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  1. 'Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts' - Melbourne 14th May - Video

    Posted by Colin Long (Vic Division)

    On Tuesday 14 May 2013, NTEU and NUS protest against the 'Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts' in Melbourne. Members, students and others met at State Library, then marched down Swanston St to Federation Square.

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  2. Abbott’s smoke and mirrors budget plan hits education hard

    Posted by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today warned that Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, is hiding the range and breadth of funding cuts planned by the Coalition should it win ...

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  3. Destination Fiji - a vacation from workers' rights

    Posted 22 May 2013 by Grahame McCulloch (NTEU National Office)

    Bula!

    Fiji is famous for its sandy white beaches, blue waters, palm trees, sunshine and smiling faces. But behind the island beauty lies a much uglier reality.

    Since Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power of the South Pacific nation in 2006, the regime has systematically stripped workers of their wages and conditions.

    Now, over 60 per cent of Fijian wage earners are living below the poverty line, hotel workers earn less than $3 an hour, and workers vocal in opposition to the regime have been threatened and assaulted.

    We can support the people of Fiji get their island paradise

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  4. Federal Court reinstates university professor sacked in sham redundancy

    Posted 20 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    The Federal Court has ordered the reinstatement of Professor Judith Bessant at RMIT University in Melbourne – a judgement that the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes as a warning ...

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  5. Position Vacant: Finance Manager (from mid-July 2013)

    Posted 15 May 2013 by Joanne Riley (NTEU National Office)

    NTEU represents more than 27,000 staff in Australia’s university system.  Its principal work is to defend the professional and industrial interests of members, but the Union also has an ...

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  6. ACTU, CFMEU send messages of support for national protest

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The following messages of support for the NTEU national protest today were received from ACTU President Ged Kearney and Andrew Vickers, General Secretary of the CFMEU Mining and Energy Division:

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  7. NTEU welcomes Greens and Andrew Wilkie’s opposition to uni cuts legislation

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    The Greens and independent MP Andrew Wilkie this morning announced their support for the National Tertiary Education Union’s ‘uni cuts- dumb cuts’ campaign and declared their ...

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  8. National protests tomorrow for the restoration of university cuts

    Posted 13 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The NTEU is urging everyone who cares about higher education to join national protests tomorrow (Tuesday 14 May), to coincide with the Federal Government bringing down its budget.

    “Right ...

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  9. Dangerfield signals a warning

    Posted 9 May 2013 by Matthew McGowan (NTEU National Office)

    Clothing retailer Dangerfield has declared its opposition to the $2.3bn funding cuts to universities. It has given over the front of its high profile store in Melbourne directly opposite Finders ...

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  10. Government cuts will turn students away

    Posted 8 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Politicians and their advisers are out of step if they still think that there are no votes in higher education, National Tertiary Education Union President, Jeannie Rea said today in response to the ...

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