| The President Writes |
Elevating teachers’ status
The Government’s unprecedented political and legal intervention in our salaries case reduced the outcome. |
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| Salaries |
Teachers’ work was not fairly assessed
The value of teachers’ work was discounted by the Industrial Relations Commission in the teachers’ salaries case because of the Carr Government’s unprecedented legal and political intervention. |
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| Salaries |
Full funding achieved in Budget
The State Budget has fully-funded the teacher salary increases awarded in the Industrial Relations Commission from Treasury, following public education teachers’ campaign to achieve salary increases while protecting the public education budget. |
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| Federal Government |
ALP to pass Howard’s funding bill
In a repeat of 2001, despite declaring that it “does not support the Government’s unbalanced and divisive schools funding system that has given the largest funding increases to the wealthiest schools”, the ALP has announced it will pass the Government’s schools funding legislation. |
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| Occupational Health and Safety |
Verbal abuse is a health hazard
Don't put up with verbal abuse, writes JOAN LEMAIRE. |
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| Professional issues |
Eltis progress on outcomes slows
Progress has been slow toward implementation of the recommendations of Professor Ken Eltis in his Time to Teach — Time to Learn report. |
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| Event |
Campaign in special education settings
Federation will hold a Special Education Conference on August 21 in the Guthrie Theatre at the University of Technology, Harris Street, Sydney. |
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| Professional issues |
Average class sizes information secret
What is the government covering up on class sizes? asks JENNIFER LEETE. |
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| Federal Government |
Devil in the detail for trade agreement
The Free Trade Agreement is a bad deal that can still be stopped, write PATRICIA RANALD and LOUISE SOUTHALAN. |
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| Professional issues |
New eligibility requirements for head teachers
Federation is close to reaching agreement with the Department of Education and Training (DET) around revised eligibility requirements, including academic qualifications, for promotion to head teacher positions. |
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| Professional issues |
Ignore the revised Code of Conduct
The Department of Education and Training (DET) has a habit of releasing policy documents in the heat of a salaries dispute with the Federation, in the hope that the union will be too focussed on the dispute to notice and/or respond. |
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| Equity issues |
Attacks from both sides of politics
Federation is not happy with either side of federal politics when it comes to rights for gays and lesbians. FRANK BARNES reports. |
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