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'Are We Medieval?' The Worker, 2 January 1904

This article from Brisbane publication The Worker rebukes derisive comments published by a London journalist mocking Australia’s legislation concerning workers as a reversion to medieval trade laws. Responding to McKenzie’s quip that…

Tags: Criticism, democracy, economy, guild, industrialisation, labour, legislation, McKenzie, medieval guilds, politics, Professor Thorold Rogers, progress, trade, trade bosses, trade guilds, trade unionism, wages, workers, working conditions

‘A Ro-Me-Owe and Jew-Liet Revival (New Reading)’, The Bulletin, 17 November 1904

A Ro-Me-Owe and Jew-Liet Revival (17 Nov 1904), Cover.jpg

‘Hop’ produced this Bulletin cartoon at a time when J. C. Williamson’s theatre company was staging William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Sydney. The popular young American…

Tags: Balcony scene, Bulletin cartoons, economy, Her Majestyâ€™s Theatre, I.O.U., James C. Williamson (1845-1913), Livingston Hopkins aka â€˜Hopâ€™ (1846-1927), loan, Miss Tittell Brune (1875-1974), New South Wales, NSW State loans, Romeo and Juliet, satire, Sir Joseph Carruthers (1856-1932), state politics, Sydney Morning Herald, usury, William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616)

No 'Robin Hood' financial transaction tax coming to Australia, says Wayne Swan

This article from the online news site Perth Now reports on Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swanâ€™s decision not follow the lead of European nations such as France and introduce a financial transactions tax to deal with economic crisis. Such…

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'Are We Medieval?' The Worker, 2 January 1904

‘A Ro-Me-Owe and Jew-Liet Revival (New Reading)’, The Bulletin, 17 November 1904

No 'Robin Hood' financial transaction tax coming to Australia, says Wayne Swan