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Deadline was 'dead' on time The Social Justice statement, 'Beyond Unem ployment" was scheduled for release on September 23 in preparation for Social Justice Sun-
day on September 30. Last month, on August 19, the Sydney Sunday Telegraph quoted from a "draft" of the document. Copies were sent to all priests in Australia stamped with the instruction that the document was embargoed till September 23. In Sydney on Tuesday September 2 the Daily Mirror carried a story quoting from the document. In Melbourne, copies of the document were on sale and The Age newspaper purchased a copy and ran a story and cortoon the same day. The Sydney office of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace then decided to issue the document and that story was transmitted to The West Australian which used it in its pages on Wednesday, September 3. Catholic newspapers were notified on that day that the embargo had been lifted but copies of the document had not been received by them at that stage. Following that announcement, copies were sent to the three television channels in Perth but seemingly no reference has been made to the statement so far.
The strolling piper who attracted the biggest following at the Focolare Movement Mariapolis at Aquinas College lost week was Rev David MURRAY, Anglican rector of Mount Barker.
Social Justice statement
Action sought for jobless
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More government action, better unemployment benefits and changed community attitudes to work ore the sugtestions of a Catholic commission to the unemployment question. In a 22 -page statement on falls on the government."
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Entitled "Beyond UnemIn addition to long term before benefit's apply, or as- wage-earner." Malan labour, the Catholic A capital gains tax, a Commission for Justice and ployment" the statement has economic planning the gov- sistance to those in need beminerals profit or even Peace says "the burden of been prepared for distribu- ernment is urged to create fore payment commences. the changes we advocate tion on Social Justice Sun - jobs. Abolition ot the work an income tax scale that was truly progressive were sugBy action of the selec- test so that thise'iviiii-wish tive use of payroll tax and can leave the workforce and gested as alternatives. The commission says that make room for those who investment allowance. cm-H1 By better re-training wish to have a<, job. The to expect the private sector schemes to meet labour commission siii;that with to immediately furnish shortages and allowances 20 people chaVmeyeff -job 400,000 jobs would be misD,.0.9 placed idealism. at present the Leg thifd for relocation. But the private sector 1308 The Catholic commission, point, and. :theltrebity Curwhich has been working on rently spent la, enforcing must be prepared to create
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the document since the be ginning of the year, also recommends better government assistance in the area of the unemployment benefits:
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