Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 4. 21st March 1973

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[ unclear: a] strike was redefined to include [ unclear: ceivable] form of industrial action [ unclear: go] slows, rolling strikes, refusing [ unclear: or] reducing either output or [ unclear: work]. Secondly, it was deemed [ unclear: each] of the award to take action [ unclear: putes] procedure existed. As it [ unclear: ntion] of the Bill to ensure that [ unclear: ocedures] do exist, the right to [ unclear: fectively] removed. A union [ unclear: iable] for prosecution unless it [ unclear: ve] that all its officers took every [ unclear: ep] to ensure that the disputes [ unclear: was] complied with. This means [ unclear: officials] must under the Bill [ unclear: be- ts] of the system, rather than [ unclear: tives] of their members. [ unclear: Further- nus] of proof is on the [ unclear: defen- he] prosecution.