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  1. University protests held across WA: Hundreds of staff and students unite against 'dumb cuts'

    Posted by Jason Tebbutt (WA Division)

    Read an ABC article about the protests here.

    Protests were held at Universities across WA this week to oppose the Federal Government’s recently announced funding cuts to higher education. The ...

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    150 staff and students attended the UWA protest
  2. Destination Fiji - a vacation from workers' rights

    Posted 22 May 2013 by Grahame McCulloch (NTEU National Office)

    Bula!

    Fiji is famous for its sandy white beaches, blue waters, palm trees, sunshine and smiling faces. But behind the island beauty lies a much uglier reality.

    Since Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power of the South Pacific nation in 2006, the regime has systematically stripped workers of their wages and conditions.

    Now, over 60 per cent of Fijian wage earners are living below the poverty line, hotel workers earn less than $3 an hour, and workers vocal in opposition to the regime have been threatened and assaulted.

    We can support the people of Fiji get their island paradise

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  3. Federal Court reinstates university professor sacked in sham redundancy

    Posted 20 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    The Federal Court has ordered the reinstatement of Professor Judith Bessant at RMIT University in Melbourne – a judgement that the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes as a warning ...

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  4. Abbott’s smoke and mirrors budget plan hits education hard

    Posted 17 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today warned that Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, is hiding the range and breadth of funding cuts planned by the Coalition should it win ...

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  5. Protests call for the restoration of $2.3bn cut from higher education, Perth WA

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Amy Talbot (Murdoch University)

    Over 700 people joined protest rallies today at Curtin and Murdoch Universities and the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth to call for the restoration of the latest $2.3bn cut from ...

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  6. NTEU welcomes Greens and Andrew Wilkie’s opposition to uni cuts legislation

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    The Greens and independent MP Andrew Wilkie this morning announced their support for the National Tertiary Education Union’s ‘uni cuts- dumb cuts’ campaign and declared their ...

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  7. FIGHT THE CUTS ON BUDGET DAY. JOIN THE NATIONAL PROTESTS THIS TUESDAY. WA Details here.

    Posted 10 May 2013 by Jason Tebbutt (WA Division)

    JOIN THE NATIONAL PROTESTS THIS TUESDAY MAY 14.


    UWA:
    12pm, Oak Lawn - Curtin: 1pm, Curtin Stadium Oval - Murdoch: 12pm, Bush Court

    The ‘Dumb Cuts’ campaign is now gaining momentum ...

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  8. Government cuts will turn students away

    Posted 8 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Politicians and their advisers are out of step if they still think that there are no votes in higher education, National Tertiary Education Union President, Jeannie Rea said today in response to the ...

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  9. 7th edition of edXpress just out

    Posted 8 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    7th edition of edXpress just out

    Catch up with the latest edition of edXpress, the free monthly e-bulletin from NTEU with news and views on what’s happening on our campuses around the ...

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  10. Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty backs the 14 May national protest against university cuts

    Posted 8 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty backs the 14 May national protests against the latest $2.3bn university cuts. Protest actions are being organised across the country by the National Tertiary ...

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