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

Call Number
Nef 331.8809944 EDU
Created/Published
Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 84 No. 05 (12 May 2003)
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Contents

EDUCATION JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
Refshauge faces major salaries dispute 1 , 3
Seeking salaries justice for non-permanent school teachers 1
Public Education Day is May 22 1
Child protection legislation must be changed 1
NEWS Case for casuals continues 2
Pinch hitting 2
Vale Jim Starling 2
Health fund inundated Teachers Federation Health 2
Officers 2
Executive 2
Advertising 3
Balancing the priorities on staffing 4
What Federation’s done for casuals 4 , 5
Small schools require extra staff 5
Advertising 5
Workload issues for VET teachers in schools 6
Support for changes to VET in schools 6
Advertising 6
Assault is not part of the job 7
Teachers have right to know 7
Advertising 7 , 8
DET fails on OH&S obligations 9
Improving flexible workplace arrangements 9
“Willing to teach” code 9
The value of public education and unions to society 9
Advertising 10
New opportunities for retraining 11
20 difficult questions 11
Advertising 11
The President Writes Challenging in the public interest 12
LETTERS to the Editor 12
Audit needed 12
Protecting teachers as well as childen Lobbying for legislative change 13
Federation’s policy 13
Protecting teachers as well as students 14
Freedom of Information 14
Contributors 14
Legal rights and obligations – Attending interviews 15
If you are subject to an allegation 15 , 17
Advertising 15 , 16
One teacher’s experience 17
Advertising 17
TAFE and AMES teachers – this means you too 18
Workers compensation 18
Advertising 18
Current legislation 19
What has the Federation done about this? 19
Outline of child protection processes 20
DET procedures not agreed by Federation 20
Support your colleagues 20
Welfare Leaflets via the web 20
Things to do 20
Advertising 20
Quicker to the top 21
Don’t speak for me 21
Second class teachers 21
A spot of singing? 21
A single question quiz 21
The battle ahead 21
Expert teachers in teacher education? 21
High standards 22
Right to protest being diminished 22
Lessons for peace 24
ADMINISTRATION Year end accounts 22
NSW Teachers Federation 22
AEU Australian Education Union (NSW Branch) 23
Public Education Fund 23
Remaining and casual Council vacancies 2003-2004 24
Trade Union Training Program 24
Advertising 24
TAFE RETIRED Precedent set over CLAMS 25
Retired Teachers Association Second Friday of each month, 1.15 pm. Teachers House, Mary Street, Surry Hills Sydney. 25
REVIEWS Theatre What a piece of theatre is Hair! 26
cheap WINE Spicing it up with Normans wine 26
Website Paddling on the net 26
FILM Subtlety reigns supreme 27
Up,Up and Away Oversight tours special: 10-day discover Iraq tour 27
Yin and Yen Mr Yen’s World 28
GOING UP THE COUNTRY Making music in the outback 28
Advertising 29 , 30
DT SMITH 30
THOSE WHO CAN’T 30
Refugees welcome in Young 31
Keira supports appeal for East Timorese students 31
Discussing the equity issues that matter to educators 31
Cheers for Geoff 31
INSIDE 32
Scholarships awarded for next generation 32
Refugee status creates uncertainty for students 32
Union condemns two-class policy 32
Advertising 32

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EDUCATION  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

PP255003 00104  

Vot. 84 0.5 May 12, 2003  

Refshauge faces major salaries dispute  

The salaries campaign is to  

shift into new phase with  

new Minister and request  

from the Industrial Relations  

Commission, writes  

MAREE  

O’HALLORAN.  

The Education Minister before the state  

election, John Watkins, promised to begin  

salaries negotiations after the election with  

the intention of having replacement award  

in place by December 2003 when the current  

award ends. He obviously made this promise  

on behalf of the Government.  

Genuine salary negotiations can only  

occur if money is under discussion. The  

Government knows the Federation’s quantum  

claim:  

• the “Vinson per cent catch up” during  

the life of the current award  

• 10 per cent from January 1, 2004  

• per cent from July 1, 2004  

• per cent from January 1, 2005  

with the award to end in 2005.  

The Government has yet to make its counter  

offer.  

The Education Minister after the state  

election, Dr Andrew Refshauge, appears at  

this stage to be adopting the role of “third  

party observer” in salaries negotiations,  

claiming Federation is to negotiate with  

Department officials and the “central agen-  

cies”. The “central agencies” are Treasury  

and the Public Sector Management Office.  

They usually directly control salaries negotia-  

tions with public servants in other depart-  

ments. They have historically controlled,  

from “behind the scenes”, salary negotiations  

for teachers. Their aim is to keep percent-  

age increases for workers in public sector  

departments at or below 3.5 per cent per  

annum.  

At least Dr Refshauge will not be pro-  

tagonist in the salaries campaign against  

teachers in the way of previous Minister,  

John Aquilina. Being an advocate in the  

public domain for teachers during salaries  

campaign would be tremendous role for an  

Education Minister to play. Being “third  

▼ continued on page  

Seeking salaries justice for  

non-permanent school teachers  

Delma Cavanagh (left) and Lee Batley, seen  

here with their witness statements in the foyer  

outside of the Industrial Relations Commis-  

sion, are among the two dozen members  

to appear for the Federation in the casual  

school teacher/temporary school teacher  

case. Delma has taught as temporary and/or  

permanent part-time teacher at Belmont FIS  

since 1990. Lee has had 14 years of teach-  

ing at Waniora PS as temporary and/or  

permanent part-time teacher.  

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Public Education  

Day is May 22  

by John Irving  

Public Education Day on May 22 will pro-  

vide perfect opportunity for members  

to attend worksite Federation meetings to  

discuss recommendation about the Vinson  

achievement to date and the valuing of all  

teachers in public schools and colleges.  

To take the Vinson Report forward the  

themes of Public Education Day this year  

will be “Valuing public schools, teachers  

and students” and “Valuing TAFE colleges,  

teachers and students”.  

Public Education Day provides an ideal  

occasion for the public education commu-  

nity to celebrate the contribution of the  

Vinson Report to public education in NSW.  

The first release of the Vinson Report on  

Public Education Day 2002 sparked year of  

membership activity, giving political effect  

to the Report.  

The Vinson Report highlighted the great  

strengths of the public education system,  

but also the substantial shortfall in govem-  

ment investment. Federation, with the public  

education community, is committed to cam-  

paigning to achieve the positive future for  

public education outlined in the Vinson  

Report’s decade-long plan.  

The Report also highlighted that the great-  

est asset of the public education system is  

its teachers:  

“Given the difficulties that daily beset  

the public education system, why does it  

work as effectively as it does?  

“The evidence of the Inquiry’s fieldwork,  

the public hearings and submissions received  

converge on one main answer to this ques-  

tion. The system works as well as it does  

because of the professional commitment of  

its teachers.”  

Federation recognises that schools and  

colleges across the state are organising  

range of activities to celebrate Public Educa-  

tion Day with their communities.  

John Irving  

is the Assistant General Sec-  

retary (Schools).  

Child protection legislation must  

be changed  

An 8-page lift-out section on the issue of the  

child protection legislation is included in this  

edition. The comprehensive nature of the  

section reflects the importance of the issue  

in the working lives of teachers.  

The special lift-out  

•sets out the case for legislative change  

• assists members in lobbying MPs  

• dispels some myths about Federation’s  

role and  

• provides practical advice on how to avoid,  

as well as how to respond, to allegations.  

The size of the lift-out has necessitated  

some changes in the format of this edition.  

The Views section is on page 11 and some  

letters to the Editor have been held over to  

next edition.  

Computer Comer will return next edi-  

tion.  

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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 July 24, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-682775810

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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. 24 July 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-682775810>

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