| The President Writes |
Government reneges
The State Labor Government is continuing to hold the Industrial Relations Commission to ransom by refusing to fund their eventual decision, attacking the profession and delaying the proceedings in the Commission. As a result, Federation members may be forced to take more industrial action this year. |
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| Campaigns |
Government attacks public school and TAFE witnesses
The Government has reneged on a promise not to denigrate the profession by its actions in the salaries case before the Industrial Relations Commission. |
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| TAFE |
Soup kitchen to counter fee hike
TAFE teachers at the Nowra Campus held a TAFE fee increase soup kitchen on September 25 to highlight the financial difficulties fee increases will cause students next year. |
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| DET |
Revised restructure: late again, flawed again
Was the oft postponed revised DET restructure worth the wait? DAVID FERGUSON reports. |
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| Working conditions |
Department fined over OH&S
The Department of Education and Training (DET) has been fined a total of $160,000 for three breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act relating to incidents that occurred at Kurrumbee SSP. |
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| Professional issues |
Deadline for annual school reports deferred
Federation has reached agreement with the Department of Education and Training (DET) to defer the deadline for completion of primary school annual school reports until the end of term 1, 2004. |
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| Australian Education Union |
Federation women setting the agenda
The Australian Education Union’s Federal Women’s Conference planned action on several critical issues, writes SIOBHAN CALLAN. |
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| Equity issues |
Creating safe and supportive environments
Creating safe and supportive environments in schools is up to the Department of Education and Training, writes MICHAEL WEST and LIZ HAMMOND. |
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| Inquiry |
Early Childhood Inquiry to push national agenda
The Australian Education Union (AEU) is sponsoring an independent inquiry into the provision of universal access to high quality preschool education across Australia. |
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| Federal Government |
University staff and students take joint action
National Tertiary Education Union university staff and students across Australia took joint strike action on October 16 to protest against the Howard Government’s attacks on tertiary education in recently released legislation. |
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| Equity issues |
Joint refugee assistance program launched
Federation and the Department of Education and Training have launched a joint assistance program to help newly arrived refugee students. |
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| Welfare |
Check your set of leaflets
Federation Representatives should see if their set of welfare leaflets is up to date, writes CAROL HOWARD. |
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| Unionism |
Have resources, will teach about unions
An online resource for NSW teachers that provides an insight into both the historical and contemporary role of unions in Australia was launched on October 23. |
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| Helping hand |
Schools help Canberra to re-seed
Federation’s $1000 grant to Lanyon High School in the ACT is assisting in the replanting of lands around Birrigai Outdoor School which was severely damaged in the January bushfires. |
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| Event |
World Teachers’ Day October 31
World Teachers’ Day will be celebrated in Australia on October 31. |
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| State Government |
School sold to French on the cheap
Maroubra High School was sold to the French School (Lycee Condorcet) at $4 million less than market value, Freedom of Information documents have revealed. |
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| TAFE |
TAFE strike postponed
The TAFE strike proposed for November 24 has been postponed.
Bans imposed by TAFE non-teaching educational staff have also been lifted. |
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