Advocate Nov 2005
Vol 12 No 3
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In this issue:
FEATURES
HEWRRs: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
A
5 page special feature outlining where NTEU is at with
HEWRRs-compliant bargaining across the country.
NATIONAL COUNCIL 2005
NO FREEDOM OF CHOICE
Josh Cullinan
provides a snapshot of the proposed ‘WorkChoices’.
RACIST VIEWS VS FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Dr
Katharine Gelber and Prof Andrew Jakubowicz discuss freedom of
speech issues arising from the racist views of Macquarie’s A/Prof
Andrew Fraser.
NELSON BEGINS TO FALTER ON VSU
The Government may have to delay the implementation of his anti
student organisation legislation until after the 2006 academic
year.
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ARC INTERFERENCE
More ministerial fiddling with the Australian Research Council.
FULL DISCLOSURE NEEDED ON CARNEGIE
MELLON
Secrecy surrounds Carnegie Mellon setting up
Australia’s first foreign-owned university in Adelaide.
A LOT OF PAIN FOR NO GAIN
The latest report shows the impacts of the Government’s policy and
funding changes to our sector.
HASS ON THE HILL
Deborah Henderson takes the humanities, arts and social sciences to
our Federal parliamentarians.
MOIND THE GAP!
NTEU Industrial Officer Sarah Roberts reports from a working
holiday with one of our sister unions in Britain.
REBUILDING IN ACEH
Ten months after the
tsunami, Aceh is slowly rebuilding with union help.
NTEU NATIONAL ACCOUNTS 2004–2005
UPDATES
- GAME ON! ACTU ORGANISING CONFERENCE 2005
- BALLARAT STAFF VOTE ‘NO’
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE DEBATES FINANCIAL VIABILITY VS QUALITY
- MONEY TALKS FOR NTEU MEMBERS
- NEW NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF
- MACQUARIE IT WORKERS: DON’T OUTSOURCE OUR JOBS!
- RECENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIONS BY NTEU
- BARGAINING AGENT AUTHORITY – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
- PREPARING AND PRESENTING A TEACHING PORTFOLIO
- IMPLICATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY STAFF IN ANTI-TERROR BILL
- PROFESSORS FOR UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY
FROM THE OFFICERS
- IDEOLOGY TRUMPS PUBLIC POLICY
Carolyn Allport, National President - AN END TO IR UNCERTAINTY?
Grahame McCulloch, General Secretary - MINIMUM WAGES AND MARGINAL TAX
Ted Murphy, National Assistant Secretary
INDIGENOUS NEWS
- ABSTUDY IN NEED OF CHANGE
- AWAS? SOME OF US WERE EMPLOYED UNDER CONTRACT LABOUR
MEMBERSHIP
- FEEL GOOD ONLINE XMAS SHOPPING GUIDE
- LIFE MEMBERS HONOURED AT NATIONAL COUNCIL
COLUMNS
- WORKER IT VS GOVERNMENT IR
News from the Net, by Pat Wright - UNIVERSITY OF THE TONSORIAL
ARTS
Lowering the Boom, by Ian Lowe - NEW DAWN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION?
Letter from Aotearoa New Zealand, by Nigel Haworth, AUS - VOLUNTEERING FOR
RECONCILIATION
Regional Focus, by Jenny Austin