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
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Vol. 86 No. 11 (7 Nov 2005)
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Contents

EDUCATION JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
Members overwhelmingly endorse salaries offer 1
Revolutionary changes to government powers 1
IR Sky Channel for all workers November 15 1
NEWS Work Choices bill introduced into Parliament 2
Advertising 2
Officers 2
Executive 2
TAFE teachers and nurses may be caught by IR agenda 3
Federal Government funds better conditions in private schools 3
Prac student supervisors offered AWAs 3
Howard’s IR revolution under intense scrutiny 3
SHAME File 3
Anti-terrorism bill undermines civil liberties 4
Community rallies to defend free speech 4
Where the 2006 award places teachers 4
Other states and territories (schools) 4
Statewide testing programs to be reviewed 5
Q&A 5
Advertising 5
Minister sees sense on quartile reporting 6
Ban placed on new format for annual school reports 6
New Industrial Officer 6
9% won’t be enough 6
Institute of Teachers sends out $80 bills to new scheme teachers 6
Recruitment and training report released 7
Small school shines in sport 7
Government is responsible for running our schools 7
Public education on show to local politicians 7
Don’t forget to vote in Quality Teaching Council election 8
Vote for the Federation team on the Quality Teaching Council 8
Tingha remains home, says author 8
Membership jumps in several categories 8
Rural schools recognised nationally 9
Friendship spells the beginning of business project 9
Advertising 9
Indigenous parent participation drops with funding 10
Overwhelming discontent 10
Western Sahara – Africa’s last colony 11
What you can do to help 11
Advertising 11
The President Writes Salaries settlement achieved 12
LETTERS to the Editor Right of entry key 12
Who’s in charge here? 13
Salaries outcome 13
Designer labels 13
Environment education plan 13
Issue writs 13
Advertising 13
ADMINISTRATION Expressions sought for Project Officers 14
Carbon Copy Mockery of science teaching 14
Advertising 14
RETIRED Retired Teachers Association Second Friday of each month, 1.15pm. Teachers House, Mary Street, Surry Hills Sydney. 15
Only 3% 15
Wages negotiations again 15
Valuable conference 15
Advertising 15 , 16
Reviews Theatre A thrill a minute 17
Discount for union members 17
Computer Corner In another world 17
Up, Up and Away You’ve seen one you’ve seen the mall 18
Advertising 18
FILM Trying to make sense of what is done... 19
good vibrations The Road to Woop-Woop 19
Universal laws of teaching life Mr Yen’s World 20
Cork screw Comparing vintages in a line up 20 , 21
Advertising 21 , 22
DT SMITH 22
Teachers and the Law conference well received 23
Advertising 23
INSIDE 24
That we might live in peace 24
Advertising 24

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EDUCATION  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

104  

Vol. 86 No.ll November 7. 2005  

Members overwhelmingly endorse salaries offer  

by John Irving  

More than 99 per cent of members attending more  

than 200 Sky Channel venues across metropolitan and  

country NSW have endorsed the State Government’s  

salaries offer, paving the way for three year fully  

funded award with no “trade offs”.  

Members have accepted the offer which:  

□ provides first payment from January 1, 2006,  

the day after the current award expires  

□ has been achieved by negotiation  

□ provides increases for top of the scale teach-  

ers of 4.5 per cent from January 1, 2006, 4.5 per  

cent from January 1, 2007 and four per cent from  

January 1, 2008 ($75,352)  

□ provides increases for teachers still on the incremental  

scale of three per cent from January 1,2006, three per  

cent from January 1, 2007 and three per cent from  

January 1, 2008 (step 4YT entry point $50,522)  

□ provides 14 weeks maternity leave on full pay  

□ provides one week paternity leave on full pay  

□ provides access to pro-rata long service leave after  

seven years  

□ provides four per cent per annum increases for all  

allowances  

□ provides four per cent per annum increases for all  

promotions positions including the consultancy  

□ provides for restructuring of assistant principal and  

PP6 to head teacher salary and deputy principal primary  

and PPS to deputy principal high school salary from  

July 1, 2008  

□ establishes joint reviews of principal classifications  

and school counsellor issues  

□ commits our employer to collective bargaining.  

Note: All new rates apply from the beginning of the  

first pay period to commence on or after the specified  

dates.  

John Irving  

is the Assistant General  

Secretary (Schools).  

Teachers at the Centennial Hotel, Gulgong,  

voted unanimously to support the salaries offer.  

Revolutionary changes to government powers  

by Barry Johnson  

The Howard Government’s multi-mil-  

lion dollar advertising campaign has  

had little impact on shifting commu-  

nity opposition to its radical industrial  

relations changes. The Work Choices  

document makes it clear that its oppo-  

nents were not “crying wolf’ and that,  

indeed, the proposals are worse than  

what was expected.  

Put simply, John Howard’s argument  

is that the economy will be better off.  

We say that workers will be worse off.  

Polls show that people do not agree  

with Howard’s proposition but agree  

with us.  

The Howard Government’s Work-  

Choices document and print advertis-  

ing campaign are designed to serve  

number of purposes. The documenta-  

tion is so complex and dense it hopes  

that Australians will disengage from the  

debate about the proposed changes and  

cease campaign against them. The  

message has been made deliberately  

complex in an effort to make people  

think it is all too hard and we should  

just let the Howard Government have  

its way with us.  

On the other hand, the Howard Gov-  

ernment’s TV advertising campaign is  

particularly designed to make you feel  

better and that in reality workers’ rights  

will be protected by law. They won’t.  

Take home pay will not be protected by  

law. Penalty rates will not be protected  

by law. Overtime will not be protected  

by law. Public holidays, redundancy,  

the hours in working week, will not  

be protected by law.  

The right to remain on present condi-  

tions will not be protected by law as any  

worker under federal jurisdiction can  

be offered an individual contract at any  

time that removes or changes existing  

pay and conditions. The award system  

will not be protected by law. Awards  

and the award ‘no disadvantage’ test  

will be gone. Unfair dismissal laws will  

be removed for 3.7 million Australian  

workers.  

The strength of the Australian  

economy has been built on the hard  

work of millions of Australians. Since  

Federation, Australia has had both  

federal and state industrial relations  

systems, sets of laws which ensure  

working Australians get fair share  

of the benefits of economic growth.  

This no longer will be the case.  

What the Howard Government’s  

message doesn’t tell Australians is that  

its proposed laws will enact revolution  

in this country.  

The proposals from Howard will over-  

turn the existing labour law framework,  

one in which unions have recognised  

role to play on behalf of all workers  

whether they be unionists or not, and  

replace it with legal framework which  

will use the Australian Industrial Rela-  

tions Commission (AIRC) to punish  

unions and unionists for breaches  

of very tight and draconian set of  

regulations. While highly regulating the  

unions, the Howard Government will  

totally deregulate the labour market.  

And eventually all state industrial rela-  

tions laws will disappear.  

All of this will be achieved by basing  

its new laws on Section 51 of the Con-  

stitution. This section states:  

“The Parliament shall, subject to  

this Constitution, have power to make  

laws for the peace, order and good  

government of the Commonwealth  

with respect 0...  

“(xx.) Foreign corporations, and trading  

or financial corporations formed within  

the limits of the Commonwealth.”  

It is this power, the corporations  

power, that Howard intends to use to  

override the states and ultimately strip  

away any managerial powers they will  

have over state industrial relations  

and consequently greatly reduce their  

management of state economies.  

When the Commonwealth of Aus-  

tralia came into existence on January  

1, 1901 the states had agreed to hand  

certain powers to the federal govern-  

ment. Since that time, more power has  

been accrued by federal governments,  

especially through changes to the  

taxation systems. Essentially, federal  

governments have ended up with all  

the money and greater power than the  

Constitution originally envisaged. This  

has been an evolutionary process over  

the last century.  

What the Howard Government’s  

advertising has not told Australians is  

that the federal system of government  

is now about to be suddenly turned  

on its head by the use of the corpora-  

tions power. In the future, the states  

will only be able to retain those areas  

of responsibility left to it by federal  

governments.  

The very role of state governments  

will be much diminished by Howard’s  

industrial relations changes. Your rights  

at work are certainly worth fighting for.  

It will be interesting to see how much  

fight there is in state governments.  

Barry Johnson  

is the General Secretary.  

IR Sky Channel for all  

workers November 15  

More than 10,000 people are expected to flock into Martin  

Place and Belmore Park in Sydney on November 15 to  

watch the national Sky Channel broadcast held as part of  

community protest against the Howard Government’s  

proposed changes to industrial relations laws.  

Sky Channel meetings will also be held at more than  

215 venues throughout the state.  

Unions NSW Deputy Assistant Secretary Chris Chris-  

todoulou said huge screens would be set up in Martin  

Place, between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets, and Belmore  

Park, between Eddy Avenue and Pitt Street.  

The meetings will begin at 8.30 am, with the broadcast  

originating from Federation Square in Melbourne at 9am.  

The broadcast is expected to be one hour long.  

Mr Christodoulou said protest march would follow  

the broadcast, probably ending up at Chifley Square.  

He said at the end of the march there would be  

speeches.  

Marches and rallies are planned for capital cities and  

some regional venues following the Sky Channel broadcast  

(see back page).  

Federation is distributing postcards titled “I didn’t vote  

for an attack on my rights at work” (see page 2). The  

postcards will be sent to workplaces so they can be signed  

and collected for bulk delivery to MPs and Senators.  

The same postcards will be handed out at some Sky  

Channel venues.  

IR bill introduced in  

Parliament Page  

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