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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.
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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.
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Action to defend professional standards in TAFE
City and Broken Hill TAFE teachers have stopped work over the downgrading of teacher education qualifications.
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Keen interest in salaries and inflation movements
Federation is keeping a watchful eye on pay settlements in other professions.
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May 2007

The President Writes

Making public education the issue
The opportunity exists to shape public opinion, and the parties� policies, in the interest of a thriving and vibrant public education system, writes MAREE O'HALLORAN.

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Elections

NSW politicians must show their commitment
The state election on March 24 represents an opportunity for politicians and aspiring politicians to demonstrate publicly before their constituents, their level of commitment to public education.

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Federal politics

Federal ALP announces early learning plan
SALLY EDSALL examines Federal Labor�s early childhood education plan.

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Federal politics

Don�t forget �public� in the federal education revolution
ANGELO GAVRIELATOS reminds Federal Labor that the most important and valuable national asset of all is public education.

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Event

Early date for Women�s Conference
Federation Women�s Conference will be held this year during term 1, on Saturday March 31.

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Aboriginal Members Conference

Replicate success and don�t dwell on failure
Too often we dwell on Indigenous failure, NSW�s first Aboriginal teacher Victor Chapman told Federation�s recent Aboriginal Conference.

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Federation

Membership news

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Survey results

Schools use professional judgement about reports
Few schools complied with the State Government�s imposed A-E reporting requirements, results of a Federation survey show.

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Professional issues

Professor Cooney reports on assessment
WENDY CURRIE reports on the findings of a review of the statewide assessment program.

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Campaigns

Last chance to oppose rezoning for private school
Cessnock City Council has extend the exhibition period for the local environment plan (LEP) amendment and development application regarding Independent Colleges Australia�s application to build a $25 million private college at Kurri Kurri until February 14.

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Funding

Pilgrim housing in public schools rejected
Federation wrote to NSW Premier Morris Iemma on December 13 asking him to reconsider his Government�s plan to house 30,000 Catholic pilgrims in public schools during the second week of the July vacation in 2008.

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