Fix this text
EDUCATION
Fix this textJOURMAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION
Fix this textPP255003 00104
Fix this textVol. 86 N 0.9 September 12. 2005
Fix this textSalaries campaign to escalate
Fix this textDirector-General Andrew Cappie-Wood has received a
Fix this textfour per cent pay increase.
Fix this textby Maree O’Halloran
Fix this textA Sky Channel meeting of all mem-
Fix this textbers is to be held early term 4 to
Fix this textdiscuss salaries.
Fix this textIn a letter date August 23 Educa-
Fix this texttion Minister Carmel Tebbutt was
Fix this textadvised:
Fix this text“The Federation’s Annual Con-
Fix this textference in 2005 decided that Sky
Fix this textChannel meetings would be held in
Fix this textearly term 4 to report to members
Fix this textabout the salaries negotiations and
Fix this textexplain the employer’s offer (or
Fix this textlack thereof).”
Fix this textThe second salaries negotiations
Fix this textsession between Federation’s Senior
Fix this textOfficers and the Director-General,
Fix this textAndrew Cappie-Wood, took place
Fix this texton August 29. The Director-General
Fix this texttook the opportunity to outline the
Fix this textState Government’s official wages
Fix this textpolicy to the Federation. That wages
Fix this textpolicy is three per cent per annum.
Fix this textThe Federation rejected that policy,
Fix this textpointing out that the Director-Gen-
Fix this texteral himself had received a four
Fix this textper cent increase and State MPs
Fix this textreceived a 4.1 per cent increase.
Fix this textFurthermore, every other Depart-
Fix this textment employees had received four
Fix this textpercent per annum for four years
Fix this textfully funded, not to mention police,
Fix this textnurses and firefighters.
Fix this textThe Department also had a shop-
Fix this textping fist of “trade offs” for discussion
Fix this textincluding loss of award conditions
Fix this textparticularly for TAPE members. The
Fix this textDirector-General was informed in
Fix this textno uncertain terms that the Federa-
Fix this texttion would be involved in no nega-
Fix this texttive cost-cutting or trading off of
Fix this textaward conditions. Such an agenda
Fix this textbelongs to the Howard Coalition
Fix this textGovernment.
Fix this textFollowing this meeting Federation
Fix this textsought clarification directly from the
Fix this textMinister, Carmel Tebbutt, on Sep-
Fix this texttember 2. The Minister has advised
Fix this textthat she and the State Government
Fix this textwant a negotiated outcome with the
Fix this textFederation. The matters outlined by
Fix this textthe Director-General to the Federa-
Fix this texttion do not represent a Government
Fix this textsalaries offer, instead they represent
Fix this texta shopping list of matters the Depart-
Fix this textment was hoping the union would
Fix this textdiscuss. It is clear to both the Min-
Fix this textister and the Director-General that
Fix this textFederation will not entertain “trade
Fix this textoffs” to award conditions.
Fix this textThe next salaries negotiation was
Fix this textdue to take place on September 9.
Fix this textThe Sky Channel, however, is criti-
Fix this textcal to focus the attention of the State
Fix this textGovernment on making an accept-
Fix this textable offer to teachers. The credibility
Fix this textof the Stat Government’s industrial
Fix this textrelations system is at stake.
Fix this textMaree O’Halloran
Fix this textis the Presi-
Fix this textdent.
Fix this textPAGE 5:
Fix this textFull text of the
Fix this textletter to Tebbutt
Fix this textIR Day of Action set
Fix this textfor November 15
Fix this textby Maree O’Halloran
Fix this textThe ACTU has called for a National
Fix this textDay of Action on Tuesday Novem-
Fix this textber 15. The Day of Action will
Fix this textinclude a Sky Channel broadcast
Fix this textto workers and community members
Fix this textacross Australia.
Fix this textThe Sky Channel meeting will
Fix this texthear reports from the ACTU about
Fix this textthe details of the Federal Govern-
Fix this textment’s industrial relations legisla-
Fix this texttion and the future of the industrial
Fix this textrelations campaign.
Fix this textThe National Day of Action is
Fix this textdesigned to build on the very suc-
Fix this textcessful NSW action on July 1 this
Fix this textyear. It has the support of Unions
Fix this textNSW and will be preceded by a
Fix this textnew round of television and radio
Fix this textadvertisements.
Fix this textThe ACTU is waiting for a deci-
Fix this textsion from the High Court about
Fix this textthe validity of the Federal Govern-
Fix this textment’s advertising about industrial
Fix this textrelations. The ACTU has argued
Fix this textthat the Federal Government is
Fix this textmisappropriating taxes since the
Fix this textproposed legislation has not even
Fix this textentered Federal Parliament. The
Fix this textFederal Government has argued
Fix this textthat its advertisements were neces-
Fix this textsary because the union movement’s
Fix this text“Your Rights at Work, Worth Fight-
Fix this texting For” campaign had created a
Fix this text“state of emergency”.
Fix this textFederation’s August Council sup-
Fix this textported the idea of a National Day
Fix this textof Action including Sky Channel.
Fix this textFederation is calling for rallies to
Fix this textbe held in capital cities and regional
Fix this textcentres following the broadcast.
Fix this textThe ACTU’s industrial relations
Fix this textSky Channel will be held a few
Fix this textweeks after the Federation’s salaries
Fix this textSky Channel. The State Govern-
Fix this textment’s credentials as an employer
Fix this textand the credibility of the NSW
Fix this textindustrial relations system will be
Fix this texttested by its attitude to teachers.
Fix this textMaree O’Halloran
Fix this textis the Presi-
Fix this textdent.
Fix this textHigh Court challenge to
Fix this textHoward’s ad campaign
Fix this textby Barry Johnson
Fix this textThe High Court challenge by the
Fix this textACTU and the ALP to the Federal
Fix this textGovernment’s $2O million publicity
Fix this textcampaign in support of its proposed
Fix this textindustrial relations changes began
Fix this texton August 30.
Fix this textJustice Michael Kirby called for
Fix this textGovernment spending to be more
Fix this texttransparent and accountable and
Fix this textthat control of the public purse and
Fix this textaccountability for the way it was
Fix this textspent was what “battles and revolu-
Fix this texttions had been fought over”.
Fix this textSolicitor-General David Bennett
Fix this textQC argued that the advertising spend-
Fix this texting was supported by a line item in
Fix this textthe budget of appropriations authoris-
Fix this texting expenditure on “higher productiv-
Fix this textity, higher paid workplaces”. He also
Fix this textrejected the ACTU/ALP submission
Fix this textthat any authorisation had to be in the
Fix this textPortfolio Budget Statements (PBS)
Fix this textbut continued that, even if that were
Fix this textthe case, the workplace relations PBS
Fix this textprovided for spending on “legislation
Fix this textdevelopment services” and advertis-
Fix this texting fell within that section. Bennett
Fix this textalso claimed that specific advertising
Fix this textdollars had been omitted from the
Fix this textPBS because the Federal Govern-
Fix this textment had not anticipated that the
Fix this textACTU would run an anti-legislation
Fix this textcampaign. It is difficult to believe
Fix this textthat the Federal Government could
Fix this texthave been so naive.
Fix this textBennett then argued that the adver-
Fix this texttising spending was justified because
Fix this textone could anticipate that the ACTU
Fix this textcampaign would foment industrial
Fix this textaction. Advertising to counter this fell
Fix this textwithin the authorisation for “higher
Fix this textproductivity workplaces”.
Fix this textRemember, the Minister for Work-
Fix this textplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, told
Fix this textsupporters at a Liberal Party fund
Fix this textraising function that the Federal Gov-
Fix this texternment’s advertisements were never
Fix this textmeant to be read but later defended
Fix this textthe advertising spending in question
Fix this texttime on August 18 saying it was
Fix this textnecessary to counter the “misleading
Fix this textACTU advertisements”.
Fix this textThe Federal Government’s
Fix this textpublicity campaign is designed to
Fix this textconvince the Australian people that
Fix this textit’s proposed changes to Australia’s
Fix this textindustrial relations laws and system
Fix this textis in their best interests. There is
Fix this textsubstantial evidence available to
Fix this texteveryone that even the current
Fix this textFederal system has shifted the bal-
Fix this textance in favour of employers at the
Fix this textexpense of employees both in terms
Fix this textof wages and conditions. It stands
Fix this textto reason that further changes yet to
Fix this textbe announced in draft legislation by
Fix this textthe Federal Government will further
Fix this textalter the relationship to the detriment
Fix this textof employees. All thinking Austral-
Fix this textians know this will be the outcome.
Fix this textNo amount of Federal Government
Fix this textadvertising will convince any of us
Fix this textthat any other outcome is possible.
Fix this textIt is interesting to note that the
Fix this textFederal Government has bypassed
Fix this textits own public servants in drafting the
Fix this textlegislation and has brought in lawyers
Fix this textfrom Australia’s biggest corporations
Fix this textto assist. While the details are still
Fix this texthidden from public scrutiny, we are
Fix this texttold not the worry and that we will
Fix this textall be better off when these changes
Fix this textare enacted. It is good to know that
Fix this textthere are still fairies at the bottom
Fix this textof the garden!
Fix this textBarry Johnson
Fix this textis the General
Fix this textSecretary.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-683416632
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 6, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-683416632
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. 6 August 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-683416632>
N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. 1919, Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation The Federation, Sydney viewed 6 August 2025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-683416632
{{Citation
| author1=N.S.W. Teachers' Federation.
| author2=New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation.
| title=Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation.
| year=1919
| section=volumes.
| issn=0013-1156
| issue=Vol. 86 No. 09 (12 Sep 2005)
| location=Sydney
| publisher=The Federation
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-683416632
| id=nla.obj-683416632
| access-date=6 August 2025
| via=Trove
}}
Citations are automatically generated and may require some modification to conform to exact standards.
Select the images you want to download, or the whole document.
You can order a copy of this work from Copies Direct.
Copies Direct supplies reproductions of collection material for a fee. This service is offered by the National Library of Australia
Copyright varies by issue and article
Copyright varies with each issue and article. You may have full rights to copy, or may be able to copy only under some circumstances, for example a portion for research or study. Order a copy where circumstances allow or Contact us for further information.
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply.
For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Copy and paste one of these options to share this book elsewhere.