Advocate Nov 2007
Vol 14 No 3
In this issue:
SPECIAL FEATURES
FEDERAL ELECTION 2007
We rate the parties on the major issues affecting higher education staff, students and the future of our sector.
Research yields significant policy
differences
Research issues, by Andrew
Nette
Labor’s ‘Education Revolution’ forces Government to
rethink higher education funding
Higher education
funding, by Paul Kniest.
Major parties in tune on anti-terror
legislation
Intellectual freedom and human
rights, by Andrew Nette.
Fighting for your rights at
work
Industrial relations, by Josh
Cullinan
Balancing the tightrope between work and
family
Work/life balance, by Terri
MacDonald.
Limited efforts to redress the
imbalance
Indigenous education issues, by Adam
Frogley.
The poisoned chalice of electoral
success?
Steve Keen looks at the current state of the
Australian economy.
Electoral mendacity
State of the polls by
Brian Costar.
The polls that don’t matter/Perplexed by the
polls?
Peter Brent and Rod Tiffen on election opinion
polls.
Election a HEWRRs crossroads
Ken McAlpine
on how HEWRRs have increased interference in universities.
The politics of education
Higher education
funding by Alex Millmow.
Volunteers needed for Community
Campaigns
Contact details for the Your Rights At Work
marginal seats campaign.
Macquarie Branch bracing for the Battle of Bennelong
Meanwhile, it’s Bennelong time in Adelaide
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Striving for evidence based policy
Dr
Brigid van Wonrooy of the Workplace Relations Centre discusses her
report on the effects of WorkChoices, and the Government’s
reaction.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Governance gets a going-over
Due to the
National Governance Protocols, the effects of governance issues and
processes are being felt by all university staff, says Gabe
Gooding.
‘Fred Dag report’ challenges History at
Melbourne
Dr David Philips reports on the latest
developments in the fight to save the University of Melbourne’s
History course.
Back to hospital training and teachers’
colleges?
A proposal by Holmesglen TAFE to offer a
nursing degree in 2009 has huge implications for NTEU members,
explains Robyn May.
REGULAR FEATURES
FROM THE OFFICERS
Public interest role of universities at
stake
Carolyn Allport, National
President
Radical conservatism at its limits?
Grahame McCulloch, General Secretary
Policy differences on super and trade
Ted Murphy, National Assistant Secretary
UPDATE
- Member seeks to uncover vetoed grants
- Govt quotes $480K for FOI request
- Gender Pay Equity study team
- Curtin University remains a thorn in the Union’s side
- La Trobe International College Agreement
- Cross Border TLC
- From academic union to Premier
- Govt wants academics to sign AWAs, not research them
INDIGENOUS NEWS
Breaking free of intervention
The 8th Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture was delivered by
Associate Professor Sue Stanton, University of Wollongong.
COLUMNS
Poll lost online
News from the Net, by
Patrick Wright
U-Tube universities
Lowering the Boom,
by Ian Lowe
Tertiary sector union
amalgamations
Letter from Aotearoa New Zealand,
by Nigel Haworth, AUS
Taking it to the people
Regional
Focus, by Jenny Austin
YOUR UNION
- NTEU National Council 2007
- Recent human rights actions by NTEU
- NTEU members running for Parliament
- NTEU Financial statements 2006–2007
- Contacting your union
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