A CONTROVERSIAL mini-series on Australia's bitter 1998 waterfront dispute to air on ABC TV soon will document Upper Lachlan Shire Councillor John Coombs' life when he was head of the Maritime Union.
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Bastard Boys is about the bitter waterfront war involving Patrick Stevedoring and the union.
In November 1997, the then influential union mover and shaker Coombs (who will be played by Colin Friels) received a phone call warning him of a secret Federal Government plan to remove union members from the waterfront.
Plans were underway to train serving and ex-military personnel in Dubai so they could take over the jobs of union members on the docks.
For the full story, please see Wednesday's Goulburn Post, available from our front office in Auburn St, or at all leading newsagencies across the Goulburn area.
