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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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March 2007

The President Writes

Rudd props at public education
Federal Opposition leader Kevin Rudd�s �education revolution� will come to a grinding halt if he continues to baulk at public education.

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Industrial relations

Rally for rights at work on April 22
Federation calls on teachers to rally at Hyde Park in Sydney at 11am on Sunday April 22, to join fellow unionists and community members protesting against the Federal Government�s industrial relations laws.

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Federal Government

Julie Bishop exposed on �performance� pay
The Federal Coalition Government will push so-called �performance� pay into schools but has no intention of increasing federal funding to pay for the scheme.

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State Government

The promises that Labor must keep
Against a backdrop of voter dissatisfaction and resentment, the Iemma Government has been returned to office with a slightly decreased majority.

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Professional issues

Advice provided to schools on student reports
Federation has provided all schools with a leaflet with further advice on student reports.

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Funding

ALP appeases private school lobby
The ALP continues to be more focussed on appeasing the private school lobby than celebrating the achievements of public education.

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Event

Walk to Canberra to promote TAFE needs
Teachers, their friends and relatives are asked to join a walk from Sydney to Canberra to promote TAFE.

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Equity issues

National benchmarks show Indigenous students need more support
The Australian Education Union has criticised Federal Government support for Indigenous education after national literacy, numeracy and writing benchmark results showed Indigenous students are lagging in all areas.

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Privatisation

Isolated parents support allowances to bypass local schools
The Isolated Childrens Parents Association (ICPA) annual conference has called for government assistance to enable students to bypass their local schools.

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Professional issues

New Scheme teachers and workload
Federation continues to receive reports of unreasonable workloads being imposed upon beginning teachers, as part of the accreditation procedures set by the Institute of Teachers and the Department of Education and Training.

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