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Unions try to cover up their role at Australia Post
Facing mounting discontent among postal workers, which erupted in two recent meetings at Sydney’s Alexandria delivery facility, the trade unions are desperately trying to rewrite their record of supporting and enforcing the hated Alternative Delivery Model (ADM) and Australia Post’s restructuring.
Australia Post parcel lockers in Sydney [Credit: Maksym Kozlenko, Wikimedia Commons]
As a result of the ADM, posties are often working 12-hour shifts and unable to complete their delivery rounds, known as beats. The use of casual and contract labour is increasing, and workers who have been on the job for decades are being forced out by over-work, resulting in the thousands of job cuts that management wants.
How 2020 turned out to be a blurred vision
The leading Australians who attended a 2020 future forum a quarter of a century ago would probably be underwhelmed at the outcomes. But they did pick the smartphone.
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A quarter of a century ago, I co-convened a series of forums inviting prominent Australians to share their visions for Australia for 2020. Not one of them predicted a global viral pandemic. As clairvoyants they were hopeless, but as 2020 visionaries they were superb. As the horror year draws to a close, it’s worth reviewing their aspirations for Australia and the extent they have been realised.