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Around Australia and the world large gatherings of workers have celebrated May Day the day of workers solidarity. So today we thought we would give you a great story of workers organising together to get better conditions and wages in an unlikely setting where casualisation and general disenchantment with their Union had given the workers a sense of hopelessness. We follow this with a speech given at the Melbourne May Day celebrations held on May 5th by a speaker from Friends of the Earth as it seems more and more obvious environmental destruction means a no jobs future. We also get the chance to hear from a great visiting hip hop group Rebel Diaz who wowed the crowd in Melbourne with their version of the worker’s classic Which side are you on
In this special lucky 13th episode of the Performance Car Podcast Associate Editor Scott Newman is joined by long-time MOTOR contributors David Morley and Tim Robson to discuss the greatest ever fast Holden Commodores, fittingly, from inside the last and greatest performance Holden of them all, the HSV GTSR W1. Topics include their first exposure to a fast Commodore (1:10), on-track struggles (2:10), Holden's response and their editorial support (3:00), Commodores in Europe (4:45), the best memories from 30 years of driving Holdens (5:30), Aussie engineering ingenuity (6:40), MOTOR's epic Around Australia drive (8:15), interviewing those in Holden's inner sanctum (10:30), Morley's marriage counselling (14:30), HSVs that have made an impression and how they've evolved (17:00), the mighty GTSR W1 (26:00), improving the last of the breed (27:35), thoughts on the factory closure (29:00). You can view the video from this episode at www.youtube.com/MOTORofficial and don't forget to check out www.motormag.com.au for all the latest performance car news and reviews.
Check out Episode 100: Around Australia by Motorcycle 1925: The Epic Ride. This will be my kickoff report from other riders. It's an inspirational story from an adventure long ago.