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• Finding tomorrow's workers.

  - 2002-10-07

  Oct 07, 2002 (HR Monthly - ABIX via COMTEX) There are growing concerns in Australia about the future decrease in the size of the nation's workforce. According to three specialists, this may be exaggerated. Professor Ian McDonald of the University of Melbourne says the...

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• Catholic action and anti-communism: the Spanish civil war debate at the University of Melbourne, March 1937.

  - 2002-03-01

  The infamous Spanish civil war debate at the University of Melbourne in 1937 has attracted the attention of many writers in the more than sixty years since the event took place. The contention `That the Spanish Government is the Ruin of Spain' was the subject of the...

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• Better conditions sewn up.

  - 2002-01-31

  February, 2002 Ethical Investor ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian garment workers require legislation to protect them from unfair working conditions. A study by Dr Christina Cregan, of the University of Melbourne, revealed a high incidence of poor working conditions for outworkers in the garment...

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• Bare facts on clothing workers.

  - 2001-12-17

  Dec 16, 2001 (The Sun-Herald ABIX via COMTEX) -- A new study has been conducted into the Australian clothing industry. The study, which was conducted by the University of Melbourne's Department of Management, found that the average outworker in the industry works between 12...

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• Outworkers toil up to 19 hours a day for $3.60 an hour, survey finds.

  - 2001-11-22

  Nov 23, 2001 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- A new study has found some workers in Australia's clothing industry are being paid as little as $A0.50 an hour. The study of outworkers, by researchers at the University of Melbourne, shows most work days...

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