Concrete Gang - 16th October 1976 program

• Letter from a listener 

• Bruce reads updates on East Timor & Fraser Government backflips with foreign policy; audio from Governor General and Foreign Affairs Minister statements vs. voices of the community - 'ordinary Australian people'.

• Keith reads a poem by Bartlett Adamson on Menzies' 1939 calls to establish a national register.

• An extended analysis of the 1975 lockouts, and its lessons.
  The nature of the disputes,
  Leaked MBA documents (published by the BLF in the Daily Press),
  Re-registeration of the BLF after MBA/BWIU meddling, and
  Some wins and some losses, including the right to strike.

• Miner's song, written for the riots for Hosken's mine workers in Lithgow Valley

• The Independent Assistance Commission (IAC) Report,
  The Government removing public arts funding,
  'culture' as a for-profit industry, and
  Speaking to La Trobe University Academic Doug White about the report.

Presenters: ‘Joe’, ‘Bruce’, ‘Keith’, and more.

Also featuring: Governor-General John Robert Kerr, Foreign Affairs Minister Andrew Peacock, voices of community members; La Trobe University academic Doug White.

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