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  1. Swinburne staff vote for bans

    Posted 26 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Industrial action over a collective agreement looms at Swinburne University of Technology, following a successful protected industrial action ballot of National Tertiary Education Union members.

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  2. University cuts are real cuts with real consequences, says Union

    Posted 26 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    An analysis of the cuts to university funding released by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today challenges the Prime Minister’s characterisation of these cuts as being nothing more ...

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    Fact Sheet
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    Uni Cuts Real Cuts

    Published: 26 Apr, 2013
    Tags: dumb cuts,

  3. ArtsHub: Schools funding formula fails arts education

    Posted 22 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Catch up with ArtsHub article from 19 April on the effects of the $2.3bn uni cuts: "Schools funding formula fails arts education,"

    By Paul Isbel | Friday April 19 ...

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  4. NTEU Dumb Cuts leaflet

    Posted 22 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The NTEU has produced a leaflet explaining the Federal Government's cuts to higher education funding.

    Please feel free to distribute around your workplace and amongst your friends and families.

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    Bulletin Or Leaflet
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    Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts (A4 general flyer)

    Published: 18 Apr, 2013
    Tags: dumb cuts,

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  5. Union questions Federal Government figures on university cuts

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Research by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has questioned key claims about the $2.3bn university cuts made by Craig Emerson, the Minister for Education, Skills, Science and Research, in an email forwarded to all Monash University staff and students on Wednesday. An almost identical letter was emailed to the

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  6. WA university staff and students protest over $2.3bn cuts to university funding

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    ABC News report about today’s protests in Perth over the Federal Government’s $2.3bn cuts to university funding.

    Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and students staged protests this morning at Curtin University, Murdoch University, the University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University.

    NTEU Division President Gabe Gooding told the ABC that the cuts were particularly bad for Western Australia because of the decision many years ago to move the school starting age forward by six months. This will start to be felt in 2015 with half as many school leavers as usual available to enrol at

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  7. Swinburne Ballot Ends Soon – Get your ballot back now!

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Ryan Hsu (Vic Division)

    The Protected Action Ballot was mailed to most NTEU members last week. The ballot is a legal requirement for NTEU members to engage in protected industrial action to achieve a satisfactory Agreement ...

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  8. Response to the Swinburne Chancellery Spin in the AFR

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Josh Cullinan (Swinburne University of Technology)

    Last week the Principal Adviser to the Vice Chancellor, Andrew Dempster, wrote an Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review. In that piece he made reference to the NTEU and a number of ...

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    Senior Management's actions & communications continue the well-established pattern of Form over Substance
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  9. Professional Development - $1000 plus Car Park Allowance

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Josh Cullinan (Swinburne University of Technology)

    Members have rightfully expressed disappointment over the unilateral cuts to Professional Development funding by Senior Management in March. These retrospective cuts stopped planned development and ...

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  10. EB Update – Snails Move Faster

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Josh Cullinan (Swinburne University of Technology)

    Despite ongoing calls by NTEU for expeditious and intensive negotiations, management has continued the 2 hours per fortnight approach. Recently NTEU was issued with a schedule of fortnightly meetings ...

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