5 mai 2016

By Joanne Riley. The NTEU Victorian Division is seeking applications for the full-time position of Branch Industrial Organiser initially based at University of Melbourne Branch. More...

By Terri Macdonald. The Senate Economics References Committee recently released its report on its Inquiry into the Economic Security for Women in Retirement, appropriately entitled “A husband is not a retirement plan”.
The report comes at a time where there is a significant divide between men and women in terms of superannuation - Australian women retire with an average $92,000 less than men, 40% of single women are retiring in poverty, and 60% of women aged 65-69 have no superannuation at all.  Much of this is due to the entrenched gender pay gap, currently sitting at 17%. More...

By Terri Macdonald. Leaving aside the Government’s targeting of higher education for an additional $2 billion of cuts in funding, the fact that $100,000 degrees are still on the table and the likelihood of unfair changes in the HECS-HELP scheme which will increase the debt burden on students and see repayments start when earning below the average wage (noting that women are now the majority of both tertiary level students and those with unpaid HECS-HELP debts) - this Budget (again) fails women. More...

By Grahame McCulloch. I am very grateful for the response of UniSuper Fund members including those who are members of NTEU in registering a strong protest about the serious mistake made by UniSuper Management in issuing a Press Release opposing the proposed Royal Commission into Banking.  This was a very serious error of judgement and I will be making a detailed presentation to a closed session of the Board next week.  As part of this presentation I will ensure the Board clearly understands the fundamental nature of this mistake, and had you not registered your protest this would not be possible. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) believes that next week’s federal budget will show that while the Turnbull Government is obsessed with getting its own finances in order, it has no such concerns about costs and levels of debt incurred by ordinary Australians studying for a university degree. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. According to the front page of today’s (29 April 2016) Australian Financial Review, the government is proposing to introduce what is effectively a new study tax which would cut public subsidies to universities if they increase their fees above a certain level. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. Tonight’s (3/5/16) federal budget has revealed that after three years in office, the only plan the Abbott/Turnbull government has come up with for higher education is to cut funding and to make students pay more, concludes the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The NTEU says now that the government claims ‘full’ university fee deregulation is off the table, it must release its modelling of the impact that the Abbott/Turnbull government policy would have had on degree costs. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. On Tuesday night the Turnbull Liberal government confirmed its expected $224 million dollar budget cut to overseas aid this year.
These cuts hurt Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA and so, again, we need your help. (Chip in straight away by buying raffle tickets here or making a donation here). More...