http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/stephen-jones/ Stephen is the Labor member for the Federal electorate of Throsby. He was elected in 2010. Prior to being a politician, he was a union official and worked as a youth advocate for kids with developmental disabilities. Stephen is married with two children. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Sacked-steelworkers-we-will-not-abandon-you/ Alongside coal, steelmaking has dominated the Illawarra economy for the better part of a century. The industrial landscape of Port Kembla continues to define the lives of the people that work and live in its shadow, the people that I represent in the federal electorate of Throsby. When I left high school in the early eighties, the Steelers NRL team was still running around in the top flight (before merging with St George), and many of my mates took up apprenticeships with the company that sponsored the famous scarlet jersey, BHP Steel. We were a steel city, a proud working-class town, just like our sister city of Newcastle. In many respects we still are. But just like Newcastle and in the other manufacturing regions around Australia at that time, the ground was already shifting under our feet. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Stephen Jones) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Sacked-steelworkers-we-will-not-abandon-you/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Sacked-steelworkers-we-will-not-abandon-you/#item6545 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:25:23 +0000 Stephen Jones | Author bios | The Punch