By Adam Frogley. The 26th of May also known as national Sorry Day, a day of sorrow for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was the date chosen by the Referendum Council to release of the Uluru Statement - from the heart from the recent Constitutional Convention. The one page statement was an attempt to draw consensus from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates and their communities on the issue of constitutional recognition. More...
Budget Analysis 2017-18 Indigenous Student Success Program
By Adam Frogley. The NTEU National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit has undertaken an analysis of the changes to ISSP program funding for this financial year (and forward estimates) and examines the funding attributed to the former funding lines including, the Indigenous Support Program (ISP), the Commonwealth Scholarships Program (CSP) and the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme - Tutorial Tuition (ITAS-TT) with comparison to this current financial year. More...
Union job security win @ U-Vet
By Corey Rabaut. You may have recently heard that the NTEU made an application for ongoing work on behalf of a group of members who work in the Vet Hospital. The NTEU made applications on behalf of members and I am pleased to announce that 100% of applicants were successful in moving from insecure work to ongoing. More...
Stop pressuring Pacific Island nations into signing PACER Plus
By Jen T. Kwok. The Australian Government wants to proceed with signing the PACER-plus agreement, even though both Papua New Guinea and Fiji have withdrawn and claim that the trade deal would hurt their infant industries. More...
Curtin NTEU members call for ballot on proposed new Enterprise Agreement
By Andrew MacDonald. In a move unprecedented in the university sector, NTEU members at Curtin University are calling on their Vice-Chancellor to put management’s current bargaining position for the renegotiation of the University’s Enterprise Agreement to a full ballot of staff. More...
Staff support 31 May student protest in Melbourne
By Andrew MacDonald. The NTEU supports a planned student protest beginning 12 noon at Melbourne’s Parliament House on Wednesday 31 May 2017 against the Turnbull government’s planned higher education funding cuts and fee hikes. More...
Union job security win for Melbourne Uni Werribee members
By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has successfully won conversions to more secure jobs for 100 per cent of members involved in a recent campaign at the University of Melbourne’s Werribee campus. More...
Queensland staff and students to suffer under Turnbull’s uni funding cuts and fee hikes
By Andrew MacDonald. The Turnbull government’s plan to cut $2.8 billion in teaching funding from universities while raising degree fees will hurt everyday staff and students in Queensland, says the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...
Union celebrates 17 May IDAHOBIT events nationally
By Andrew MacDonald. Despite significant gains for LGBTI people in this country, such as legislative reform and changing community attitudes, LGBTI Australians continue to face discrimination when seeking work and once they are in a job. More...
Staff support for student Budget protest 17 May
By Andrew MacDonald. The National Union of Students (NUS) has the support of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) for their day of national protest on Wednesday 17 May against the federal budget. More...