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Jobs Australia -Working for a fair and equitable Australia
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“If…the dramatic productivity gains of the high-tech revolution are not shared, but rather used primarily for the enhancement of corporate profit, to the exclusive benefit of stockholders, top corporate managers, and the merging elite of high-tech knowledge workers, chances are that the growing gap between the haves and the have nots will lead to social and political upheaval on a global scale.” The End of Work, Jeremy Rifkin 1996
The average wage in Australia in 2009 was $62,270 a year. Australian Bureau of Statistics
“On average, the chief executives of the 100 largest companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange were paid $4.5 million, or about $86,500 per week.” Jane Cadzow, Outrageous Fortune, The Good Weekend 13/02/10.
Farmer harrowing a winter paddock near Cambridge in southern Tasmania © Rob Walls 2012
Roger Dahlberg, Steve McCusker and Peter Hill, boat-builders at the Living Boat Trust in Franklin © Rob Walls 2012
Brett Reid, Observatory Manager on a cherry picker above the main dish of the UTAS radio telescope at Mt Pleasant in Tasmania © Rob Walls 2012
Bill Patmore repaints yellow lines on the forecourt of the South Hobart Service Centre © Rob Walls May 10 2012
Hairdressing salon, Campbelltown, Tasmania © Rob Walls 2012
Lisa Bartlett, kennel manager, Tasmanian Labradoodles © Rob Walls 2012
On-site weekly OH&S meeeting, Vos Constructions at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery construction site in Hobart, Tasmania © Rob Walls 2012
6.30am Saturday 25th February 2012 A stall holder sets up for the Saturday Market at Salamanca Place in Hobart © Rob Walls 2012
Michelle Dyer and Jonathan Cooper, partners in organic food stall, Harvest Feast at Salamanca Market in Hobart. © Rob Walls 2012
Dumping rubble from the upper floors of the historic old Bond Store, during the extensions to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, in Hobart, Tasmania © Rob Walls 2012
- A carpenter for 38 years, Paul Szlezak working with first year apprentice, Jay Baily on the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery project in Hobart, Tasmania © Rob Walls 2012
