Advocate April 2008
Vol 15 No 1
In this issue:
SPECIAL FEATURES
ELECTION REVIEW
And the winner is...
NTEU congratulates Labor on winning the 2007 federal election, and looks forward to working with the new Government to flesh out what the ‘Education Revolution’ means for universities.
Dear Mr Rudd, Ms Gillard et al.
NTEU asked leaders and participants in Australian higher education their opinions on the change in federal government.
Your union and the Your Rights At Work campaign
NTEU members were heavily involved in the Your Rights At Work campaign, in particular during the lead up to last November’s election.
Your Rights At Work a Page turner
Paul Doughty spent 2007 based in Lismore on a secondment to the ACTU as a Community Campaign Coordinator for the seat of Page.
It’s Bennelong time, it’s Bennelong long time... Time for a change!
NTEU Macquarie Branch can proudly claim a stake in helping to delivering former Prime Minister John Howard to the dustbin of political history.
LIFE UNDER LABOR
The HEWRRs are dead! Long live Collective Bargaining!
The Higher Education Support Amendment (Removal of the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and National Governance Protocols Requirements and Other Matters) Bill 2008 has killed the HEWRRs once and for all.
Revolution or Review?
2008 bargaining round
NTEU is launching a new ‘round’ of collective bargaining, seeking improved pay and conditions over the next three years.
Challenges to gender equity for university staff
Australian universities have a strong record on gender equity policies, but major challenges to the goal of equity remain, reports Glenda Strachan.
New editor for Australian Universities’ Review
Ian Dobson has been appointed as the new AUR editor.
ARTS & CULTURE
Sculpture commemorates Waterfront Dispute
Dan Wollmering’s new work, Waterfront, commemorates the tenth anniversary of one of recent history’s biggest industrial disputes.
REGULAR FEATURES
FROM THE OFFICERS
A collaborative revolution
Promises, tax cuts and super
UPDATE
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Class action settled favourably at UB
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Inaugural winner of Joan Hardy Scholarship
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Unfair dismissal claim for long-term casual
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EI Conference in
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NTEU members swell ranks of 2020
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NTEU meets with Julia Gillard
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Contract Research Staff Seminar
INDIGENOUS NEWS
Review of Indigenous Employment Strategies
COLUMNSRuddites unsmash NatNet machine
News from the Net, by Patrick Wright
Viva la (Education) Revolution
Lowering the Boom, by Ian Lowe
Life under Labour, NZ style
Letter from Aotearoa New
Regional voices heard loud and strong
Regional Focus, by Jenny Austin
YOUR
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Academic casuals begin organising
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Casuals campaigning at UTS
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New Branch Organisers at
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Contacting your