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Lack of consultation and inadequate time to prepare for changes symptomatic of education minister out of touch with how schools operate.
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More league tables signal a new low
Unions nationwide committed to non-cooperation with NAPLAN if government refuses to act.
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Angry TAFE teachers stand up for their rights
Town Hall strike meeting calls on State Government to negotiate for an overdue fair settlement.
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Primary Activists Conference
Funding available to attend gathering that will develop strategies for campaign on staffing, conditions and release time.
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March 2007

The President Writes
The State election matters
2007 is a critical year for public education, the teaching profession and rights at work. The defeat of the Federal Coalition Government and its extreme ideology is of utmost importance.
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State election
Public education push on NSW politicians
Public education communities around the state have been holding events to apply maximum pressure on state election candidates in the lead up to the polls.
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State election
Risks for public education and teachers
General Secretary JOHN IRVING and President MAREE O’HALLORAN summarise the risks inherent in the election of a state Liberal/National government.
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State election
Party policies evaluated
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Industrial relations
Rally and concert to rock Howard’s job
All citizens concerned about the Howard Government’s attacks on workers and human rights are called on to assemble in Sydney’s Hyde Park North on April 22 at 11am.
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Working conditions
Beginning teachers miss out
The talents of a very experienced and outstanding teacher mentor are being wasted in Northern NSW while beginning teachers need support.
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Working conditions
More permanency promised in TAFE
The new TAFE staffing agreement commits the Department of Education and Training (DET) to increasing permanency in TAFE.
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Deferred salary
Government announces changes to salary sacrifice arrangements
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Women's Conference
Top female unionist speaking out at Women’s Conference
National Tertiary Education Union State Secretary Chris Game will address delegates on the impact of the Federal Government’s workplace laws, university funding policies and union working conditions at the Federation Women’s Conference on March 31.
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Public education
Public education ‘crisis’ refuted
Public education “crisis constructions” and Howard Government education policy were challenged by Riverside Girls High School principal Judy King on the ABC’s Difference of Opinion “Putting Education to the Test” episode on February 26.
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Membership
Teachers join the collective during recruitment drive
Schools in the Camden-Campbelltown district were the focus of a Federation recruitment drive during the week of the February 19.
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Equity issues
Boom bypasses the poor
The economic boom has bypassed the nation’s poor, with tens of thousands of Australians locked into communities of deep disadvantage, the latest report from Professor Tony Vinson shows.
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TAFE
Beauty school turns ugly
Teachers in the hairdressing and beauty section at West Wollongong TAFE met on January 29 and passed resolutions that they were unprepared to deliver practical classes, and would only deliver theory, in the new beauty school at the campus until funding was allocated to provide for classroom and storeroom support.
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