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I was there: the Austudy 5
Manage episode 461505843 series 3024455
In 1992, the then Labor government announced it would cut student support, Austudy, from its already derisory level. Thousands of students took to the streets.
In Melbourne, the police counter-attacked by arresting five socialists. It took more than two years but a significant defence campaign led to all the major charges being dropped.
Among the five were Marcus Banks and Jonathan Sherlock and we’re talking with them today.
View images from the defence campaign.
103 episodes
Manage episode 461505843 series 3024455
In 1992, the then Labor government announced it would cut student support, Austudy, from its already derisory level. Thousands of students took to the streets.
In Melbourne, the police counter-attacked by arresting five socialists. It took more than two years but a significant defence campaign led to all the major charges being dropped.
Among the five were Marcus Banks and Jonathan Sherlock and we’re talking with them today.
View images from the defence campaign.
103 episodes
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