 September 1991
17. Group fights for Ballarat national rail freight link
Paper: The Courier
Date: 1 October 1991
18. National jobless rate 10.2.% [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 11 October 1991
19. Shearers establish committee [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 23 October 1991
20. Wage decision backed by employers, unions [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: n.d.
21. Meeting to focus on aged care: QEGC budget cuts spark local concern [Central Highlands]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 4 December 1991
22. Mayor urges jobless to rally to the cause [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 7 December 1991
23. New dole record: District's jobless queue lengthens again [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 13 December 1991
24. Begonia bans: Unions act on retirement village [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 24 December 1991
25. Another stoppage over WorkCare [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 5 August 1990
26. BTHC hits anti-strike proposal
Paper: The Courier
Date: 16 November 1991
27. Businesses eager; unions more wary.
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 22 November 1991
28a. Project halted: review of $60m retirement village [Ballarat]
28b. Retirement Group 'too big, too fast' [Ballarat]
28c. Retirement village work halted [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
29. QEGC managers criticised over budget cutbacks [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
30. Unions' aid call [Ballarat]
30a. How unions want the $6 billion spent
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 11 February 1991
31. Threat to bread: Bunge strike action escalates [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 27 February 1992
32. Bunge moves rye to Albury: Workers walk out [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 26 February 1992
33. Merry makers' labours worry Trades Hall [Kryal Castle, Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 21 February 1992
34. Agreement will put end to retirement village dispute [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 22 February 1992
35. Mill strikers call for reinstatements [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 27 February 1992
36. No debate for BRB [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
37. Statement will be our only hope [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 12 February 1992
38. Union hits catering [Ballarate & Victoria]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: ?? February 1992
39. Thanks - Bunge strikers thank you to Graeme Shearer et al
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
40. ANZ under fire from Trades Hall Secretary [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 19 March 1992
41. Assurance sought over Melb rail line [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 18 March 1992
42. In and out of town: Premier to visit [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
43. Regional board wants to improve its image [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
44. Time to amalgamate (letter to the editor) [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 13 May 1992
45. Another unemployment record for Ballarat
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 8 May 1992
46. Trouble brews in Ballarat (opinion)
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 9 May 1992
47. Trades Hall warns of student exploitation [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 29 February 1992
48. Bunge unions stay firm [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 12 March 1992
49. Workers, Bunge settle dispute [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 4 March 1992
50. Proposal could end Bunge strike [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 3 March 1992
51. Village payment / payment at village
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 6 March 1992
52. Public outcry over hike in milk price [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
53. Workers dig deep to help Somalia [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 10 October 1992
54. 'Callous attack on the poor': union chief [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 13 October 1992
55. No Labour swing, says Shearer [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 6 October 1992
56. Ballarat joins strike
Paper: The Courier
Date: 24 October 1992
57. Workers would revolt against Libs: Shearer
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 28 September 1992
58. Wage rise disgraceful [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 31 October 1992
59. Shearer seeks guarantees for rail link [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 19 September 1992
60. Cleaners ready to tackle Coalition [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 19 September 1992
61. The Ballarat strike (picture)
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 11 November 1992
62. Workers voice their concern [Daylesford]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 11 November 1992
63. The Ballarat strike
Paper: The Courier
Date: 11 November 1992
64. 53 railway jobs to go: union chief [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 23 November 1992
65. Trades Hall urges support for rally [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 25 November 1992
66. Doubt cast on our unemployed rate [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 20 August 1992
67. Wage claim justified: Shearer
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 20 August 1992
68. Pool plan for jobs money attacked
Paper: The Courier
Date: 22 August 1992
69. Fight for rail link [Geelong-Ballarat]
Paper: Geelong Advertiser
Date: 18 September 1992
70. Rail pledge demand
Paper: Geelong Advertiser
Date: 1 October 1992
Condition: very poor
71. Union calls for railway guarantee [Ballarat]
Paper: n.a.
Date: 21 October 1992
72. A strike is the last thing Victoria needs
Paper: The Courier
Date: 27 ? 1992
73.Industry turmoil: Ford plant is up for sale [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 20 August 1992
74. Regional Board retains job counsellor [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 20 August 1992
75. Jobless figures need special consideration [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 20 August 1992
76a. Local strike chaos: All services likely to be affected [Ballarat]
76b.Strike is an act of hypocrisy [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 10 November 1992
77. Ronaldson angered by union attack blunder [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 11 November 1992
78. Ballarat rally against Govt
Paper: The Courier
Date: 4 November 1992
79.Payouts a form of 'blackmail' [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 27 November 1992
80. Union leader gives job loss breakdown [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 27 November 1992
81. Deficit levy protest: Unions seize on wide discontent [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 26 November 1992?
82. WorkCover under fire at city rally [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: 26 November 1992
83. Coalition is 'cruel': Shearer
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 22 August 1992
84. Policy to 'decimate unions'
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 26th August 1992
85. Review immigration call
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 16 July 1992
86. Union boss blasts Libs' proposals [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier
Date: n.d.
87. Both towns could win rail link: NRC [Geelong-Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: n.d.
88. Teachers rally against cuts [Ballarat]
Paper: The Courier?
Date: 20 May 1993
89. Five workers die in 2 years
Paper: The Courier
Date: 14 October 1996Significant collection of press articles that include comment from Unions Ballarat Secretary, Graeme Shearer, around the period when Jeff Kennett (Liberal Party Victoria) became premier of Victoria. Focus upon a variety of social and industrial issues impacting the Ballarat region.Newspaper articles - scanned.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, shearer graeme, kennett jeff, railway link geelong-ballarat, liberal party victoria, industrial action - rallies, workcover, various, ballarat trades and labour council - secretary
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