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  1. NTEU in the Media - Casual work hurting sector, inquiry told

    Posted 14 February 2012 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Campus Review featured an article on the NTEU's Insecure Work submission yesterday. The article is available here. In the article Dr John Buchanan from the Workplace Research Centre (WRC) based in ...

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  2. National Insecure Work Inquiry begins in Brisbane

    Posted 14 February 2012 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Yesterday the Howe Indpendent Inquiry into Insecure Work began as the first of twenty three locations around Australia. QLD Division Secretary, Margaret Lee, and two casual academics appeared before ...

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  3. Media: Casual workers miss out on benefits - unions

    Posted 25 January 2012 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    An article on casual workers appeared yesterday in The West Australian featuring Murdoch Branch Casual member Brad Evans. You can read it here.

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  4. Jeannie Rea on Crisis of Confidence in Universities

    Posted 28 November 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Jeannie Rea, NTEU President, is reported today in Campus Review discussing changes in the culture of Australian universities, and the role of university managerialism in stifling the creativity and ...

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  5. DIISR Research Training Quality Consultation Paper release - submission due 28 Nov 2011

    Posted 25 October 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    The first of two research training quality consultation papers, Defining Quality for Research Training in Australia, has just been published on the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science ...

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  6. NTEU Media Release: NTEU Welcomes ACTU Secure Jobs Better Future Campaign

    Posted 28 September 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Today’s launch by the ACTU of a national campaign to address the growing crisis of insecure work has been welcomed by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). 

    Whilst national ...

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  7. ACTU Campaign on Work Rights in Fiji

    Posted 27 September 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Following Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC) President Daniel Urai being arrested for holding an ‘illegal’ meeting on 2 September 2011, workers in Australia and New Zealand held rallies in ...

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  8. Harried, underpaid staff plan to flee sector

    Posted 21 September 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Major articles on job security and job dissatisfaction by Julie Hare appears in The Australian today, quoting NTEU President Jeannie Rea. These articles draw upon the newly released report by ...

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  9. Media Release: Government Must Respond to Declining Attractiveness of the University Academic Career

    Posted 21 September 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Less than one-third of Australian academics believe that their workload is manageable, and close to one half of the academic workforce intend to retire, move overseas or just leave the sector over ...

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  10. Consultation Paper on Options for the Inclusion of ERA in SRE Funding Allocation Model

    Posted 14 September 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    NTEU has expected a Consultation Paper about how ERA will be tied to the funding arrangements for the Sustainable Research Excellence in Universities (SRE) program from 2012 for some time. The ...

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