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A plan for settlement
Settlement of the staffing dispute will require a statewide staffing system including genuine service transfers.
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The Premier must act
Potential terms of settlement for the staffing dispute have been made abundantly clear.
[ Full Story ]

Industrial action on staffing to continue
Federation members around the state have followed up the strongly supported statewide strikes on April 8 and May 22 with locally-organised stopwork protest action in the staffing campaign.
[ Full Story ]

Action to defend professional standards in TAFE
City and Broken Hill TAFE teachers have stopped work over the downgrading of teacher education qualifications.
[ Full Story ]

Keen interest in salaries and inflation movements
Federation is keeping a watchful eye on pay settlements in other professions.
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November 2003

The President Writes

Once in a decade
We are poised for a �once in a decade� opportunity to make a significant breakthrough in the salaries and status of the teaching profession.

Salaries

Industrial Relations Commission under threat
The Carr Government has prepared legislative changes which will reduce the power and authority of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).

Professional issues

Eltis report reveals huge workload from assessment
The report by Sydney University Professor Ken Eltis on his evaluation of outcomes based assessment and reporting was released by Education Minister Dr Andrew Refshauge on November 13.

DET

Drawing a line on the restructure
The Department of Education and Training (DET) will continue to be severely hamstrung in its restructuring efforts while ever the Government refuses to abandon the requirement to impose job cuts, writes DAVID FERGUSON.

Legislation

Child protection legislation amended in Upper House
The State Government�s Child Protection Legislation Amendment Bill 2003 passed through the NSW Parliament�s Upper House on November 19.

TAFE

Walk a week in our thongs
Treasurer Michael Egan has been invited to �walk a week� in the footwear of students who will be hit by the hike in TAFE fees.

Local government

Working together for the common good
MAREE O�HALLORAN told the Local Government Conference that Federation and local governments could work together to improve amenities for communities.

Public education

Transport subsidies under review
Two inquiries are investigating student travel. SALLY EDSALL and PETER WALSH report.

Business hours

Occupational Health and Safety

Are your OH&S consultation arrangements legal?
All workplaces in NSW must now have documented OH&S consultation arrangements in place that have been developed in consultation with all employees of the employer in a particular workplace, writes BOB LIPSCOMBE.

International

When being a teacher can be deadly
SUE SIMPSON paints a scary picture of the life of teacher unionists in Colombia.

Occupational Health and Safety

Big response from industrial arts teachers
A revised Equipment Safety in Schools package is to be issued after industrial arts teachers expressed concern. KEN FORD reports.

Federation

Scholarships make a difference
Applications are open for Federation Trainee Teacher Scholarships for 2004. KERRI CARR speaks to one of this year�s recipients.

Resourcing

Do you have international students at your school?
International students are putting a strain on resources, particularly in the area of ESL provision, write AMBER FLOHM and SARAH LAY.

Equity issues

Doing something different with more
After many years of being asked to do more with less, teachers in a unique equity program have had the rare opportunity to do something different with more.

Professional issues

Caution required over pedagogy guide
Any attempt to use �Quality teaching in NSW public schools� materials for teacher assessment purposes should be reported to Federation, writes JENNIFER LEETE.

Working conditions

Teacher-librarians log of claims prepared
Federation has written to the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training seeking a meeting to present a log of claims relating to teacher-librarians in primary, central and high schools.

Cleaners

Help roll back unfair conditions
Teachers can help resist the unfair working conditions placed on school cleaners, writes JOHN IRVING.

Funding

Still waiting for funding review results
What happened to the Grimshaw Review on state government funding of private schools, asks SALLY EDSALL.

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