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  1. Curtin Branch News

    Posted by Amy Talbot (Curtin University of Technology)

    Please read thelatest news from the NTEU Curtin Branch May 2013.

     

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    Newsletter
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    Curtin Branch News May 2013

    Published: 24 May, 2013
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  2. Casualisation “the dirty little secret of university expansion”, union to tell public parliamentary hearings into insecure employment bill

    Posted 24 May 2013 by Grahame McCulloch (NTEU National Office)

    A casual academic, who received an award for teaching excellence from the University of Sydney, has been so poor she lived on the balcony of an elderly man, looking after his toileting and other ...

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  3. NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget

    Posted 23 May 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget, prepared by National Policy and Research Coordinator Paul Kniest, is now available for download:

    This analysis clearly demonstrates that:

    • Over ...

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    NTEU Analysis of 2013 Federal Budget

    Published: 23 May, 2013
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Abbott’s smoke and mirrors budget plan hits education hard

    Posted 17 May 2013 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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  7. Protests call for the restoration of $2.3bn cut from higher education, Perth WA

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Amy Talbot (Murdoch University)

    Over 700 people joined protest rallies today at Curtin and Murdoch Universities and the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth to call for the restoration of the latest $2.3bn cut from ...

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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. FIGHT THE CUTS ON BUDGET DAY. JOIN THE NATIONAL PROTESTS THIS TUESDAY. WA Details here.

    Posted 10 May 2013 by Jason Tebbutt (WA Division)

    JOIN THE NATIONAL PROTESTS THIS TUESDAY MAY 14.


    UWA:
    12pm, Oak Lawn - Curtin: 1pm, Curtin Stadium Oval - Murdoch: 12pm, Bush Court

    The ‘Dumb Cuts’ campaign is now gaining momentum ...

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