UNIONS are demanding Parliament thwart the ''offshoring by stealth'' of Qantas' international operations with amendments to the Qantas Sales Act, after their industrial action was curtailed as a result of the company's weekend shutdown.
The chief executive of Qantas, Alan Joyce, will tell a Senate inquiry tomorrow the amendment, proposed by the independent senator Nick Xenophon and backed by the Greens, would curtail his business's ''right and entitlement'' to compete in international aviation.
Labor had opposed the amendment - which targets the issues at the heart of Qantas' industrial disputes - but with anger still hot over the airline's decision to ground its fleet at the weekend some in the ALP now favour a reconsideration of the national carrier's obligations.
(L to R) Lars Hartwich, Dave Wiens, Alban Lakata,Werner Faust
10 questions with Topeak-Ergon team mechanic, Lars Hartwich
Ergon: How did you get your start working on bikes?
Lars: 13 years old I started mountain biking, I didn’t have enough money for a mechanic’s service in a bike shop, so I started to work on bikes on my own. After finishing high school I started a professional education as an bike mechanic at the most popular bike shop of my home area
''The Newtown directors had an ALP-type agreement that we would stick solid at board meetings in a united front in any issues against the bowlers,'' he said
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"No, the ALP is not funding this action at all. We are simply feeling our way at the moment," she said. Meanwhile Brisbane City Council is about to start
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''The Newtown directors had an ALP-type agreement that we would stick solid at board meetings in a united front in any issues against the bowlers,'' he said 
First running for mayor in the mid 1990s, he was beaten as the ALP candidate. He ditched Labor and was eventually elected deputy mayor in 2000. 
Take the DIY option – it's easier than it sounds and costs much less, writes EMMA CULLINAN LAST WEEK I was up an Austrian Alp staying at a cattle farm, 
of contrition and regret on two appearances on ABC TV and in a weekend newspaper interview have triggered a mild existential crisis within the ALP. 
"No, the ALP is not funding this action at all. We are simply feeling our way at the moment," she said. Meanwhile Brisbane City Council is about to start 
