AEU News 2019 Term 4

All articles with the tag AEU News 2019 Term 4.

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Q&A: your Term 4 questions answered

Our best advice on your most common – and uncommon – concerns for Term 4, 2019.

Schools

Rolling out the Education State

Principals often feel caught in the middle as a constant stream of initiatives are put in place by a government pushing its Education State agenda.

TAFE & Adult Provision

A change for the better

By the end of last year, floristry teacher Sarah Scalzo had been a sessional at Box Hill Institute of TAFE

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Rebel with a cause

AEU member Campbell Gomes explains why he’s been getting active with Extinction Rebellion (XR) – and getting arrested into the bargain!

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Rebelling against extinction

In a week of civil disobedience around the globe – dubbed the “Spring Rebellion” in Australia – thousands of Extinction Rebellion activists voluntarily got arrested in pursuit of climate justice.

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Solidarity with the student climate strike

AEU members joined more than 100,000 students, fellow workers and community members on 20 September in Melbourne’s biggest rally yet for climate action as part of the student climate strike movement.

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Ensuring integrity or ensuring workers’ silence?

Morrison government has made it clear that one of its central objectives is to attack unions and erode the power of working people, writes ACTU PRESIDENT MICHELE O’NEIL.

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The law & you: Using restraint

Restraint of students is a complicated issue, intersecting with various legal and policy considerations.

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TAFE & Adult Provision

Legal news: a testing case for disability

The AEU has had a victory in a long-running underpayment of wages and entitlements claim for Erin Legg, a disability instructor at a Yooralla Day Service.

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My Favourite Things: Six of the best graphic novel adaptations

As graphic novels are finally being recognised as serious art, with one even nominated for last year’s Man Booker Prize, we look at six examples of classic works of literature successfully translated from prose to pictures.

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News in brief

The latest updates from the AEU Victorian branch.

Schools

A more inclusive approach to education

Two schools are creating a more inclusive education system by fostering recognition of Indigenous history and culture while addressing intergenerational trauma.

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Our 2020 vision

The AEU is currently working on a three-year plan to win better lives for members, grow the union’s power and improve conditions across all our sectors.

Early Childhood

Up in a new space

An innovative inner Melbourne kindergarten is creating an oasis for its students atop one of the state’s brand new vertical public schools.

Schools

NAPLAN goes under review

Despite the Morrison government’s refusal to open a national review into NAPLAN, a majority of state governments have launched an investigation of the test.

Schools

Towering pride

Climbing high on the state’s smallest footprint, the vertical and innovative Prahran High School has welcomed its first cohort of Year 7s this year.

TAFE & Adult Provision

Rogue TAFEs disrespect agreement

Amid intense pressure from the AEU and its members, Victorian TAFEs have backed down from their attempt to change the agreement and increase teacher workloads.

TAFE & Adult Provision

Disability members defend their rights

The collective action of AEU members has blocked moves by disability service Mambourin to terminate the agreement and reduce the rights of staff.

TAFE & Adult Provision

Morrison cuts hurt TAFE funding

While Victoria is experiencing a boom in TAFE enrolments thanks to the Free TAFE program, the national picture is increasingly grim.

TAFE & Adult Provision

TAFE teachers fight back

Amid pressure from the AEU and its members, Victorian TAFEs have been forced to withdraw a joint push to remove assessment from face-to-face teaching delivery.