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Education
Fix this textJOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION
Fix this textAgreement No. PP255003 00104
Fix this textVol. 80 p 0.14 March 23, 1998
Fix this textTwo hour stopwork over supervision
Fix this textby Dennis Long
Fix this textFederation Executive has directed
Fix this textmembers in all schools to stop
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Fix this textMarch 26 over the supervision
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Fix this textThe dispute arises from the
Fix this textattempt of Director-General Dr
Fix this textKen Boston to impose new duties
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Fix this textprimary schools (see stories page
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Fix this textFederation is seeking an urgent
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Fix this textAquilina following his return
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Fix this textCarr Government intervened in
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Fix this textWhelan, acting as the Minister in
Fix this textMr Aquilina’s absence, and
Fix this textAttorney- General and Minister
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Fix this textFederation on March 5. The
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Fix this textPaul Whelan
Fix this textJeff Shaw
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Fix this textDennis Long
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Fix this textThe matter was before Justice
Fix this textMonika Schmidt on five occa-
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Fix this textMinisters Paul Whelan and Jeff
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Fix this text"If a P 6 teacher (and
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Fix this textAndrew Newman, principal of
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Fix this textBill Low is associated with a
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Fix this textBrenda Seymour.
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Fix this textTeachers rallied outside the AMES premises in Mary Street, Surry Hills on Friday March 13. The Black Friday for
Fix this textAdult Migrant English rally was to protest against privatisation of adult migrant English courses that will result in
Fix this textup to 500 teachers losing jobs in AMES. Privatisation means contracts are given to the cheapest provider at the
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Fix this textSpragg, Wenli Cao, Louise Drane and Daifei Yang.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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