<> . "94" . "94" . "17" . "Update No 9 29/07/2008" . "Hi Everyone The shutdown is in a holding pattern as we we regroup, the next plan will be to pull a media stunt that will put this on the front page of all media, that may bring out the T.V. interviews we did on Monday. Clare and I will be meeting Tim Nicoll and Vaughan Johnson Wednesday I also had a meeting with Bob Katter today, he was lobbying the TWU for their support, I will be talking to Mark Crossdale from the TWU tomorrow. A decision to return to work could happen as soon as Friday, and we may resume off the back of a new programme if further consultation with Government fails, it may be that we will need to approach the demerit points on logbook after they are introduced, that way the other states will know why Queensland hates this regulation. The drivers and Owner drivers are the real people worth fighting for in this process, the medium to large fleets are too open to industrial pressure from the multi-national freight forwarders. If all the sub-contractors went out on shutdown together they would have been able to return with more unity to gain better rates and support the industry against these reforms, but fear is the terrible tool used by unscrupulous Prime contractors to control and keep the industry in poverty. We will still keep the fight going, we need to stay the course Regards Mick Pattel P.S. The sheer volume of phone calls to my mobile do not enable me to handle all incoming calls, and this month returning calls to voice mail messages has cost me $4500 dollars in one month, I need you to contact me via email if it is at all possible. I now have a mobile card, and I can answer emails anywhere there is a mobile service. " . "2008-07-29T13:39:01Z"^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime . "2008-07-29T13:46:39Z"^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime . "1" . "1" . "1" .