Advocate March 2004
Vol11, No1
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In this issue of The Advocate:
Features
Election
2004
Andrew Nette discusses the clear differences in
higher education policy that have emerged between the Coalition and Labor Opposition in the run up
to this year’s Federal election.
The Government’s New Policy for
Universities
Backing Australia’s Future has passed, amended,
through the Senate. Paul Kniest explains the financial implications
for universities over the next few years.
Proof of Performance: The New Teaching & Learning
Agenda
Paul Kniest reports on how Government policy
that ties funding to proof of performance in learning and teaching is placing increased pressure on
both universities and staff.
Murphy Plays Pivotal Role
Information Users Cop it Sweet
Australia’s
Free Trade Agreement with the US contains sour news for more than just sugar
producers. The Australian Library and Information Association’s
Collette Ormonde warns of the devil in the detail for Australian copyright and
information users.
Health Training in the Red Centre
NTEU members,
Sue Stent and Tanya Wooley, serve up a slice of life from the Central
Australian Remote Health Development Service in Alice Springs.
International
Tony
Blair Running With Scissors
Paul Mackney, General
Secretary of NATFHE, brings Australian university staff up-to-date on the Blair
Government’s proposed changes to higher education.
From the
Officers
AVCC Deal with Government Compromises
Academic Freedom
Carolyn Allport, National
President
Union Defeats Government on Workplace
Relations
Grahame McCulloch, General
Secretary
Tertiary Education and the US Free Trade
Agreement
Ted Murphy, National Assistant
Secretary
Update
"Smart Casuals",
Neat Book
Regional Higher Education Meeting
Recent Human Rights Actions by
NTEU
Queensland Research Staff Survey
Jenny Macklin Visits NTEU in
Armidale
Research Staff
Copyright,
Publishing and Authors’ Rights Survey
Research Reviews: What can Staff
Expect
National Research Staff Conference
Indigenous
News
Indigenous EB
ITEPC Elections
Membership
2003 AAUTs Honour NTEU
Members
NTEU Scoops the Pool in ACE Awards
New Faces in National
Office
Obituary: Joan Hardy
Columns
Bewdy WOL! News
from the Net, by Pat Wright
Throwing Education
Overboard. Lowering the Boom, by Ian Lowe
Kiwi
University Staff Set to take Industrial Action. Letter from Aotearoa New Zealand,
by Bill Rosenberg
Regional Areas Bear Fallout Again. Regional Focus,
by Jenny Austin