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  1. WA university staff and students protest over $2.3bn cuts to university funding

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    ABC News report about today’s protests in Perth over the Federal Government’s $2.3bn cuts to university funding.

    Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and students staged protests this morning at Curtin University, Murdoch University, the University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University.

    NTEU Division President Gabe Gooding told the ABC that the cuts were particularly bad for Western Australia because of the decision many years ago to move the school starting age forward by six months. This will start to be felt in 2015 with half as many school leavers as usual available to enrol at

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  2. UWA Dumb Cuts Protest

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Eileen Glynn (University of Western Australia)

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  3. Photos from Funding Cut Protest 18.4.13

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Beth Cole (Murdoch University)

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  4. eYarn - The cut-price April 2013 edition...

    Posted 17 April 2013 by Celeste Liddle (Indigenous)

    It has been a huge month on a number of fronts in the world of Higher Education, and this edition of eYarn promises to be quite the involved one! What with the Federal Government announcing funding ...

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  5. Protest Cuts Thurs April 18, 7:30am

    Posted 17 April 2013 by Beth Cole (Murdoch University)

    We call on members, non-members, friends and family to join us tomorrow morning to protest the University funding cuts announced by the Federal Government. 

    Thurs 18th April

    7:30 – 9:30 ...

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  6. Restore funding to our universities and students: message to NTEU members

    Posted 17 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    Dear NTEU members,

    Thank you for your feedback to my email early this week. I have read your messages of support and the many good ideas and proposals for the focus and content of the campaign. In ...

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  7. FIGHT BACK AGAINST FUNDING CUTS: WA Protest Details

    Posted 16 April 2013 by Jason Tebbutt (WA Division)

    Join NTEU members, staff, students and members of the community to voice our opposition to the massive cuts to Higher Education funding announced by the Government on the weekend.

    ECU
    Wednesday 17th ...

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  8. Opposition ‘hypocritical’ for not opposing university cuts

    Posted 16 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has slammed reports that Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne has ruled out opposing the Federal government’s $2.3bn in cuts to higher ...

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  9. Support students organising against the Federal Government's higher education cuts

    Posted 16 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    Do support the students by participating in their activities and also assuring students participating that they will not be penalised for non-attendance in class.

    Events are being organised across ...

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  10. “Dumb cuts – dumber country.” Union appeals to University Vice Chancellors over $2.3b cuts to higher education

    Posted 15 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is appealing to Australian universities not to cut staff as a result of the $900 million ‘efficiency dividend’ cuts announced on the weekend ...

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