Posts by Neil Morrison
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from Helen Kelly's latest press release:
I have also repeated the commitment made by MEAA that there will be no disruption to the Hobbit films.
not sure if that's any reassurance given what we've seen of Simon Whipp.
So it's still in the hands of the MEAA. Like it always has been. But hasn't the CTU and AE been claiming the MEAA had nothing to do with this?
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And, Helen Kelly just said there could have been better communication from Actors Equity (on 3 news).
it's a bit late for her to start shifting repsonsibilty elsewhere. There were plenty of people who realised right from the start that AE needed to get their act together.
She was advising AE and it hasn't turned out very well.
It's not really surprising that Robin Malcolm and the rapidly disappeariing Jennifer Ward-Lealand handled this badly but industrial relations is supposed to be witihin the general orbit of the CTU's skill set.
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...it's not about the money.
I've been trying to come up with something reasonably intelligent on that aspect of the debate. Haven't succeeded so far.
Film, like other arts, is a strange world of negotiated obligation. They are different to other work situations and not easily reduced to boss vs worker.
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Unions have always had a commitment to cross borders if needs be, they are worker conscious , not fundamentally nationalistic.
That's true but not always true. The US unions have been trying to stop what they consider to be their movies being made outside the US. They're quite powerful and get good benefits for their members. But they will put their members first. It's an issue sitting in the background of all this.
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I'd love someone to ask Ms. Kelly what the CTU's...
I infered from her tone that she wouldn't be keen. It's other people who think it would be a good idea if the govt signallled at this point that it wouldn't mind getting into a subisdy bidding war.
The studios were quite happy to make the films here with the 15%. Making that the issue isn't helpful to put it mildy and it's getting past the point when it can be put down to naivity.
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I'm sure a number of people will be deluding themselves with that reasoning over the next few days.
Helen Kelly for one, on morning report. Not a good idea to treat every issue as a battle in the class war.
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The CTU decision early on to support AE against Jackson was a bad decision in itself since it displayed a considerable lack of understanding of the issues involved but having such an impressive public relations disaster at this particular point in time isn't going to do much for the current union campaign.
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The swinging voter decides elections and they swing off soundbites and smiles.
The swinging voter kept Clark in power for 3 terms which was I think an appropriate judgement on her qualities - an explanation for her sucess more accurate than the media being more intelligent back then.
Also, facts play a part in politics but a lot of issues are about value judgements and self-interest and people tend to be good at rationalising decisions they've already made.
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I care that, because they don't, they are a disruptive and irrational force that is harmful to collective decision-making
your example though is of a politician doing what politicians usually do - try and spin things to their advantage. It happens all the time and people in general don't take what politicians say at face value and don't need reporters to have that pointed out.
Is their any evidence that many people took what English was saying all that seriously?
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but it does seem that rail would be more easily accommodated on a span
and look quite good if done well.