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Latest Union and Community News in Qld
Events and News for NTEU members
Events and News for NTEU members| Audited Accounts 2006-2007 | Audited Accounts for Financial Year 2006-2007 - Queensland Division |
| Close The Gap | Close the Gap Demand Indigenous Health Equality |
| Joan Hardy Scholarship | The Joan Hardy Scholarship - an annual $2000 scholarship for post-graduate nursing research |
| Women for Wik | See the Women for Wik web page - an invaluable resource for opinions, fact sheets, information relevant to the current Federal Governemnt intervention in indigenous communities in the NT |
| ACTU Indigenous response | Read a detailed response (18 July 07) by the ACTU to the recent Federal Government intervention into NT indigenous communities. This response was prepared by the ACTU Indigenous Committee. |
Collective Bargaining 2008
All universities in Qld have Collective (ie enterprise) Agreements which will come up for renegotiation in 2008. You can find out progress of these negotiations from your own university branch website. General information about the progress of this campaign is available here.NTEU-Q Campaigns
NTEU members make a tremendous contribution to both their university and their wider community. A major focus for the NTEU-Queensland Division is providing support to members who are active in social, community and political campaigns.
Click on the links for further details on how to become involved!
| Casual Staff Campaign | The NTEU has resolved to gain significant improvements for casual staff during the 2008 round of Enterprise Bargaining. |
| Humanities at QUT | The Vice Chancellor of QUT announced on 20 April, proposals including the closue of the Bachellor or Arts and Social Science degrees at QUT. The NTEU is absolutely opposed to the removal of Humanities and Social Sciences from QUT programmes, and is conducting a major campaign , together with staff from the affected school, to ensure that this proposal is rejected by QUT management. Find information, and what you can do to assist, at the QUT NTEU Branch website, as shown here. |
| Medical Staff | Campaign around the improvement of the situation for Medical staff in Qld., and the involvement of the NTEU in this issue. Download a reolution from Qld NTEU Council in Feb 2006 |
| Research staff campaign | The NTEU recognises the importance of improving the working conditions for research staff, and organises activities to address this at each branch. |
| Protecting Regional Universities | A proposal for government funding of new scholarships and centres of excellence at regional universities such as JCU |
| Queensland Tertiary Education Alliance | The QTEA is a coalition of student, trade union and community groups that has come together to promote the benefits of accessible, quality, public education. |
| Stolen Wages | The National Tertiary Education Union (Queensland) is supporting a public campaign for justice for the generations of Aboriginal workers whose wages were stolen by the Queensland government. |
| Justice for refugees | NTEU members are active in campaigns for a just and humanitarian refugee policy. Refugees should be welcomed to Australia, not locked in detention. |
| Join the Union Aid Abroad global justice program | You could win a trip around the world, including London - HURRY! |
| Emma Miller Awards | Celebrating the achievements of women in the Queensland Union Movement. The Queensland Council of Unions host the annual Emma Miller Awards Dinner. These awards recognise our women for their commitment to their union and its members. |
NTEU-Q Office
The NTEU Queensland office is located on the first floor, 27 Cordelia St South Brisbane 4101. Our phone number is (07) 3846 2355 and our fax number is (07) 3846 5977.
The office consists of four industrial officers as well as other specialist industrial staff. Here are their contact details.
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Name |
Position |
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Margaret Lee |
State Secretary |
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Leah Cencig |
Industrial Officer |
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Cathy Grant |
Industrial Officer |
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Bill Danby |
Industrial Officer |
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| Angela Scheers | Industrial Officer |
a.scheers@qld.nteu.org.au |
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Ross Gwyther |
Organiser |
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Barbara Williams |
Campaigns & Executive Officer |
| forums | Forums for member discussions |
NTEU-Q Branches
Branch Organisers:
| James Cook | Peter Whalley-Thompson | 4781 5881 |
| Central Qld | Jen Tsen Kwok | 4930 9282 |
| Southern Qld | Ivan Phillips | 4631 2616 |
| Qld Uni of Technology | Cheri Taylor | 3864 5452 |
| Griffith |
Maggie May & Michael Carden |
3735 7635 |
| Uni of Qld | Michael McNally | 3365 2538 |
Visit your Branch website:
- Australian Catholic University- McAuley
- Bond University
- Central Queensland University
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- Queensland University of Technology
- University of Queensland
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of the Sunshine Coast
NTEU-Q Division Council
| Name | Position | Uni | |
| Andrew Bonnell | President | UQ | a.bonnell@uq.edu.au |
| Margaret Lee | Secretary | m.lee@qld.nteu.org.au | |
| To be advised | Assistant Secretary | ||
| To be advised | Vice President (academic) | ||
| Dan Couglan | Vice President (General) | CQU | d.coughlan@cqu.edu.au |
| John Graham | Councillor | Indigenous | John.Graham@griffith.edu.au |
| Gary Gulliford | Councillor | JCU | gary.gulliford@jcu.edu.au |
| Angela Schlotzer | Councillor | CQU | a.schlotzer@cqu.edu.au |
| Elizabeth Eddy | Councillor | USC | eeddy@usc.edu.au |
| Brad Astbury | Councillor | USQ | astbury@usq.edu.au |
| Sig Vogel | Councillor | QUT | s.vogel@qut.edu.au |
| Donna Weeks | Councillor | USC | p.ridley@qut.edu.au |
| Margaret Buckridge | Councillor | GRI | m.buckridge@griffith.edu.au |
| Lynda Davies | Councillor | GRI | l.davies@griffith.edu.au |
| Arthur Poropat | Councillor | GRI | arthur.poropat@mailbox.gu.edu.au |
| Aarti Ayer | Councillor | UQ | |
| Lachlan Window | Councillor | UQ | l.window@mailbox.uq.edu.au |
| Michael Howard | Councillor | UQ | m.howard@its.uq.edu.au |
Workplace Health and Safety
| WHSR | Information sheet on workplace Health and Saftey Representatives |
| Electing WHSR's | Information sheet on electing Workplace Health and Safety Representatives (WHSR's) |
Services
| Queensland Legal Service | NTEU Queensland members can take advantage of an arrangement with Maurice Blackburn Cashman |
| Union Shopper | Union Shopper Details |
Archive
An archive of campaigns, documents and issues from the past few years.| Previous Campaigns | Previous Campaigns |
| Previous documents | Previous documents of interest from 2004-2005 |
| Previous Events |