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  1. UNSW Branch Newsletter June 2013

    Posted by Kiraz Janicke (University of New South Wales)

    Dear Colleagues,

    The latest UNSW Branch Newsletter is now available, featuring articles on the federal government funding cuts, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), how you can use the enterprise ...

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    UNSW Branch Newsletter June 2013

    Published: 05 Jun, 2013
    Issue: June

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  2. NTEU to spend $1million on election campaign to defend higher education

    Posted 18 June 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    In an historic move, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) voted today to spend $1 million on an election campaign to defend higher education in the September federal election.

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  3. National Tertiary Education Union welcomes Greens’ ‘Uni Cuts Hurt’ campaign

    Posted 30 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has welcomed the announcement by the Australian Greens today that it will campaign against the latest cuts to university funding and student support made ...

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  4. "Uni Cuts Dumb Cuts" video of the nationwide protests on 14 May.

    Posted 30 May 2013 by Paul Clifton (NTEU National Office)

    Here's the national cut of our 'Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts' video, containing footage and vox pops from the 14 May protests in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra.

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    Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts nationwide protests, 14 May 2013

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  5. Casualisation “the dirty little secret of university expansion”, union to tell public parliamentary hearings into insecure employment bill

    Posted 24 May 2013 by Grahame McCulloch (NTEU National Office)

    A casual academic, who received an award for teaching excellence from the University of Sydney, has been so desperate for housing she lived on the balcony of the home of an elderly man, and ...

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  6. NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget

    Posted 23 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget, prepared by National Policy and Research Coordinator Paul Kniest, is now available for download:

    This analysis clearly demonstrates that:

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    NTEU Analysis of 2013 Federal Budget

    Published: 23 May, 2013
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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. NTEU protests call for the restoration of $2.3bn cut from higher education

    Posted 15 May 2013 by Adam Knobel (NSW Division)

    Over 700 protestors called for the restoration of the latest $2.3bn cuts to university and student funding at a rally this afternoon in Sydney’s Victoria Park. Staff from the University of ...

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