scholarly journals Unconventional Labour: Environmental Justice and Working-class Ecology in the New South Wales Green Bans

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-474
Author(s):  
Paul Bleakley
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Left ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
South Wales ◽  
1960S And 1970S

The New South Wales union movement embraced the principles of heritage and conservationism in the 1970s through the imposing of “green bans” – a strategy wherein union members refused to work on construction projects that were a threat to the state’s natural or built environment. Led by radicals like Builders Labourers’ Federation leader Jack Mundey, the green bans were seen in several sectors as a departure from the traditional “Old Left” priorities of securing workers’ wages and conditions. Rather than a hard shift towards radicalism, this article proposes that the green bans were instead reflective of an already existing conservationist tradition in the New South Wales union movement. This reinterpretation is predicated on a content analysis of extant historical material such as contemporaneous news articles, personal memoirs, transcripts of political speeches and archival documents related to the policing of left-wing activism in the 1960s and 1970s. The results show that an existing tradition of engagement with a broad spectrum of social issues in the New South Wales union movement predates the emergence of the New Left, including the commitment to environmental justice principles that underpinned the green bans.

The 1999 review of the Western Division of New South Wales

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kerin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Western Division

A comprehensive review of the Western Division of New South Wales was carried out in 1998/99. The review addressed economic, environmental and social issues in New South Wales' rangelands. Six commissioned studies examined these issues in more detail. The recommendations of the review centred on streamlining administrative procedures, including Acts and regulations, addressing integrated natural resource management from a regional perspective by involving leaseholders and relevant stakeholders as representative of the broader community. It was seen as essential that scientific research and expertise, and technological advances in knowledge, be utilised by decision makers in coming to more coordinated land management decisions.

Schooling and Identity Levels

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Willmot
Keyword(s):  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
South Wales ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The Right ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Western-style schooling for Aboriginal children in New South Wales began formally in 1940. Nineteen-forty was the year in which the New South Wales Department of Education abandoned its long-standing policy of exclusion relating to Aboriginal children. Prior to this, Aboriginal children were excluded from State schools on the complaint of a white parent. From 1940 on, it could be said that Aboriginal people had achieved the right to State schooling. This is, of course, a political statement as much as an educational one. I would argue that 1940, in fact, saw the beginning of modern Aboriginal politics.Modern Aboriginal politics, as such, began in the early 1960s when Vincent Lingiari and the Gurindji people walked off Wave Hill; that was the beginning of the land rights movement. The 1940s and the 1950s, however, saw Aboriginal people struggle for the human right of education for their children.During the late 1960s and 1970s, many Aboriginal people spent a great deal of time criticising the very education systems which they fought so hard to become part of. Yet Aboriginal people have voted for this form of education with their feet. In 1975, according to Commonwealth Government statistics, there were 223 Aboriginal people in tertiary institutions in Australia. In 1980, there were 881, that is a 295% increase. In 1970, however, there were only 20 Aboriginal people found to be in tertiary institutions in Australia and that, believe it or not, registers by 1980 as being a 4,310% increase. Unfortunately, this does not reflect an equivalent 4,310% improvement in outcomes of schooling; this extraordinary phenomenon associated with the tertiary education is very much an Aboriginal adventure.

“The NOSCA Mafia”: overseas student activism in Australia, 1985–1994

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-132
Author(s):  
Tim Briedis
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Student Activism ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Overseas Students ◽  
Overseas Student ◽  
South Wales ◽  
First Case

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to explore and analyse the history of the predominantly Malaysian Network of Overseas Students Collectives in Australia (NOSCA), that existed from 1985–1994.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on extensive archival research in the State Library of New South Wales, the National Library of Australia and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Archives. It makes particular use of the UNSW student newspaper Tharunka and the NOSCA publications Truganini and Default. It also draws upon nine oral history interviews with former members of NOSCA.FindingsThe NOSCA was particularly prominent at the UNSW, building a base there and engaging substantially in the student union. Informed by anarchism, its activists were interested in an array of issues–especially opposition to student fees and in solidarity with struggles for democracy and national liberation in Southeast Asia, especially around East Timor. Moreover, the group would serve as a training ground for a layer of activists, dissidents and opposition politicians throughout Southeast Asia, with a milieu of ex-NOSCA figures sometimes disparagingly referred to as “the NOSCA Mafia.”Originality/valueWhile there has been much research on overseas students, there has been far less on overseas students as protestors and activists. This paper is the first case study to specifically hone in on NOSCA, one of the most substantial and left wing overseas student groups. Tracing the group's history helps us to reframe and rethink the landscape of student activism in Australia, as less white, less middle class and less privileged.

scholarly journals Drivers of Applying Ecological Modernization to Construction Waste Minimization in New South Wales Construction Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulala Al-Hamadani ◽  
Temitope Egbelakin ◽  
Willy Sher ◽  
Jason Von Meding
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Ecological Modernization ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Supply Chain Dynamics

The application of ecological modernization (EM) (to delink industry growth from environmental damage) to minimize construction waste has not been explored within the construction industry in general, and the New South Wales (NSW) construction industry in particular. This study seeks to identify the drivers of applying EM to construction waste minimisation (CWM) in the industry. Also, to determine the CWM measures that are critical for each of the drivers. A survey was adopted in this study to target stakeholders engaged in the delivery of construction projects in NSW from design to completion. The survey was selected to reach a large number of respondents within a manageable period. A pilot study was conducted to ensure the reliability of the research design before a full-scale data collection was launched. The data from 240 valid responses was analysed using factor analysis, relative importance index and descriptive statistics. The results revealed five important drivers for EM’s application to CWM. These are agents of change, government policies, supply chain dynamics, skill-building and technological innovations. The CWM measures that are critical for each of these drivers were also identified. The study provides insights into the application of EM to address the construction industry problem of waste generation as by-product of its growth. It also shows the ability to protect the environment while enabling continuous economic growth. Furthermore, it demonstrates the applicability of EM to minimize the construction waste of NSW construction industry.

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