Notices

East Timor Study Tour

Sunday 17 July - Sunday 24 July

Be inspired by union aid at work and the spirit of the East Timorese people and see the spectacular scenery and beaches on a one week intensive study tour in this new nation still struggling to overcome centuries of colonisation and brutal occupation.

It will be an experience of a lifetime.

The tour is designed for Australian unionists with a genuine interest in international development.

The study tour will cost $2,050 ex Darwin. This includes return airfares Darwin-Dili including all taxes, seven nights accommodation in a single room, seven days breakfast, transport in East Timor, the input of our project partners, translation and a complete set of project briefing notes.

Contact Details:
Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA
Ph: (02) 9264 9343
Fax: (02) 9261 1118
apheda@labor.net.au
http://www.apheda.org.au

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Grants

Applications are invited from people currently engaged in (or about to commence) a research, writing or cultural project which contributes to the labour and progressive movements in Australia.

The SEARCH Foundation will award Denis Freney memorial scholarships to assist with the cost of such projects, with priority to those with good prospects of publication or other public use, but without access to other funding.

SEARCH is an independent, non-profit foundation established to promote social justice, environmental sustainability and the development of a more democratic and egalitarian society. Details of its aims and objectives are available on request. Suitably qualified applicants should contact SEARCH for detailed application guidelines.

Applications close on June 30, 2005.

Contact Details:
SEARCH Room 610, 3 Smail St, Broadway, NSW 2007
PH: (02) 9211 41 64
email: admin@search.org.au or go the website(www.search.org.au )

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Discount Cars

ACTU Member Connect offers discount new car deals for union members. The web based service has fully disclosed discount prices for members on its web page www.discfountnewcars.lcom.au/unions.

The ACTU reports positive feedback from members who have used the service. Union shopper also offers savings on cars - a major expense to a family budget.

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Sailing Tall

Life member Max Wood has published an autobiography, Sailing Tall: Around the world on the square-rigged Passat (1946-1948).

At the end of WWII, teenager Max was determined to go to sea. He signed on as a boy on Everard's Serenity. But his first love was sail, a dream he realised a few months later.

Just how he became a crew member of one of the most famous sailing ships, the Passat, is the opening for his book Sailing Tall, which tells of his time aboard the square-rigged ship on her voyage around the world between 1946 and 1948.

The author captures the good and bad times in his two years under sail. There was much humour contrasting sharply with the fears and, at times, terror. But there was also pride.

There are not many people who went to sea on a working sailing ship left to tell their story, and this is a first hand record of a way of life that is so different to steam or other ships and yet has so much in common. (Shipping Today and Yesterday, May 2004)

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Radiothon

3CR 855AM, Melbourne's most independent and outspoken community radio station, today announced its target of $160,000 for the 2005 Radiothon.

The slogan for the Radiothon, Breaking through the Static - a Voice of Dissent, refers to the need for independent media voices in Australia.

Current federal Liberal government reforms - industrial relations law, cross media ownership laws and the ASIO bill - threaten to erode the rights and dignity of many Australians and undermine the independence of our media. 3CR is unique in Melbourne with outspoken industrial and reporting from those on the ground, giving voice to workers and promoting the rights of workers.

So support independent media in Australia and DONATE to 3CR!

Contact Details
PH: (03) 9419 8377
www.3cr.org.au

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