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2011 TAFE Log of Claims The final draft of the proposed replacement Agreement will be examined during the next week. TAFE Committee and Executive will have to formally endorse the document prior to voting. A voting period of four (4) weeks will be held with a ballot being sent out from the...Read More	Liberal Party Plan to Cut Billions from Schools The Liberal Party’s claims about school funding have to be viewed in light of its commitment to cut billions from schools, the Australian Education Union said today. “The schools which would be most affected by the cuts proposed by the Liberal Party are those in the most disadvantaged regions of...Read More
Gonski Review: Time for change so our kids are not missing out. The Gonski Review report released today reveals the urgent need for the reform of school funding arrangements and an investment of at least an extra $3.8 billion a year in public schools, the State School Teachers Union of WA said today. SSTUWA President Anne Gisborne said the report exposes the...Read More	International Women’s Day 8 March 2012 Union members are invited to join union colleagues at the UnionsWA sponsored celebration on Thursday 8 March 2012. International Women's Day 2012 celebrating women in the workforce - UnionsWA invites you to celebrate International Women's Day with a sundowner. The event will be addressed...Read More
Gonski Supports Greater Public School Funding The Gonski Review report reveals the urgent need for the reform of school funding arrangements and an investment of at least an extra $3.8 billion a year in public schools, the Australian Education Union said today. AEU Federal President Angelo Gavrielatos said the report exposes the dysfunctional...Read More	SOS on the Gonski Report Comment from Save Our Schools on the Gonski Report and the Government's Response. "What we have got is a new “no losers” guarantee for private schools from the Federal Government. Wealthy private schools get funding guarantees while the poor and the disadvantaged are on the “never never”....Read More
First 2012 School Leaders’ Council Announced The School Leaders’ Council commences 2012 with their first meeting at Cottesloe Golf Club Swanbourne on 212th March, 2012. There is a full day of professional development for School Leaders’ Council members however non council members leaders are welcome to participate for the morning session,...Read More	Home owners pay for the banks' pain ANZ and Westpac have warned they could again raise mortgage rates without a signal from the Reserve Bank because of continued uncertainty in global money markets. The two banking giants yesterday increased mortgage rates - blaming the need to protect profit margins - triggering an immediate backlash...Read More
Passport To Success It certainly shows how much the legendary footballer Barry Cable values education when his granddaughter Shelley Cable was named the state's best indigenous student and ranked in the top 0.5 per cent in WA for a 99.5 ATAR score at Rossmoyne SHS. Not only has Barry's value for education been passed...Read More	The Way We Were So, the holidays are over and it’s back to the classroom for another year. Spare a thought for those who have gone before you. I can’t guarantee the correctness of the following information which came to us from The Chermside and Districts Historical Society - but right or wrong, it sure makes a good...Read More

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