Advocate July 2009

Vol 16 No 2

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In this issue:

SPECIAL FEATURES

STRIKE ACTION
Victorian staff strike for respect
Over 1200 union members and supporters from across Victoria rallied at the State Library on Thursday 21 May.

Trouble on the Island
The strike at UTAS was a culmination of the frustration and anger at the way management have dealt with this round of collective bargaining.

FEDERAL BUDGET
Budget delivers (delayed) dollars and little detail
The Budget injected over $5 billion of additional public investment into higher education over the next four years, but the devil’s in the detail.

Paid Maternity Leave: A baby long overdue
From January 2011, the Federal Government will introduce a national, federally funded paid maternity scheme.

In pursuit of a more efficient and equitable tax system
NTEU believes the current review of the Australian taxation system should result in a more equitable, efficient and simpler tax system.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Greening your union and the sector
NTEU has adopted an ambitious agenda to tackle environmental concerns in universities, as well as reducing the Union’s environmental impact.

Response to NSW sustainability survey

What is the Talloires Declaration?

Science meets Parliament
NTEU members Ian White and Lisa Alleva report on their experiences at the annual Science meets Parliament event.

Navitas – the big business of education
A look into Australia’s profitable ‘educational services’ company.

INTERNATIONAL
South African HE unions to amalgamate

Germany plans a quarter million new university places
Despite the recession, Germany has resolved to create 275,400 new student places at German universities from 2011 to 2015.

Snapshot: French university staff oppose Sarkozy’s reforms

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REGULAR FEATURES

FROM THE OFFICERS  
Members’ voices critical in implementation phase of Government policy
Carolyn Allport, National President

Higher education and human rights in Fiji
Grahame McCulloch, General Secretary

Offshore campuses and union responsibilities
Ted Murphy, National Assistant Secretary

CORRESPONDENCE

UPDATE
Casual saint joins Brisbane May Day march
Our Universities Matter petition tabled in Parliament
Collective Bargaining state of play
Good results in TAFE Bargaining
EI website to tackle the GFC
Radical proposals at UC
Fijian Govt sacks education union leader

INDIGENOUS NEWS
Indigenous Bargaining outcomes
Batchelor financial problems and merger rumours
ACTU Congress

COLUMNS 
EdNA for from Everage
News from the Net, by Pat Wright

Rudd’s climate two step
Lowering the Boom, by Ian Lowe

Regions still in dark about new national regional university
Regional Focus, by Jenny Austin

Denise Bradley – Where the bloody hell are you?
Letter from New Zealand/Aotearoa, by Dr Tom Ryan, TEU

YOUR UNION    
New NTEU staff
Recent Human Rights actions by NTEU
Contacting your Union