Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
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Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 78 No. 06 (5 May 1997)
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Contents

Education JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
No more cuts to education, says media campaign 1
Advertising 1
Staffing negotiations to continue 1
Pay and staffing problems continue 1
Teacher leaders warn of a “fascist” Hanson movement 1
NEWS The right of everyone to a fair hearing 2
Federation’s recommendations to the Review of the Child Protection Act 2
Officers 2
Executive 2
Education can’t afford any Budget cuts 3
The Carr Government must: 3
AMES teachers lobby Minister for Immigration 3
New student health care procedures 3
Ask about the labour, not the label 4
Advertising 4
In BRIEF 4
Superannuation you can’t afford to ignore it 5
Advertising 5
The President Writes Transformations 6
LETTERS to the Editor Don’t change HSC texts list 6
Shooting the messenger 6
Warning-read the fine print 6 , 7
D&T-charm or harm 7
No whine here 7 , 8
Funding education is economical 8
Issues for Annual Conference 8
McGaw report-let’s not rush 8
Assumed guilt 8
Advertising 7 , 8
FINANCE PIN scam operating 9
ADMINISTRATION Bombala and Monaro Teachers Associations 9
Retired Teachers Association 9
Advertising 9
Postcard from NEW YORK 10
SIG report Home Economics SIG Industrial Arts SIG 10 , 12 , 18
FEATURES Isn’t economic rationalism dead yet? 11
Full inclusion: ideology vs reality 11
Advertising 12 , 13
VIEWS Alternatives to enterprise bargaining 14
Advertising 14
The hidden failures of the McGaw report 15
Conditions in Bougainville intolerable 15
Advertising 15
REVIEWS Cheap WINE 16
Website Education news groups 16
DSE’s website puzzle 16
Our Fed Reps 16
Theatre On Broadway 17
Computer Corner 17
Mr Yen’s World Golden rules of teaching life #2 18
DT SMITH 18
SHOE 18
THOSE WHO CAN’T 18
Advertising 19
INSIDE 20
Economics versus the People Conference to be held 20
Our schools commemorate Anzac Day 20
The law catches up with the Internet 20

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Education  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Vo!. 78 No. May 5, 1997  

No more cuts to education,  

says media campaign  

by Dennis Long  

Federation has placed series of  

paid advertisements on radio sta-  

tions and in newspapers around  

the state in the lead up to the State  

Budget. The media campaign sup-  

ports Federation’s submission to  

the State Budget, which empha-  

sises the legal, moral and social  

responsibilities of the Carr  

Government to provide adequate  

funding for education.  

Radio ads were broadcast in  

Sydney on radio stations 2Day  

FM, 2WS FM and 2GB. The ads  

also ran in Newcastle,  

Wollongong, Gosford, Tamworth,  

Lismore, Wagga Wagga, Orange,  

Bathurst and Coffs Harbour. The  

radio advertising was supported  

by an ad in the May edition of  

the Sydney Morning Herald.  

The Budget is scheduled to be  

released tomorrow.  

In brief to all members of the  

NSW Parliament, Federation  

highlighted the ongoing chaos in  

the Department of School  

Education and called for educa-  

tion to be quarantined from the  

two per cent cut to all govern-  

ment departments foreshadowed  

for the Budget. This position is  

strongly supported by the media  

campaign.  

The campaign also seeks to pro-  

mote the teaching profession and  

counter the recent barrage of anti-  

teacher publicity. The ads illus-  

trate the vital role teachers play in  

protecting children.  

The advertising is also part of  

Federation’s larger campaign to  

roll back economic rationalism.  

The Carr Government has been  

called on to reject the policies of  

the Howard Government and put  

the needs of students ahead of bal-  

ancing the Budget. It remains to  

be seen if the Premier has the will  

to do so.  

□ PAGE 3: Budget details  

Staffing negotiations to continue  

by Sue Simpson  

The new staffing system was not  

in place for the beginning of term  

as anticipated by Federation. In  

December agreement was reached  

with the Department of School  

Education (DSE) outlining the  

principles of new staffing sys-  

tem. Turning these principles into  

detailed procedures ~is taking  

longer than expected.  

Negotiations are continuing  

with the DSE to ensure there is  

agreement on the details of the  

new staffing procedures, as well  

as the supporting documentation  

and new application forms, as  

quickly as possible. Federation  

had hoped that this could be done  

in few weeks so that tempo-  

rary hold could be put on the  

operation but more intensive dis-  

cussions with the DSE have  

revealed that this is not possible.  

Sue Simpson  

is Federation’s  

Deputy President.  

Pay and staffing problems continue  

Teachers are still experiencing pay and staffing  

problems as this member’s experience shows.  

Federation Organiser, Angelo  

Gavrielatos, was contacted late  

last month by teacher who had  

not been paid for all of term 1. The  

teacher’s casual pay claim forms  

had been returned to her by the  

Department of School Education  

(DSE) on the basis that her casual  

approval number was not valid.  

Seven phone calls to the DSE  

over one-month period had not  

brought her any closer to solving  

the problem so she eventually  

decided to contact Federation.  

It took Angelo several phone  

calls to four different sections of  

the DSE before he was able to  

resolve the member’s pay and  

staffing problems.  

First he contacted the DSE’s  

Newcastle office to resolve the  

problem with her approval num-  

ber. The teacher had been on  

leave without pay (LWOP) for the  

previous three years during which  

time she worked on casual basis.  

At the beginning of this year she  

was due to return to teaching full-  

time, however the DSE was  

unable to place her. So, at the  

DSE’s convenience, she agreed to  

continue on LWOP. The problem  

with her pay arose because her  

casual approval number was only  

valid for the three years she had  

originally applied for LWOP and  

while the DSE approved, in fact  

desired, the extension of her  

LWOP, nobody thought to extend  

her casual approval number.  

That done, he contacted the  

Blacktown office, which deals  

with casual teachers’ salaries, to  

speed up the processing of her  

pay. Then he called the staffing  

unit, also at Blacktown, to find  

out the status of her application  

for permanent part-time work  

(PPTW) commencing at the  

beginning of term 2. That was  

confirmed although the teacher  

had not been notified.  

The payroll unit in Wollongong  

was then contacted to confirm her  

PPTW status and finally it was  

back to Blacktown staffing for  

another application for casual  

work. The approval for casual  

teaching while employed by the  

DSE on permanent part-time  

basis is different to the one for  

teachers not employed perma-  

nently by the DSE.  

“This is bureaucracy gone  

mad,” Angelo said.  

“Under the old structure  

would have been able to phone  

one person to do all of this. Now  

it takes four different sections of  

the DSE,” he said.  

Michelle Edwards  

Teacher  

leaders warn  

of “fascist”  

Hanson  

movement  

Federation’s President, Denis  

Fitzgerald and the Secretary of  

the Independent Education Union,  

Dick Shearman, described the  

Pauline Hanson movement as  

“bordering on the fascist”.  

joint statement released by  

the two unions said Ms Hanson’s  

recently-released book “seeks to  

depict Aboriginal people as  

killers and cannibals ... as people  

undeserving of sympathy, support  

or compassion.”  

Their statement said that such  

depictions of humanity “bear all  

of the hallmarks of 1930 fascism  

where target groups were subject  

to pseudo-intellectual description  

and debasement as part of polit-  

ical thrust to deny the equality and  

humanity of such groups.  

“As history teaches us, fascism  

sought to take away the humanity  

of their scapegoats, before it took  

away their rights and their very  

being.”  

Mr Fitzgerald and Mr  

Shearman did not call for the ban-  

ning of the texts in NSW schools,  

and instead suggested the book be  

used as modern-day example of  

fascist propaganda techniques.  

They said Ms Hanson’s move-  

ment serves as contemporary  

reminder of the dangers of author-  

itarian values.  

“Ms Hanson must not simply  

be deplored. Her movement,  

along with its values and  

wretchedness, have to be taken  

on. It is noteworthy that the young  

of the nation have formed no part  

of their movement thus far. It is  

the job of teachers and trade  

unionists, along with others build-  

ing tolerant, inclusive Australia,  

to keep it that way.  

“The Prime Minister and all  

responsible political leaders have  

duty to actively combat the val-  

ues and falsifications of the  

Hanson movement as well”.  

Protecting  

vital asset  

Teachers are daily performing ail  

outstanding task in increasingly difficult  

circumstances.To ensure they are able to  

provide your children with the quality  

and care in education that is essential  

to their successful growth and  

development, it is vital there be no  

reductions to the education budget.  

Because of the Howard Government's  

cuts to federal funding, the State  

Government is under pressure to reduce  

fluids to our schools. Teachers in public  

schools across New South Wales ask you  

to join them in protecting our children's  

education.  

We call on the Carr Government to  

have the vision to make NO CUTS to  

this vital area in the upcoming Budget.  

Because education  

is our future  

Authorised by  

J. Hennessy,  

NSW Teachers Federation,  

300 Sussex St., Sydney.  

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. (1919). Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Retrieved August 27, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-663231034

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation and New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Sydney: The Federation, 1919. Web. 27 August 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-663231034>

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