Paper takes a stand against the way Canberra is run
It took the paper a couple of days but The Canberra Times has finally given the local trade union movement a clip around the ears for the extraordinary attempt by Unions ACT Secretary Alex White to control Labor members of the Legislative Assembly. In its editorial this morning headlined UnionsACT's delusions of grandeur undermine the standing of the Barr Government , the paper suggests that if a union group wrote to Labor members of the Federal Parliament demanding to be told in advance if they were planning to meet with people it didn't like they would be laughed out of the room. The probable responses from former leaders such as Kim Beazley, Paul Keating and Mark Latham wouldn't be fit to print. The fact UnionsACT allegedly feels comfortable in making such a demand on Labor members of the Barr Government in regard to the Master Builder's Association indicates one of two possibilities. The first is that, as the Opposition frequently asserts, the Territory is...