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 1996
Significant 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.
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