Western Teacher - Volume 48.1 - January 2019

Volume 48.1 January 2019

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Also inside: Getting Organised for 2019

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Electing union reps and OSH reps Establishing branches Joining union committees Nominating State Council delegates

Please retain this document. It contains important information relating to: establishing branches, nominations for branch positions, nominations for State Council, occupational safety and health and other significant union information.

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

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Features

Volume 48.1 January 2019

In this edition Correspondence: The Editor, PO Box 212 West Perth WA 6872 editor@sstuwa.org.au Ph: 9210 6000

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Cover: Economist Dr Jim Stanford discusses why salary rises in the public sector are good for the nation. See pages 12-15.

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From the President

State government needs to clarify funding commitment

By Pat Byrne President

The combination of the bilateral funding agreement between the Western Australian government and the Commonwealth with the content of the state government’s mid-year economic review provides a mixed message in relation to the funding of public schools in WA. With Premier Mark McGowan predicting the state budget will return to surplus in 2019/20, a full year earlier than predicted, the SSTUWA was hopeful this would be the perfect time for a discussion about how this improved financial position might benefit the community, especially in education.

However, while there have been some encouraging signs from the state government in the education sector of late, notably in the areas of safety in schools, the decision to sign up to the federal government’s model risks undoing that good work by leaving Western Australia’s school system unable to resource essential support structures.

Education is the best investment a government can make in our state’s future.

It’s good for children, good for families and it’s good economics.

The Coalition’s funding model does not work for WA because of our state demographic. The size of WA and the relatively small populations in regional and remote areas mean there are more

small schools spread over greater distances than is the case in other states and territories, with the exception perhaps of the NT. This significantly adds to the cost of providing education to students in those regions, with per student expenditure often exceeding twice or even three times that required for students in metropolitan schools.

The funding model is based on the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS), which is a nationally consistent funding measure, established by the original Gonski panel and accepted by all Australian governments. It represents the average amount of funding that a school needs per student to enable those students to achieve at their appropriate level.

The greater costs incurred in much of Western Australia mean that schools actually require more than the national SRS figure. Successive state governments, Liberal and Labor, have recognised this and ensured that WA schools are funded at above the national SRS figure.

For example, in 2017 WA public schools were funded to 105 per cent of the SRS, with the state government contributing 88 per cent of that figure. Elsewhere in Australia, only the ACT funds above 100 per cent of the SRS. All other states and the NT fund below the SRS; indeed, below 75 per cent of the SRS. The model adopted by the Coalition government in 2017 legislates a requirement for each state and territory to contribute a minimum of 75 per cent of the SRS. This means that, with the exception of WA and ACT, all jurisdictions are required

to increase their state government contributions.

To minimise the impact of this on state budgets, those states who have signed up to the new model have negotiated the inclusion of items which, until now, have been specifically excluded from the SRS calculation.

These include depreciation costs, school transport and, the cost of running standards authorities. These costs, to a maximum of four per cent, are now being counted towards the 75 per cent so that it looks as though the states are spending more, when in fact they are spending the same amount.

Importantly though, including these items in the SRS calculation undermines the consistency of the SRS itself as an objective measure of funding across Australia.

It was always a concern that legislating a national minimum share would open the door to WA reducing its contribution.

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Issues (Continued from page 5) The state government currently funds WA public schools to 85 per cent of the SRS, but the new deal means the state can drop its level of funding to 75 per cent by 2022 and continue to fund at that level thereafter.

If the state government decided to do that, then WA schools would be in crisis.

Trevor Cobbold of Save Our Schools puts that case most forcefully on pages six and seven of Western Teacher.

There are, though, small signs of hope in the mid-year review. It is stated there that: An additional $200 million in State funding will be provided to government schools over the life of the [National School Reform] agreement (with $30.8 million of this in 2021-2022) bringing total State funding over this period to $24.4 billion.

As part of the bilateral agreement with the Commnwealth, Western Australia will also rebalance its spending between sectors.

Over the life of the agreement to 2023, a total of $131 million will be redirected from the NGS sector to the government schools sector. This will mean that the State’s contribution to the NGS sector will transition to 20% of the SRS by 2023.

It is especially heartening to see a redirection of funds from the private sector to government schools. This is a major step for any state government.

What we need now above all else is clarity.

In 2019, the SSTUWA will be seeking a public and unambiguous commitment from the McGowan Government that, despite the terms of the agreement, it will ensure WA state schools continue to be funded above 100 per cent of the SRS. In addition, at the federal level we will be supporting the Fair Funding Now! campaign to ensure that the national funding model is replaced by one that is genuinely needs-based and sector-blind.

One that ensures public schools are funded at the level they need rather than one which falls well short of that.

Education is the best investment a government can make in our state’s future. It’s good for children, good for families and it’s good economics.

As the state government approaches its next budget, public school teachers and leaders are urging the Premier and Treasurer to put our kids first when considering how best to leverage their achievement in fixing the budget.

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Questions to answer on WA funding

By Trevor Cobbold National Convenor, SOS

Public schools will lose about $6.1 billion in funding over 10 years from 2018 under the new Bilateral Agreement between the Commonwealth and Western Australian governments. It means that public schools will be under-funded by about $4.6 billion to 2027. In contrast, a special provision in the agreement will allow private schools to continue to be over-funded. What a legacy by a Labor government!

The loss to public schools is due to a planned large reduction in the Western Australian government’s share of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) for public schools. Previous Western Australian governments made a policy decision to support a higher quality public education system by funding public schools at a little over 100 per cent of their SRS, taking account of Commonwealth government funding.

In 2017, the additional funding was only about $55 million over the estimated total SRS for public schools in Western Australia.

In a complete reversal of this policy, the Western Australian Labor government has taken a deliberate policy decision to degrade the quality of its public education system by implementing a massive reduction in its share of the SRS. It will progressively reduce its share from 88.15 per cent in 2017 to 75 per cent in 2022 and thereafter.

Under the new funding plan, state government funding for public schools will be about $800 million less in 2027 than if it maintained its 2017 share of the SRS. The cumulative loss of funding over the 10 years is about $6.1 billion. These figures are based on yearly estimates of the total

SRS derived from data provided to Senate Estimates on the Commonwealth shares of the SRS and aggregate Commonwealth funding.

There is a very strong case for public schools in Western Australia to continue to be funded at above their SRS. The state encompasses a huge land mass with low population density. Some 44 per cent of public schools are located in regional and remote areas and many are small or very small. Consequently, economies of scale in service delivery are low. While there are funding loadings for small school size and location, it is arguable whether they are adequate to providing high quality education throughout the state.

Certainly, there is no case to under-fund public schools given the challenges they face in catering for the large majority of disadvantaged students. Public schools in Western Australia enrol nearly 90 per cent of low socio-economic status students and 85 per cent of Indigenous and remote area students.

But, that is just what will occur under the terms of the Bilateral Agreement. The progressive reduction in the state share of the SRS will cause public schools to be under-funded compared to their SRS from 2018 and the amount of the under-funding will increase each year, despite a planned increase in the Commonwealth share from 15 per cent to 20 per cent by 2023.

Under the agreement, public schools will be funded at 95 per cent of their SRS from 2023 instead of the 101 per cent in 2017.

The under-funding is estimated at in 2018 is $16.7 million and is projected to increase to $304.5 million in 2027 based on the terms of the Bilateral Agreement

Issues (see chart). The cumulative under-funding from 2018 to 2027 is estimated at about $2.5 billion.

However, the actual under-funding is likely to be much more because of a special provision in the agreement that allows the WA government to include additional expenditures in its share of the SRS. These additional expenditures are for depreciation, school transport, kindergarten (pre-school in Western Australia), the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) and regulatory functions.

These items are explicitly excluded from the nationally agreed measure of the SRS, which is the net recurrent income estimated as the minimum amount of government funding required by schools to achieve successful education outcomes. The agreement even goes one step further than the other bilateral agreements to date in undermining the national definition of the SRS. It does so by including expenditure on a non-school function as part of school funding, namely, the expenditure on pre-schools.

As a result of the sleight of hand of including these additional expenditures in the SRS, the state government can reduce its recurrent funding of the operation of public schools and substitute expenditure on the additional items by up to 4 per cent of the total SRS. It means that the state share of the SRS will be progressively reduced to lower levels than indicated by the schedule in the agreement.

Instead of the share being reduced to 75 per cent by 2022 as indicated in the agreement its actual share of the SRS measured by the nationally agreed method will only be 71 per cent.

The estimated actual under-funding in 2018 is $197 million and is projected to increase to $548 million in 2027 (see chart). The cumulative under-funding will amount to about $4.6 billion over the 10 years to 2027.

In contrast, private schools are likely to be funded at over 100 per cent of their SRS. The Commonwealth share will increase to 80 per cent of their SRS by 2023. The bilateral agreement provides for the WA government share to decrease from 26.86 per cent in 2017 to 20 per cent in 2020.

However, there is a caveat. The agreement states that the WA government “retains the flexibility to fund non-government schools above the minimum requirements for all or part of the term of the agreement”. There is no similar caveat for

its funding of public schools.

This clause strongly indicates that the WA government intends to fund private schools at above 20 per cent of their SRS, in which case they will be over-funded.

The “get out” clause is a clear signal to private school organisations that any campaign against the proposed reduction will be successful, that the government will cave in and maintain their funding at above 20 per cent of their SRS. It is very revealing that the WA government included a proviso in the agreement to allow private schools to continue to be funded above their SRS but did not include a similar one for public schools. Moreover, it negotiated a sleight of hand with the Commonwealth whereby it can claim expenditures not included in the national measure of the SRS as part of its contribution to the SRS of public schools but did not make a similar claim against its contribution to the SRS of private schools.

The terms of the agreement blatantly favour private schools.

The WA government must answer two key questions: why it did not include a similar proviso to maintain funding for public schools at above their SRS and why it didn’t claim depreciation on its capital grants to private schools, school transport expenditure on private schools and expenditure on the SCSA and regulatory functions as part of its share of the SRS of private schools.

It is quite remarkable that a Labor government has resorted to such duplicity in favouring private schools over public schools, especially when the very large majority of disadvantaged students are

in public schools. It is a clear case of supporting privilege over equity. Western Australian Labor is on a unity ticket with the Coalition in this regard.

It makes a mockery of the platform on which the Labor government was elected.

It states, among other things, that “Access to high quality education is the keystone to building and maintaining a just and cohesive society” and “The principles of equity and access in meeting the educational needs of all students must be appropriately addressed via resourcing and evidenced strategies”. It seems this was just rhetoric to beguile the electorate.

The WA Bilateral Agreement is another case of the Commonwealth and state governments conspiring to change the rules about what is included in the SRS to meet their own respective political interests. It reduces the future state government funding commitments for public schools while the Commonwealth has the agreement of the states to implement its national education policies as a condition of Commonwealth funding.

The effect of this and the other agreements signed to date is to further fragment and undermine what is left of the national funding model. They destroy the integrity of the national measure of the SRS by selectively changing what is included in the measure. They give favourable treatment of private schools while reducing state funding commitments to public schools. They deceive the public about the level of state government funding of public schools and the extent of progress in meeting target funding shares by the states for public schools.

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New action plan to make schools safer for staff and students The SSTUWA has welcomed new measures announced by Education Minister Sue Ellery to make schools safer workplaces for staff.

will have to include in their school behaviour policies and free parenting programs for those with young children.

The Let’s Take a Stand Together action plan and statement was released late last year by the state government following growing concerns about, and escalating incidents of, school violence.

And from this year every graduate teacher employed in public schools will receive training on de-escalating and managing aggressive behaviour during the first 30 months of their employment.

The SSTUWA had resolved during 2018 to take a stand on behalf of its members through its campaign, Safety is our priority, and worked proactively with union members, Minister Ellery and the Department of Education to tackle the issue.

For a complete list of the 10 point action plan, with added detail, see the graphic on the opposite page.

The result is a 10-point action plan that will take effect from the start of Term 1, 2019.

Under the action plan, school staff will be able to use new strategies to manage incidents and problem behaviour.

These include: • The requirement for principals to suspend students who attack other students, start fights or video fights.

• The expectation that principals will automatically move to exclude any student who physically attacks school staff.

• New alternative learning settings for the most violent students.

• Clear advice for principals, teachers and education assistants on their authority and responsibility to take action.

• Training and support for school staff, which includes guidance and instruction on how to appropriately restrain those involved in emergency situations.

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SSTUWA President Pat Byrne said the union had safety for its members as a priority in the face of rising numbers of attacks against school teachers and leaders.

“Everybody deserves to work in a safe environment and the Minister’s measures will assist in that,” she said.

“The SSTUWA has worked cooperatively with the Minister and the Department of Education in the development of these measures and is particularly pleased to note the Minister’s commitment to supporting principals and staff in conveying strong and consistent messages about violence in schools.

“The union will continue to work to ensure the resources required to make the measures work are forthcoming, including the provision of alternative options for students and additional training for both new educators and experienced teachers who find themselves in confronting situations.”

SSTUWA President Pat Byrne talks to media about the action plan.

“However, for too long the rights of perpetrators have been prioritised to the detriment of the rights of staff members and other students to be safe at school.

“We welcome the return to a sensible balance.”

The state government says the action plan is: “specifically intended for those students who intentionally instigate violence. The policy changes will not apply to students with disability who either cannot manage their behaviour or do not intend to harm others.”

Ms Ellery said every parent had the rightful expectation that their children would be safe and supported to learn whilst at school.

“While every student has the right to an education, they do not have the right to attack other people,” she said.

Ms Byrne acknowledged that there would be concerns for those students suspended or excluded under the action plan.

“Schools will do their bit, but this violence doesn’t begin and end with the school bell.

As a community, we all need to take a stand to stop violence.

“The SSTUWA supports intervention programs for these students and welcomes the trialling of a specialist support program in 2019,” she said.

“While violence is a complex societal issue, this plan sets out 10 clear ways to provide a strong foundation for addressing violence in our schools.”

Let’s Take a Stand Education Minister’s Together: 10 point action plan Action 1

Principals to suspend students who attack other students or start fights

• Automatic suspension for students who attack other students or instigate fights.

• Automatic suspension for students who decide to film a fight rather than seek help.

• Principals to develop a behaviour plan for the student’s return to school.

• Principals to work with families wherever possible.

Action 2

Principals to automatically move to exclude any student who physically attacks school staff

• After an incident, principals will immediately start an exclusion process.

• “Exclusion” means student is removed from a particular school permanently or for a specified period of time.

• Exclusion orders approved by the Director General of the Department of Education.

• Department of Education to support principals moving to exclude a student.

Action 3

New alternative learning settings for the most violent students

• Every student has the right to an education – but they do not have the right to attack other people.

• New settings where they can continue their learning until they are ready to return to mainstream schools.

• Effective support programs to change the behaviour of violent students.

• Trial in 2019.

Action 4

Clear advice for principals, teachers and education assistants on authority and responsibility to take action

Action 6

Issues

New “good standing” requirements to be added to school behaviour policies

• Every public school to add “good standing” requirements to its behaviour policy.

• Students who do the wrong thing will have privileges removed – such as being banned from school social activities.

• Students can earn back “good standing” by making amends and behaving well.

Action 7

Free parenting program for parents of young children

• Internationally-recognised Triple P – Positive Parenting Program offered free to all Western Australian parents of Kindergarten children.

• Program equips parents with skills to manage family issues, develop positive relationships and improve child behaviour.

Action 8

Review critical incident reporting and monitoring

• Review to clearly define what is a school “critical incident”.

• Principals’ reporting responsibilities to be clarified.

• Support for schools to report more consistent, reliable and useful incident information.

Action 9

Spark a community conversation about violence in schools – with community leaders and others

• From 2019, new guidelines for school staff on responding to aggression.

• School staff to get clear advice on what actions are expected, appropriate and considered reasonable.

• This includes guidance on when physical contact is reasonable.

• New resources to help people from across our communities foster a new attitude to violence.

• Consultation with young people, parents and school staff will inform the development of resources.

• Inspire a new way of talking about violence – work together to make it socially unacceptable to everyone, including all of our young people.

Action 5

Action 10

Provide training and support for school staff

• Range of training programs to be delivered to school staff.

• Training options will include how to build positive behaviour, how to de-escalate aggressive behaviour, and in emergency situations how to appropriately restrain.

• From 2019, every public school graduate teacher will be trained as part of the induction program.

• More follow up support for school staff affected by incidents.

Premier’s Youth Forum to give young people a voice and let them identify actions they believe could address violence in the community

• Students to share their views on violence.

• Young people to make recommendations on solutions.

Source: Department of Education Western Australia.

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Occupational safety and health

ACT Education Directorate penalised

By Joy Barrett OSH organiser

WorkSafe ACT has taken action against the ACT Education Directorate after a twoyear investigation into violence in public schools.

The Directorate was found to have breached the workplace Health and Safety Laws as it had failed in its duty of care to staff.

A number of serious incidents triggered the investigation: • A pregnant staff member was punched repeatedly in the stomach by a primary-aged student.

• A high school student with complex needs threw a computer monitor at a teacher and abused, threatened and assaulted other teachers.

• A learning support assistant was repeatedly attacked and injured on a weekly basis by a kindergarten student with a disability over a six-month period. She was bitten on her arms, stomach and legs. The Directorate gave her compression bandages to reduce the impact of biting but the student just bit right through them.

The assistant reported 34 injuries over the six-month period. After months of these reported attacks and lack of support from administration and the Directorate she developed a severe tic and fell into a deep depression. The assistant broke down and left work.

Her anxiety became so severe that her husband said “she freaked out when any child came up to her”. Two years after trying to deal with the trauma from her experience she considered suicide and was admitted to a mental health facility, where she remains.

The WorkSafe report alleged that in all three incidents the Directorate did not comply with its health and safety duty, and that issues raised on multiple occasions were dealt with “inadequately” and the 10

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government had not done all that was “reasonably practicable” to ensure staff safety. “As a result,” the report stated, “staff were exposed to the risk of injury, and were injured in the three schools”.

The issues of non-compliance related to: • Applying inconsistent or inadequate controls to workplace hazards associated with student behaviours.

• Failing to adequately adjust controls following incidents or changes in circumstances.

• Failing to provide adequate training to staff in the application of identified controls.

WorkSafe had previously issued an improvement notice in relation to one of the schools. Although the investigation focused only on the three schools, the WorkSafe Commission said the problem of violence was systemic in the directorate and that its policies were neither flexible nor fully implemented.

The number of Canberra public school students involved in physical assaults jumped from 233 in 2012 to more than 2,000 in 2017.

WorkSafe has served the Education Directorate with a $10 million “enforceable undertaking” rather than a fine. This is a legally binding agreement which must be complied with, or further regulatory action will be considered.

The undertaking includes a commitment to a range of initiatives and improvements to raise staff awareness of occupational violence, and others targeting prevention and management of the problem.

The Directorate actually spent $7.67 million on activities and initiatives prior to completion of the investigation.

The Directorate has worked in close consultation with the Australian Education

Union ACT Branch, who first raised the matter with Worksafe.

Other strategies yet to be delivered will take the total spend to $10.045 million.

The initiatives introduced or yet to be completed include, but are not limited to: • New “sensory spaces” where students can be withdrawn in support of their behavioural management plans.

• A new occupational violence policy and management plan.

• Support for the ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations to deliver workshops, with a focus on supporting the safety of staff, students and families.

• Improving communication around reporting and support.

• Occupational violence training for all staff which includes Team Teach.

• Hosting a national forum on health and safety in education settings for all education jurisdictions across Australia. This will occur in March 2019.

The investigation in ACT focused on schools dealing with students with complex needs due to disability or trauma.

The WA Education Minister’s action plan to reduce violence in schools released late last year is aimed at mainstream schools and not education support schools and centres.

An education support working party, formed as a result of the recent Schools General Agreement, has acknowledged that there is an unacceptable level of injuries to staff in education support settings.

The parties are working together to identify the risk factors and to develop strategies and initiatives to address the issues.

From the General Secretary

Let’s GO for #GA19

By Mary Franklyn General Secretary

This work will continue in 2019 and we will continue to call on you to ensure the proper implementation of the proposed changes to department procedures.

The coming 12 months will also see us begin another round of bargaining – one which is shaping up as critical from a number of viewpoints.

In the context of salaries, there is no doubt that public servants in WA have borne the brunt of efforts to get the state budget fixed. The current bargaining round, which has just been completed, saw all public sector workers, covered

by EBAs, receive a flat $1,000 per annum wage increase. The major public sector unions have all indicated to the Premier and Treasurer that a repeat of this wages outcome in the next round is neither reasonable nor fair.

It is important to note that this is not confined to any particular political party – capping public sector wage increases at or below CPI has now become a key money saving strategy by governments throughout Australia and internationally and is a major reason for the historically low rate of wage growth currently being experienced.

However, targeting public sector wages and public education funding is not

In November, SSTUWA State Council delegates rejected the $1,000 wages policy. Along with our colleagues in other public sector unions we will be making it clear that our members need a proper pay rise.

The CPSU/CSA has just begun its bargaining for the next round. Its claim is for a two-year agreement with a wage component of two per cent and 2.5 per cent for each of those years. The SSTUWA will consult with members during Terms 1 and 2 before determining our final salary claim.

We will also be demanding proper state government investment to restore system support structures, particularly in the regions, enable collaboration between colleagues across the system and provide proper resourcing for teachers and leaders in schools.

The SSTUWA Safety is Our Priority team will work to provide feedback to the department and assist in monitoring the Minister’s 10 point action plan. A key factor in this will be to ensure that a voice for the child is not lost in our drive to make workplaces safe. We will continue with that challenge of finding the right balance.

To tackle those issues we will continue to build our team of committed union representatives and union delegates in school and colleges as well as increasing the numbers of organised and operating branches. The work of all of our members in providing the thousands of TAFE and

school students across WA with safe and meaningful places to learn is also acknowledged and appreciated.

I welcome our new members from 2018 into 2019. You have joined a team who are out to protect public education, to support their colleagues and make sure they and their fellow teachers, lecturers and colleagues are dealt with respectfully every day at work and who, in the process, get the best possible pay and conditions.

To all of you already stepping up to be reps, OSH reps, deputy reps or women’s contact officers, thank you. For those considering stepping up, please do it. We’ll train you and support you all the way.

You’re never alone in a union.

General Agreement

Timeline for 2019 (schools) Term 1/2 – Log of Claims consultation • Draft Log of Claims finalised

• Consultation with members via District Councils and branch meetings • Education re: GA processes for District Council delegates and union reps

Term 2 – Log of Claims finalised • State Council endorses Log of Claims • Advise and share with members

Aug-Sept – Negotiations commence Term 3/4 – Member/rep/delegate education • Cluster district and branch meetings • Communications – GA news • Actions as required to progress GA 2019 claim

Consideration of offer/s • Decision making re: offer, options and actions

GA

SSTUWA

In 2018 our 588 reps, 352 District Council attendees and 100 delegates to State Council have helped the SSTUWA take significant steps towards making our schools safer by working with the state government and the Department of Education to address violent behaviour.

what this government was elected to do.

Teachers had a legitimate expectation that this government was committed to the restoration of the massive budget cuts imposed on schools by the Barnett Government; we certainly did not have any reason to expect that wages policy would be as harsh as it is. For many of our members this is beginning to look a lot like a broken promise.

2019

As we know, branches are the heart and soul of the union. It is via worksite branches that collective action and a collaborative team approach in the workplace show what unions can achieve and encourages others to join.

Union membership makes life better for everyone in the workplace.

2019

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Australia’s upside-down labour market… and what to do about it

By Dr Jim Stanford Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute

There is a growing frustration bubbling up in communities around the country. It reflects the growing gap between Australians’ hopes for a decent, middle-class life, and the gritty reality faced by most households – who find it harder and harder to pay their bills, and who worry that their children will never have the same opportunities we once took for granted.

That frustration is well-founded.

For decades Australians have been promised that if we tightened our belts and focused on “fundamentals” (like low inflation, low taxes, and balanced budgets), we would be rewarded with strong investment, strong growth, more jobs, and ample benefits “trickling down” from above. To be sure, profits are at record levels, deficits are shrinking fast, and inflation is low (too low, in fact, according to economists). But real business capital investment has been falling, not growing, despite the lure of bigger profits. In other words, business is doing less, but getting more.

Workers, in contrast, demonstrate improved productivity every year – but their real wages are stagnant, and their share of total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has never been lower. They are doing more, but getting less.

Other signs of an “upside-down” economy abound. For example, we are told constantly of the revolutionary potential of new technology and automation – so much so, that we fear our jobs will be taken by robots. Yet investment in innovation and technology by Australian business is falling, not rising. And the dog-eat-dog labour market continues to produce millions of menial, badly-paid, relatively unproductive jobs each year: from performing manicures and teaching yoga for below-minimumwage, to precarious jobs in retail and hospitality.

Wage growth has been so weak that even Australia’s top banker, Dr. Philip Lowe (Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia), has been pleading for them to grow faster. Coming from the person who usually loses sleep over inflation being too high, this is surely a sign that economics as we know it have been turned upside down.

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Dr. Jim Stanford is economist and director of the Centre for Future Work, based at the Australia Institute. He spoke at the SSTUWA’s November State Council Conference; this article is based on his remarks.

See futurework.org.au for all the Centre’s research.

Dual diagnosis How do we make sense of these seemingly contradictory outcomes for Australian workers? The labour market suffers from two core problems: a quantity problem, and a quality problem. There isn’t enough work to productively employ all those who want and need to work. And those jobs that do exist, are not of sufficient quality for most workers to earn a decent, stable income.

Regarding the quantity problem, the official unemployment statistics seem to indicate that we have little to complain about.

The unemployment rate is slightly above five per cent: certainly not the worst in history, and better than many (but not all) other industrial countries.

However, official unemployment is no longer an accurate guide

Issues to the true strength of the job market. After all, to be counted as unemployed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), an individual cannot have worked at all during the week they were surveyed (not even a single hour), and they must be “actively” seeking work (putting in several applications per week, not just passively scanning help-wanted ads).

Given depressed job conditions in many regions, many individuals have given up looking for adequate work; conveniently for the politicians, that means they disappear from the official jobless data.

The official numbers hide many hidden pools of unemployment and underemployment. Firstly, over one million workers say they want and need more hours of work: they may work a few hours here and there, when called in by their boss, but not enough to provide a steady income.

That underemployment affects over a million workers at any time. Depressed labour force participation (compared to where it should be, given our demographic profile) reduces the workforce by another 400,000 or more.

Finally, the ABS also reports another million or more Australians defined as “marginally attached”: meaning they indicate they would like to work, but don’t believe there are any appropriate jobs available.

Put it all together and over three million Australians are underutilised – or around 15 per cent of the potential total labour force. This constant reserve pool of unemployment, often hidden, suppresses wages and keeps workers desperate.

Even when a job is available, the quality of much work in Australia’s labour market has deteriorated markedly. Instead of maintaining long-term, relatively stable employment relationships, employers today prefer to hire their workers on a “just-in-time” basis. They will pay for work exactly when and where it is needed – and otherwise seek to shed any cost, obligation or risk associated with the normal ups and downs of consumer demand and economic conditions.

This desire to shift the cost and risk of economic fluctuations to workers has resulted in the rapid spread of insecure or precarious work arrangements, which take many forms. Of course, we are already familiar with the common use of “casual” labour: workers hired on an indeterminate basis, denied normal paid leave (like holidays and sick pay) and severance rights. Casual work has grown significantly in recent years, and now accounts for one in four waged jobs. In theory casual workers receive a 25 per cent wage loading to compensate for their lack of paid leave and reduced job security; in practice that is not always the case, due to ubiquitous

wage theft by employers, or artificial reductions in the base rate against which the 25 per cent is calculated. Hence many casual workers make less per hour, even with their 25 per cent casual loading, than comparable permanent workers.

But casualisation is just one dimension of the bigger problem of insecure work. Other forms of “just-in-time” employment include the rapid rise of part-time work (which now accounts for almost one in three jobs in Australia, one of the highest part-time rates anywhere); growth of independent contractors and small-scale self-employment (often resulting from the contracting-out of functions once performed in-house by major employers); and new gig jobs in the digital economy. Even in public services (like education and healthcare), insecure work has been on the rise.

In all of these forms, work no longer provides the security and income that workers and their families need to support themselves, build healthy lives, and make major economic decisions (like home ownership). Shockingly, research from the Centre for Future Work recently confirmed that less than half of employed Australians now hold a permanent full-time paid job with regular entitlements (like paid holidays and superannuation)1. In short, insecure work is now the new normal.

The wages crisis Facing these twin problems of inadequate quantity and deteriorating quality of work, it is no surprise that wage increases paid out in Australia’s economy have been plumbing historic lows. Traditionally, average wages increased by around four per cent per year – a bit faster in good years (such as the resource boom of the mid-2000s), a bit slower in bad (such as during the recession of the 1990s). Since 2015, however, annual wage growth has fallen to just two per cent per year: the slowest sustained rate since the 1930s (see Figure 1).

(Continued on page 14)

Figure 1. Source: Centre for Future Work from ABS Catalogue 6401.0.

1. See “The Dimensions of Insecure Work: A Factbook,” by Tanya Carney and Jim Stanford, May 2018, available at https://www.futurework.org.au/the_dimensions_of_insecure_work.

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Issues Household financial stability is damaged by stagnant wages: Australian consumers are more deeply indebted (currently around 200 per cent of disposable income) than any others in the world, and the lack of wage growth makes their debt all the more overwhelming.

Figure 2. Source: Centre for Future Work from RBA, ABS data.

(Continued from page 13) That means wages are barely keeping up with average consumer prices – which have also been growing at around two per cent per year. Prices of some essentials (like energy, food, and housing) have been growing much faster than that. So millions of Australians have seen the real purchasing power of their incomes fall.

This has occurred despite the fact that Australian GDP has been expanding steadily (in fact, there has not been an outright recession since the 1990s), and the unemployment rate is not high (although, as noted, hidden unemployment means the quantity problem is worse than it looks). Moreover, the stagnation of wages stands in stark contrast to continued improvements in labour productivity and efficiency.

As shown in Figure 2, average real value-added per hour of work in Australia has grown by nearly 60 per cent since 1985, and continues to advance by one per cent or more each year.

In theory, the labour market is supposed to reward workers for improved efficiency and productivity. In practice, real wages have fallen far behind productivity – and since 2015 have not been growing at all.

This means that workers’ collective share of the total economic pie has been shrinking. In 2017, the share of Australian GDP paid out to workers (in wages, salaries, and superannuation contributions) fell to just 47 per cent, the lowest since the 1950s, and down by 11 percentage points since the mid-1970s2.

So far in 2018 it has fallen even further.

Stagnant real wages and the shrinking labour share of total economic output impose substantial consequences for all of Australia’s economy. Most obviously, reduced wage incomes undermine consumer spending, and hence hold back growth and job-creation in private businesses.

Government revenue growth is slower when workers don’t get wage increases and hence don’t pay more taxes. And wage stagnation has also fostered growing inequality in Australia society. With less of the economic pie being paid out in wages, more is captured by businesses and investors – redistributing even more income to the richest one or two per cent of society, who have already done so well over the past generation.

The value of public sector work One crucial source of strength in Australia’s labour market, and one that could be applied to even greater advantage in the years ahead, has been strong job creation in many public service industries. As indicated in Figure 3, over the past five years, public and human service sectors like healthcare, education, and public administration accounted for almost one-half of all net new jobs created in the Australian economy.

Considering that public sector jobs only make up 15 per cent of all employment, that is far-stronger job-creation than has occurred in the private sector.

Moreover, Commonwealth government forecasts indicate that this disproportionate role will continue: the Department of Jobs and Small Business indicates that new jobs in those public services will constitute 47 per cent of net new work in the next five years.

It’s no surprise why this is happening. Australians want and need more public services. And politicians, even those who traditionally decry so-called “big government”, are being forced to meet those needs.

Instead of seeing the growth of public service jobs as some kind of problem or drain, we should welcome the expansion of new work in sectors like education and healthcare. After all, these are highly productive jobs, and the workers performing them are very well-trained.

Census data indicates that 60 per cent of public sector workers hold a graduate diploma, bachelor’s degree, or post-graduate degree – twice as large as a proportion as in the private sector.

2. For more details, see the Centre for Future Work’s research symposium on the falling labour share of GDP, available at https://www.futurework.org.au/exploring_the_decline_in_the_labour_share_of_gdp.

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Getting Organised for 2019

A support package for

Electing union reps and OSH reps Establishing branches Joining union committees Nominating State Council delegates

Please retain this document. It contains important information relating to: establishing branches, nominations for branch positions, nominations for State Council, occupational safety and health and other significant union information.

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

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Building your union branch At the start of each year, union members at your worksite should meet to organise your branch of the SSTUWA. It is generally the responsibility of the previous year’s union representative to arrange this meeting.

The rep (or other member) should use the information in this document to build the worksite branch for 2019.

First days 1) Set up the union noticeboard.

2) Arrange to convene the initial union meeting, preferably during week one or two of 2019, or arrange to hold a ballot via email. (Note: all union members must be informed.)

Initial union meeting Materials for meeting: • The Nominations for branch office bearers form.

• Membership list.

• OSH rep update form.

• Getting Organised for 2019 (this document).

• Agenda, venue and time.

These materials were posted to your worksite, attention of the SSTUWA representative and the forms are also available online at sstuwa.org.au/go19 Meeting agenda

are included on page 18 of this document.

An OSH rep update form was included in the info pack posted to the SSTUWA representative at your worksite and is also available online at sstuwa.org.au/go19 3) Union communications •

•

Agree on and diarise future union meeting dates for the year.

•

Delegate a union noticeboard keeper.

After the meeting Important jobs to do as the 2019 union rep and/or deputy union rep: 1) Return the Nominations for branch office bearers form to the union office. You must return this form every school year. We recommend you return this form by Friday 8 March. You may also submit this form electronically via sstuwa.org.au/go19 2) Review and update your membership list, and email the amended list to membership@sstuwa.org.au 3) Meet with your worksite’s leader to: •

Advise the leader of the union branch officers election outcome.

•

Raise, discuss and/or negotiate any immediate union member issues.

•

Schedule future meeting times for each term (minimum of two is suggested).

•

Seek an agreement for union rep time.

1) Branch elections Conduct elections for branch positions and record the results on the Nominations for branch office bearers form. Refer to the box on the right of this page for role descriptors.

• Union rep • Deputy union rep • Treasurer • Secretary • Women’s contact officer • District Council delegate 2) Occupational safety and health (OSH) representative (two year role) Check whether your worksite has a currently elected OSH rep(s). If not, seek to identify staff members, preferably union members, to fill this role. The OSH rep position is a statutory role and must be open to all staff to nominate and subject to an election if required. Further details 2

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Agree on the regularity and forms of communication for union-related information within your worksite.

4) Contact your district organiser at the SSTUWA to touch base: call or email the office on (08) 9210 6000 or contact@sstuwa.org.au

Introduce yourself, outline your workplace issues, and/or invite your SSTUWA district organiser to visit your workplace.

5) Most importantly, register for union delegate training. Visit the training tab at sstuwa.org.au or call the Education and Training Centre on (08) 9210 6035.

Branch roles Union representative The main role is to be the first point of contact for members’ issues. The union rep may negotiate issues with management and assist with conflict resolution.

The rep is usually the first point of contact for union updates and responsible for distributing information to members.

Deputy union rep The deputy union rep assists the union rep to negotiate issues with management and assists with conflict resolution.

Treasurer The treasurer is responsible for claiming branch operating expenses.

They should complete the branch financial return form that was included in the info pack posted to your worksite (also available online at sstuwa.org.au/go19) Teachers Mutual Bank can establish an operating account for your branch with no account keeping fees. Call (08) 9421 8701 and visit tmbank.com.au Secretary The secretary records the items discussed at branch meetings and the outcomes/actions agreed to be taken by the branch.

Women’s contact officer The women’s contact officer works in conjunction with the union representative to encourage women’s involvement in union structures, disseminates information about women’s issues and gender equity, promotes women’s issues, and provides opportunities for women’s voices to be heard.

District Council delegate The District Council delegate represents the branch at District Council meetings. This is usually the union rep.

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Forms needed to build your branch Return by Friday 8 March Some brief paperwork is required of your branch at the start of 2019. The forms pictured below must be completed every school year.

Your worksite will receive a pack addressed to the SSTUWA representative containing these forms, and they may also be accessed and submitted online at sstuwa.org.au/go19

Please complete and return these forms by Friday 8 March.

1. Nominations for branch office bearers form

3. OSH representative update form

School code

Safety and health representative

Nominations for branch office bearers

Update 2019

Reference: Rule 21 Branches and Rule 33 Elections for office.

Branch/worksite:

Note:

If delegates are continuing in the same positions for 2019 simply tick and return this form to membership@sstuwa.org.au Tick if continuing in the same position

Position 2018 Delegate

2019 Delegate Name

All OSH reps should be listed, whether they are SSTUWA members, non-members or belong to another union. This information will help us when an OSH concern arises at your worksite and will also enable us to keep your representatives informed on OSH matters.

The position of occupational safety and health representative (OSH rep) is not a branch position. It is preferable that the representative is a union member but all staff, teaching and non-teaching, are eligible to nominate for this position.

Membership number

The SSTUWA is currently updating its OSH representative database for 2019 and it would be appreciated if you could fill in the information below so your worksite shows all your current OSH reps.

Union representative*

Note:

Deputy representative*

OSH reps are elected for a period of two years. After that time the election process needs to be repeated.

Secretary

If there are currently no elected OSH representatives at your workplace please return this form stating “no current rep”.

Treasurer

If you have no OSH rep consider initiating an election. See the supplement in the Western Teacher (January edition) or the OSH section of our website for details on the election process.

Women’s contact officer

Name

District council delegate

SSTUWA Date

Email

membership of election number

Union status

Non-union CPSU United Voice

OSH rep training required

*Rule 21 (a)(V): The positions of Union Representative and Union Deputy Representative shall not be held concurrently by the same person.

Recommended submission date: Friday 8 March 2019

2. Membership list update

Nominations close: 5pm, Friday 29 March 2018, late nominations will be endorsed by Executive.

I declare that the above financial members of the SSTUWA were duly elected at a branch meeting held according to SSTUWA Constitution, and have accepted their nominations.

4. Branch financial return form Worksite:

Name: _______________________________________________________ Membership Enquiry

Membership number: Date:___________________ 30 NOV 2017

Workplace 9999 Monkey Mia High SchoolDate: ___________________________________ Signature: ____________________________________________________ 180 Essex St MONKEY MIA membership@sstuwa.org.au WA 9210 6001

Email: Facsimile:

9948 9999 9948 9998 Member 0123456 0123457 0123458 0123459 0123460 0123461 0123462 0123463 0123464 0123465 0123466 0123467 0123468 0123469

First Name Margaret Dale Rebecca Adeline Helen Brian Archer Joycelin Allen Jeremy Lacey Lynn Caitlyn Michael

Code:

Should you have any enquiries regarding this matter, please contact the SSTUWA Occupational Safety and The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) Health Organiser on 9210 6000 or 1800 199 073.

Return this form with your branch office bearers nomination form Email: contact@sstuwa.org.au Fax: 9210 6001

6537

Surname Leonard Guereca Mola Lurz Brzycki Cranshaw Montrone Flinck Tilney Cezeaux Matsukata Schossberger Cruz Vetter

_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

Branch financial return and

1 West St, West Perth WA 6005 PO Box 212, West Perth WA 6872 (08) 9210 6000 | 1800 199 073 accounts@sstuwa.org.au | sstuwa.org.au ABN: 544 780 946 35

claim for operating expenses

Visit www.sstuwa.org.au for OSH rep info and training schedule for 2019.

Branch/worksite: Branch address:

Branch financial return: Funds

Office use only

Opening bank balance (as at 1 January)

__________________

Opening cash balance (as at 1 January)

__________________

Operating budget received

__________________

Other income

__________________

Total funds

__________________

Expenditure

(photocopying, bank fees, etc.)

Total expenditure

Closing balances

__________________

Closing bank balance (as at 31 December)

__________________

Closing cash balance (as at 31 December)

__________________

Claim for operating expenses

Where no branch bank account exists payment may be made to the branch treasurer or other nominated office bearer. If no details are entered a cheque will be made out to the branch.

Payment to branch:

by cheque

bank deposit

BSB: _________________A/C number: _________________ Bank:_______________ Account name__________________________________________________________ or Payment to office bearer:

by cheque

bank deposit

Office bearer name: _____________________________________________________

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

BSB: _________________A/C number: _________________ Bank:_______________

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Account name__________________________________________________________

Checked and payment arrangement authorised by: Form must be authorised by two office bearers

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Support for union reps Union reps play a vital leadership role at the workplace. The union rep is often the first point of contact for members in schools and TAFE colleges seeking information or advice about their working conditions or entitlements.

On receipt of the Nominations for branch office bearers form the union office will mail a union rep kit to your worksite’s elected representative. This introductory pack will enable the rep to establish themself in the workplace.

Schools: Union representative legislative rights and responsibility Teachers Award 1993 Clause 61 61. Union Facilities for Union Representatives (1) The Employer recognises the rights of the SSTUWA and PFWA to organise and represent its members.

(2) The Employer will recognise SSTUWA representatives and the members of the PFWA Council as the representatives of the PFWA and will allow them to carry out their roles and functions.

unreasonably affect the operation of the organisation and is in accordance with normal Departmental protocols. (c) A noticeboard for the display of Union materials including broadcast email facilities. (d) Paid access to periods of leave for the purpose of attending Union training courses in accordance with Clause 62. – Leave to Attend Union Business of the Award. Country representatives will be provided with appropriate travel time. (e) Notification of the commencement of new employees, and as part of their induction, time to discuss the benefits of Union membership with them.

Guidelines – Union Representative Time Allocation (Schools) Industrial Relations Advice Number 6 of 2009

(3) SSTUWA representatives in the Department have a legitimate role and function in assisting the SSTUWA in the tasks of recruitment, organising, communication and representing members’ interests in the workplace, Department and SSTUWA branch.

(4) The Employer recognises that, under the SSTUWA’s rules, SSTUWA representatives are members of a branch representing members within a SSTUWA electorate. A SSTUWA branch may cover more than one workplace.

(5) The SSTUWA will advise the Employer in writing of the names of the SSTUWA representatives in the Department.

(6) The Employer must recognise the authorisation of each the STTUWA and PFWA representatives in the Department and must provide them with the following. (a) Paid time off from normal duties to perform their functions as a Union representative such as organising, recruiting, individual grievance handling, collective bargaining, involvement in the branch and to attend Union business in accordance with this clause and the Department’s Industrial Relations Advice 6 of 2009. The Department will consult with the Unions regarding any proposed changes to this Industrial Relations Advice. (b) Access to facilities required for the purpose of carrying out their duties. Facilities may include but not be limited to, the use of filing cabinets, meeting rooms, telephones, fax, email, internet, photocopiers and stationery. Such access to facilities must not 4

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(f) Access to awards, agreements, policies and procedures. (g) The names of any Equal Employment Opportunity and Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare representatives.

(7) The Employer recognises that it is paramount that Union representatives in the workplace are not threatened or disadvantaged in any way as a result of their role as a Union representative.

TAFE: Union representative facilities TAFE General Agreement 2017 Clause 85 85. Union Facilities for Union Representatives 1 The Managing Directors recognise the rights of the Union to organise and represent its members. Union representatives in Colleges have a legitimate role and function in assisting the Union in the tasks of recruitment, organising, communication and representing members’ interests in the workplace, at the College and on Union committees.

2 The Managing Directors recognises that, under the Union’s rules, Union representatives represent members in a branch, which may cover one or more workplaces or may cover part of a workplace.

3 The Managing Directors recognises that, under the Union’s rules, a TAFE Committee representative represents members in a branch at the TAFE Committee.

4 The Managing Directors will recognise Union representatives in Colleges and will allow them to carry out their role and functions.

5 The Union will advise the employer in writing of the names of the Union representatives in the College.

6 The Managing Directors shall recognise the authorisation of each Union representative in the College and shall provide them with the following:

(a) Paid time off from normal duties to perform their functions as a Union representative such as organising, recruiting, individual grievance handling, collective bargaining, involvement on Union committees and to attend Union business in accordance with Clause 65 Leave to Attend Union Business of this Agreement. (b) Access to facilities required for the purpose of carrying out their duties. Facilities may include but not be limited to, the use of filing cabinets, meeting rooms, telephones, fax, email, internet, photocopiers and stationery. Such access to facilities shall not unreasonably affect the operation of the organisation and shall be in accordance with normal College protocols. (c) A noticeboard for the display of Union materials including broadcast email facilities. (d) Paid access to periods of leave for the purpose of attending Union training courses in accordance with Clause 66 - Trade Union Training Leave of this Agreement. Country representatives will be provided with appropriate travel time. (e) Notification of the commencement of new employees, and as part of their induction, provide time for the Union representative to discuss the benefits of Union membership with them. (f) Access to awards, agreements, policies and procedures. (g) Access to information on matters affecting employees in accordance with Clause 11 – College Consultation and Clause 14 – Notification of Change of this Agreement. (h) The names of any Equal Employment Opportunity and Safety and Health representatives.

7 The employer recognises that it is paramount that Union representatives in the workplace are not threatened or disadvantaged in any way as a result of their role as a Union representative.

Every school/college has a designated organiser to support union reps and members with managing school/branch matters. Find your workplace’s organiser on page nine. From left: Natalie Swinbourn, Antony Pearson, Cathy Smith, Sally Dennis, Robyn Parker and Frank Herzog. Not pictured: Ian Daw, Kim Dullard (school leaders), Ramona Mitussis (TAFE).

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State Council Conference elections

2019 SSTUWA State Council/AEU WA Branch Council dates: 14/15 June and 15/16 November The decision making structures of the SSTUWA and the AEU WA Branch now reflect each other.

is in the interests of the branches to encourage members of their branch to nominate to ensure branch views are heard.

Persons elected to the AEU WA Branch Senior Officer, Executive and Branch Council positions are deemed to be elected to the corresponding positions within the SSTUWA.

Branches may forward motions to State Council Conference.

Closing dates for motions to State Council Conference is determined by Executive and published in the Western Teacher.

For State Council Conference delegates, the equivalent position in the AEU WA Branch is Branch Councillor. Delegates elected as AEU WA Branch Councillors will be deemed to be SSTUWA State Council Conference delegates.

State Council is held twice a year in Term 2 and Term 4.

Elections will be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in accordance with the rules of the AEU WA Branch.

Please refer to the election notice on page seven of this document and the nomination form on page eight. Nomination forms are also available from the AEC, the SSTUWA office and the SSTUWA website.

SSTUWA structure The SSTUWA, which was founded in 1898, has more than 17,000 members making it one of the largest public sector unions and one of the oldest white collar unions in Western Australia.

The foundation of the SSTUWA is you – the membership.

It is important to remember that nominees and their proposers and seconders must be financial members of the SSTUWA and attached to the district for which representation is being sought. It is therefore critical that prospective candidates are aware of which district they belong to.

A list of districts together with the worksites contained within each state electorate may be found on pages 10 – 15 of this document.

Districts changed at the start of 2017 due to a realignment of state electoral boundaries. In some instances electorate names have remained but boundaries have changed.

Members are advised to check the list of worksites to determine their district, and to be aware that it may have changed in 2017.

State Council Conference Any member may nominate as a delegate to State Council Conference. Such delegates represent the district.

Branches are not required to endorse nominations; however, it

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Australian Education Union Western Australian Branch

ELECTION NOTICE - E2018/161 Scheduled Election

Nominations are called for: District of Belmont - Branch Council (6) District of Bunbury - Branch Council (9) District of Butler - Branch Council (9) District of Fremantle - Branch Council (7) District of Goldfields - Branch Council (7) District of Hillarys - Branch Council (8) District of Jandakot - Branch Council (7)

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

District of Kalamunda - Branch Council (8) District of Kimberley - Pilbara - Branch Council (10) District of Maylands - Branch Council (6) District of Moore - Branch Council (9) District of Morley - Branch Council (7) District of Murray - Branch Council (7) District of Perth - Branch Council (8)

Lodging Nominations Nominations open on 04/02/2019 and must reach the Returning Officer, Amber Cooper not later than 12:00pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) on 25/02/2019.

District of Riverton - Branch Council (9) District of Rockingham - Branch Council (13) District of Scarborough - Branch Council (6) District of Stirling - Branch Council (6) District of Swan - Branch Council (9) District of Victoria Park - Branch Council (7)

Acknowledgment You will be sent an acknowledgment of receipt of your nomination by Email.

Additional forms are available from the Returning Officer.

Withdrawing Nominations Nominations cannot be withdrawn after 12:00pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) on 25/02/2019.

Prospective candidates and nominators should verify their financial status and any other qualifications required by the Organisation's rules prior to lodging nominations.

Voting Period

Nominations must reach the Returning Officer via the lodgement method(s) stipulated below not later than 12:00pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) on 25/02/2019.

How to lodge nominations, nominations must be lodged via the following method(s):

By Post: Amber Cooper, Returning Officer, AEC, GPO BOX A16 PERTH WA 6001

By Hand: Returning Officer, AEC, Level 13, 200 St Georges Terrace PERTH 6000

By Fax: 02 6215 9908

By Email: A properly completed nomination form including all necessary signatures and attachments may be scanned and submitted as a pdf file to waelections@aec.gov.au PLEASE NOTE: 1.

Emails to the AEC inbox that appear to be spam may be blocked. It is the responsibility of senders to ensure that their email reaches the AEC before the deadline for nominations.

2.

In order to be able to be received by the AEC, emails (including attachments) should be no greater than 6 MB in size.

3.

You may call 08 6363 8011 to enquire about the status of your nomination.

The ballot, if required, will open on 18/03/2019 and close at 12:00pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) on 15/04/2019.

Scrutineers The appointment of scrutineers closes 12:00pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) on 15/04/2019. A form is available from the Returning Officer for the purposes of appointing Scrutineers.

Other Information Changed Address? Advise the Organisation now.

PLEASE NOTE: • It is your responsibility to ensure that your nomination is received by the Returning Officer BEFORE nominations close. • A copy of the AEC's election report can be obtained from the Organisation or from the Returning Officer after the completion of the election.

Amber Cooper Returning Officer Telephone: 08 6363 8011 Email: waelections@aec.gov.au 04/02/2019

2019 SSTUWA State Council/AEU WA Branch Council dates: 14/15 June and 15/16 November

Nomination Form Australian Education Union - Western Australian Branch Scheduled Election E2018/161 CANDIDATE:

Full Name (Print clearly)

Membership Number: (Print clearly)

For the office of:

(Print name of office as shown in the Election Notice)

Location:

(Branch/Sub-Branch/Division/Electorate)

Name for ballot paper:

Print your name as you wish it to appear on the ballot paper

Nominator/s I/We, the undersigned members of the Western Australian Branch, nominate the person named above: NOMINATORS

Full Name (Print clearly)

Membership SIGNATURE Number

DATE __ /__ /____ __ /__ /____ __ /__ /____

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Page 1 of 2 *Refer to previous page and sstuwa.org.au/go19 for the notes accompanying the nomination form (page 2 of 2).

District structure and organisers 2019 SSTUWA/AEU WA Branch

Find your SSTUWA/AEU WA Branch district below by locating the electorate of your workplace. (Casual members should locate the electorate of their home address.) Ensure you nominate for the correct district by also locating your workplace within the list on pages 10-15.

Every school/college has a designated organiser to support union reps and members with managing school/branch matters. Find your district’s organiser below.

District 1 - Belmont

Electorates: Bassendean, Belmont, Forrestfield Union organiser: Antony Pearson

District 9 - Kimberley-Pilbara

Electorates: Kimberley (FH), North West Central (RP & AP), Pilbara (RP) Union organisers: Frank Herzog (FH), Robyn Parker (RP) & Antony Pearson (AP)

District 2 - Bunbury

Electorates: Bunbury, Collie-Preston, Vasse Union organiser: Sally Dennis

District 3 - Butler

Electorates: Burns Beach, Butler, Joondalup Union organiser: Sally Dennis

District 4 - Fremantle

Electorates: Bicton, Fremantle, Willagee Union organiser: Ian Daw

District 5 - Goldfields

Electorates: Kalgoorlie (NS), Roe (CS) Union organisers: Natalie Swinbourn (NS), & Cathy Smith (CS)

District 6 - Hillarys

Electorates: Hillarys, Kingsley, Wanneroo Union organiser: Cathy Smith

District 7 - Jandakot

Electorates: Cockburn, Jandakot, Southern River Union organiser: Ian Daw

District 8 - Kalamunda

Electorates: Armadale, Darling Range, Kalamunda Union organiser: Robyn Parker

District 10 - Maylands

Electorates: Balcatta, Maylands, Mount Lawley Union organiser: Natalie Swinbourn

District 16 - Rockingham

Electorates: Baldivis, Kwinana, Rockingham, Warnbro Union organiser: Natalie Swinbourn

District 17 - Scarborough

Electorates: Carine, Churchlands, Scarborough Union organiser: Cathy Smith

District 18 - Stirling District 11 - Moore

Electorates: Central Wheatbelt (RP), Geraldton (AP), Moore (AP) Union organisers: Robyn Parker (RP) & Antony Pearson (AP)

District 12 - Morley

Electorates: Girrawheen, Mirrabooka, Morley Union organisers: Cathy Smith

District 13 - Murray

Electorates: Dawesville, Mandurah, Murray-Wellington Union organiser: Sally Dennis

District 14 - Perth

Electorates: Cottesloe, Nedlands, Perth Union organiser: Sally Dennis

District 15 - Riverton

Electorates: Bateman, Riverton, Thornlie Union organiser: Natalie Swinbourn

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

Electorates: Albany, Warren-Blackwood Union organiser: Ian Daw

District 19 - Swan

Electorates: Midland, Swan Hills, West Swan Union organiser: Antony Pearson

District 20 - Victoria Park

Electorates: Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park Union organiser: Ian Daw

School leaders

Electorates: State-wide Union organiser: Kim Dullard

TAFE

Electorates: State-wide Union organiser: Ramona Mitussis Contact your SSTUWA district organiser: 9210 6000 | contact@sstuwa.org.au

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District 1 – Belmont

Electorates: Bassendean, Belmont, Forrestfield

Bassendean

Anzac Terrace Primary School Ashfield Primary School Bassendean Primary School Beechboro Primary School Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Education Support Centre East Beechboro Primary School Eden Hill Primary School Hampton Senior High School Kiara College Lockridge Primary School North Metro Local Education Office Reid Street Engagement Centre West Beechboro Primary School

Belmont

Belmay Primary School Belmont City College Belmont Primary School Carlisle Primary School Cloverdale Education Support Centre Cloverdale Primary School Kewdale Primary School Redcliffe Primary School Rivervale Primary School South East Metropolitan Language Development Centre

Forrestfield

Darling Range Sports College Dawson Park Primary School East Kenwick Primary School Edney Primary School Forrestfield Primary School High Wycombe Primary School Kenwick School Maida Vale Primary School Orange Grove Primary School Wattle Grove Primary School Woodlupine Primary School

District 2 – Bunbury

Electorates: Bunbury, Collie-Preston, Vasse

Bunbury

Adam Road Primary School Bunbury Primary School Bunbury Senior High School Carey Park Primary School College Row School Cooinda Primary School Dalyellup College Dalyellup Primary School Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School Greater Bunbury Engagement Centre Maidens Park Primary School Manea Senior College Newton Moore Education Support Centre Newton Moore Senior High School 10

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Picton Primary School South Bunbury Education Support Centre South Bunbury Primary School South Regional TAFE - Bunbury Southwest Regional Education Office Tuart Forest Primary School

Collie-Preston

Merriwa Primary School Quinns Beach Primary School Quinns Rocks Primary School Two Rocks Primary School Yanchep Beach Primary School Yanchep Lagoon Primary School Yanchep Secondary College

Allanson Primary School Amaroo Primary School Australind Primary School Australind Senior High School Balingup Primary School Boyanup Primary School Capel Primary School Clifton Park Primary School Collie Senior High School Dardanup Primary School Donnybrook District High School Eaton Community College Eaton Primary School Fairview Primary School Glen Huon Primary School Kirup Primary School River Valley Primary School South Regional TAFE - Collie Wilson Park Primary School

Joondalup

Vasse

Electorates: Bicton, Fremantle, Willagee

Busselton Primary School Busselton Senior High School Cape Naturaliste College Cowaramup Primary School Dunsborough Primary School Geographe Education Support Centre Geographe Primary School South Regional TAFE - Busselton Vasse Primary School West Busselton Primary School

District 3 – Butler

Electorates: Burns Beach, Butler, Joondalup

Burns Beach

Clarkson Community High School Clarkson Engagement Centre Clarkson Primary School Currambine Primary School Joondalup Education Support Centre Joondalup Primary School Kinross College Kinross Primary School Mindarie Primary School Mindarie Senior College North Metropolitan TAFE - Clarkson Somerly Primary School

Butler

Alkimos Beach Primary School Alkimos Primary School Butler College Butler Primary School East Butler Primary School John Butler Primary College Merriwa Education Support Centre

Beaumaris Primary School Beldon Education Support Centre Beldon Primary School Belridge Secondary College Belridge Secondary Education Support Centre Connolly Primary School Eddystone Primary School Edgewater Primary School Heathridge Primary School Mullaloo Beach Primary School Mullaloo Heights Primary School North Metropolitan TAFE - Kendrew North Metropolitan TAFE - McLarty Ocean Reef Primary School Ocean Reef Senior High School Poseidon Primary School

District 4 – Fremantle Bicton

Attadale Primary School Bicton Primary School Melville Primary School Melville Senior High School Palmyra Primary School Richmond Primary School

Fremantle

Beaconsfield Primary School East Fremantle Primary School East Hamilton Hill Primary School Fremantle College Fremantle Primary School Hilton Primary School John Curtin College Of The Arts Phoenix Primary School South Metro Education Regional Office South Metropolitan TAFE - Beaconsfield South Metropolitan TAFE - Maritime Southwell Primary School Spearwood Primary School White Gum Valley Primary School Winterfold Primary School

Willagee

Bibra Lake Primary School Caralee Community School Coolbellup Community School Coolbellup Learning Centre Fremantle Language Development Centre Kardinya Primary School Lakeland Senior High School North Lake Senior Campus Samson Primary School South Lake Primary School South Metropolitan TAFE - Murdoch

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

District 5 – Goldfields Electorates: Kalgoorlie, Roe

Kalgoorlie

Boulder Primary School Central Regional TAFE - Kalgoorlie Coolgardie Primary School East Kalgoorlie Primary School Eastern Goldfields College Eastern Goldfields Education Support Centre Goldfields Behaviour Centre Goldfields Education Regional Office Goldfields Engagement Centre Hannans Primary School Kalgoorlie Primary School Kalgoorlie School of the Air Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School Kambalda Primary School Kambalda West District High School Laverton School Leinster Community School Leonora District High School Menzies Community School Mount Margaret Remote Community School Ngaanyatjarra Lands School Norseman District High School North Kalgoorlie Primary School O’Connor Education Support Centre O’Connor Primary School South Kalgoorlie Primary School Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School

Roe

Borden Primary School Braeside Primary School Broomehill Primary School Cascade Primary School Castletown Primary School Condingup Primary School Cranbrook Primary School Darkan Primary School Dumbleyung Primary School East Narrogin Primary School Esperance Local Education Office Esperance Primary School Esperance Senior High School Esperance Senior High School Education Support Centre Frankland River Primary School Gnowangerup District High School Hopetoun Primary School Jerdacuttup Primary School Katanning Primary School Katanning Senior High School Kojonup District High School Kukerin Primary School Kulin District High School Lake Grace District High School Lake King Primary School Munglinup Primary School Narrogin Local Education Office Narrogin Primary School

Narrogin Senior High School Newdegate Primary School Nulsen Primary School Nyabing Primary School Ongerup Primary School Pingrup Primary School Ravensthorpe District High School Salmon Gums Primary School Scaddan Primary School South Regional TAFE - Esperance South Regional TAFE - Katanning South Regional TAFE - Narrogin Tambellup Primary School WA College of Agriculture - Narrogin Wagin District High School Wickepin Primary School Williams Primary School Woodanilling Primary School Yealering Primary School

District 6 – Hillarys Electorates: Hillarys, Kingsley, Wanneroo

Hillarys

Bambara Primary School Craigie Heights Primary School Hillarys Primary School Padbury Primary School School of Special Education Needs: Behaviour and Engagement School of Special Education Needs: Disability School of Special Education Needs: Sensory Sorrento Primary School South Padbury Primary School Springfield Primary School West Coast Language Development Centre

Kingsley

Creaney Education Support Centre Creaney Primary School Dalmain Primary School Goollelal Primary School Greenwood College Greenwood Primary School Halidon Primary School Hawker Park Primary School North Woodvale Primary School Warwick Senior High School West Coast Secondary Education Support Centre West Greenwood Primary School Woodvale Primary School Woodvale Secondary College

Wanneroo

Carramar Primary School East Wanneroo Primary School Hocking Primary School Pearsall Primary School Spring Hill Primary School Tapping Primary School Wanneroo Primary School Wanneroo Secondary College

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

District 7 – Jandakot Electorates: Cockburn, Jandakot, Southern River

Cockburn

Beeliar Primary School Coogee Primary School Jandakot Primary School Newton Primary School South Coogee Primary School South Metropolitan TAFE - Munster Spearwood Alternative School Success Primary School Yangebup Primary School

Jandakot

Aspiri Primary School Banksia Park Primary School Canning Vale Education Support Centre Canning Vale Primary School Forrestdale Primary School Harrisdale Primary School Harrisdale Senior High School Leeming Primary School Leeming Senior High School Leeming Senior High School Education Support Centre Piara Waters Primary School Ranford Primary School South Metropolitan TAFE - Jandakot West Leeming Primary School

Southern River

Ashburton Drive Primary School Bletchley Park Primary School Caladenia Primary School Campbell Primary School Canning Vale College Excelsior Primary School Huntingdale Primary School Seaforth Primary School Southern Grove Primary School Southern River College

District 8 – Kalamunda Electorates: Armadale, Darling Range, Kalamunda

Armadale

Armadale Education Support Centre Armadale Senior High School Cecil Andrews College Challis Community Primary School Grovelands Primary School Gwynne Park Education Support Centre Gwynne Park Primary School Kelmscott Primary School Kelmscott Senior High School Kingsley Primary School Neerigen Brook Primary School Seville Drive Engagement Centre South Metropolitan TAFE - Armadale Westfield Park Primary School Willandra Primary School Getting Organised January 2019

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Darling Range

Armadale Primary School Byford Primary School Byford Secondary College Clifton Hills Primary School Jarrahdale Primary School Marri Grove Primary School Mundijong Primary School Pickering Brook Primary School Roleystone Community College Serpentine Primary School West Byford Primary School Woodland Grove Primary School

Kalamunda

Darlington Primary School Falls Road Primary School Glen Forrest Primary School Gooseberry Hill Primary School Kalamunda Primary Education Support Centre Kalamunda Primary School Kalamunda Senior High School Kalamunda Senior High School Education Support Centre Lesmurdie Primary School Lesmurdie Senior High School Mundaring Primary School Parkerville Primary School Walliston Primary School

District 9 – Kimberley-Pilbara Electorates: Kimberley, North West Central, Pilbara

Kimberley

Bayulu Remote Community School Broome North Primary School Broome Primary School Broome Senior High School Cable Beach Primary School Dawul Remote Community School Derby District High School Djugerari Remote Community School Fitzroy Valley District High School Halls Creek District High School Jungdranung Remote Community School Kalumburu Remote Community School Kimberley Education Regional Office Kimberley Engagement Centre Kimberley School of The Air Kununurra District High School La Grange Remote Community School Looma Remote Community School Muludja Remote Community School Ngalapita Remote Community School North Regional TAFE - Broome North Regional TAFE - Derby North Regional TAFE - Halls Creek North Regional TAFE - Kununurra North Regional TAFE - Wyndham One Arm Point Remote Community School Roebuck Primary School Wananami Remote Community School Wangkatjungka Remote Community School Wyndham District High School 12

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North West Central

Blackstone Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Burringurrah Remote Community School Carnarvon Community College (Cleaver St) Carnarvon Community College (Marmion St) Carnarvon School Of The Air Central Regional TAFE - Carnarvon Cue Primary School Exmouth District High School Gascoyne Junction Remote Community School Jameson Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Kiwirrkurra Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Meekatharra District High School Mount Magnet District High School North Tom Price Primary School Onslow Primary School Pannawonica Primary School Paraburdoo Primary School Pia Wadjarri Remote Community School Shark Bay School Tjirrkarli Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Tjukurla Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Tom Price Primary School Tom Price Senior High School Useless Loop Primary School Wanarn Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Warakurna Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Warburton Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Wiluna Remote Community School Wingellina Campus (Ngaanyatjarra Lands School) Yalgoo Primary School Yulga Jinna Remote Community School

Pilbara

Baler Primary School Baynton West Primary School Cassia Education Support Centre Cassia Primary School Christmas Island District High School Cocos Islands District High School Dampier Primary School Hedland Senior High School Jigalong Remote Community School Karratha Primary School Karratha Senior High School Marble Bar Primary School Millars Well Primary School Newman Primary School Newman Senior High School North Regional TAFE - Karratha North Regional TAFE - Newman North Regional TAFE - Pundulmurra North Regional TAFE - Roebourne Nullagine Primary School

Pegs Creek Primary School Pilbara Education Regional Office Pilbara Engagement Centre Pilbara Secondary Behaviour Centre Port Hedland Primary School Port Hedland School Of The Air Roebourne District High School South Hedland Primary School South Newman Primary School Tambrey Primary School Wickham Primary School Yandeyarra Remote Community School

District 10 – Maylands

Electorates: Balcatta, Maylands, Mount Lawley

Balcatta

Balcatta Primary School Balcatta Senior High School East Hamersley Primary School Glendale Primary School North Metropolitan Regional Education Office Osborne Primary School Takari Primary School Tuart College Tuart Hill Primary School West Balcatta Primary School

Maylands

Bayswater Primary School Durham Road School Embleton Primary School Hillcrest Primary School Inglewood Primary School Instrumental Music School Services John Forrest Secondary College Maylands Peninsula Primary School

Mount Lawley

Coolbinia Primary School Mount Lawley Primary School Mount Lawley Senior High School North East Metropolitan Language Development Centre North Metropolitan TAFE - Mount Lawley Sir David Brand School Sutherland Dianella Primary School West Morley Primary School Yokine Primary School

District 11 – Moore

Electorates: Central Wheatbelt, Geraldton, Moore

Central Wheatbelt

Avonvale Education Support Centre Avonvale Primary School Babakin Primary School Bakers Hill Primary School Beacon Primary School Bencubbin Primary School Beverley District High School Boddington District High School Brookton District High School

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

Bruce Rock District High School Cadoux Primary School Central Regional TAFE - Merredin Central Regional TAFE - Northam Corrigin District High School Cunderdin District High School Dowerin District High School Goomalling Primary School Hyden Primary School Kellerberrin District High School Kondinin Primary School Koorda Primary School Meckering Primary School Merredin College Moorine Rock Primary School Mukinbudin District High School Narembeen District High School Northam Primary School Northam Senior High School Nungarin Primary School Pingelly Primary School Quairading District High School Southern Cross District High School Tammin Primary School Trayning Primary School WA College of Agriculture - Cunderdin Wandering Primary School West Northam Primary School Wheatbelt Education Regional Office Wheatbelt Engagement Centre Wongan Hills District High School Wundowie Primary School Wyalkatchem District High School York District High School

Geraldton

Allendale Primary School Beachlands Primary School Bluff Point Primary School Central Regional TAFE - Geraldton Geraldton Primary School Geraldton Senior College Holland Street School John Willcock College Meekatharra School Of The Air Midwest Engagement Centre Mount Tarcoola Primary School Rangeway Primary School Waggrakine Primary School Walkaway Primary School Wandina Primary School

Moore

Badgingarra Primary School Bindoon Primary School Binnu Primary School Bolgart Primary School Calingiri Primary School Carnamah District High School Central Midlands Senior High School Central Regional TAFE - Moora Cervantes Primary School Chapman Valley Primary School Coorow Primary School Dalwallinu District High School Dandaragan Primary School

Dongara District High School Eneabba Primary School Gingin District High School Jurien Bay District High School Kalannie Primary School Kalbarri District High School Lancelin Primary School Leeman Primary School Miling Primary School Mingenew Primary School Moora Primary School Morawa District High School Mullewa District High School Northampton District High School Perenjori Primary School Three Springs Primary School Toodyay District High School WA College of Agriculture - Morawa Watheroo Primary School Yerecoin Primary School Yuna Primary School

Morley Primary School Morley Senior High School Nollamara Primary School Noranda Primary School North Morley Primary School Weld Square Primary School

District 12 – Morley

Mandurah

Electorates: Girrawheen, Mirrabooka, Morley

Girrawheen

Ashdale Primary School Ashdale Secondary College Carnaby Rise Primary School Girrawheen Senior High School Hudson Park Primary School Landsdale Primary School Madeley Primary School Marangaroo Primary School Rawlinson Primary School Roseworth Education Support Centre Roseworth Primary School

Mirrabooka

Alinjarra Primary School Balga Primary School Balga Senior High School Boyare Primary School Burbridge School Dryandra Primary School Gladys Newton School Illawarra Primary School Koondoola Primary School North Balga Primary School North Metropolitan TAFE - Balga Redcliffe Avenue Engagement Centre Waddington Primary School Warriapendi Primary School Westminster Education Support Centre Westminster Junior Primary School Westminster Primary School

Morley

Camboon Primary School Dianella Heights Primary School Dianella Primary College Dianella Secondary College Dianella Secondary College Education Support Centre Hampton Park Primary School

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

District 13 – Murray

Electorates: Dawesville, Mandurah, Murray-Wellington

Dawesville

Dudley Park Primary School Falcon Primary School Glencoe Primary School Halls Head College Halls Head College Education Support Centre Halls Head Primary School Ocean Road Primary School South Halls Head Primary School Coastal Lakes College Coodanup College Greenfields Primary School John Tonkin College John Tonkin College Education Support Centre Lakelands Primary School Mandurah Local Education Office Mandurah Primary School Meadow Springs Education Support Centre Meadow Springs Primary School North Mandurah Primary School Oakwood Primary School Riverside Education Support Centre Riverside Primary School South Metropolitan TAFE - Peel

Murray-Wellington

Brunswick Junction Primary School Carcoola Primary School Dwellingup Primary School Harvey Primary School Harvey Senior High School Kingston Primary School North Dandalup Primary School Parkfield Primary School Pinjarra Primary School Pinjarra Senior High School Treendale Primary School WA College of Agriculture - Harvey Waroona District High School Yarloop Primary School

District 14 – Perth Electorates: Cottesloe, Nedlands, Perth

Cottesloe

Cottesloe Primary School Freshwater Bay Primary School Mosman Park Primary School Mosman Park School For Deaf Children Mount Claremont Primary School North Cottesloe Primary School Getting Organised January 2019

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North Fremantle Primary School Swanbourne Primary School

South Metropolitan TAFE - Rockingham

Thornlie

Dalkeith Primary School Hollywood Primary School Jolimont Primary School Nedlands Primary School North Metropolitan TAFE - Oral Health Perth Modern School Rosalie Primary School School of Special Education Needs: Medical & Mental Health Shenton College Shenton College Deaf Education Centre Subiaco Primary School

Bramfield Park Primary School Dellar Road Engagement Centre East Maddington Primary School Forest Crescent Primary School Gosnells Primary School Maddington Education Support Centre Maddington Primary School South Metropolitan TAFE - Thornlie South Thornlie Primary School Thornlie Primary School Thornlie Senior High School Wirrabirra Education Support Centre Wirrabirra Primary School Yale Primary School Yule Brook College

Perth

District 16 – Rockingham

Nedlands

Central & District Staff Head Office Early Childhood C-/ Department of Education Highgate Primary School Kyilla Primary School Mount Hawthorn Education Support Centre Mount Hawthorn Primary School North Metropolitan TAFE - 12 Aberdeen North Metropolitan TAFE - 19 Aberdeen North Metropolitan TAFE - 25 Aberdeen North Metropolitan TAFE - 30 Aberdeen North Metropolitan TAFE - East Perth North Metropolitan TAFE - Leederville North Perth Primary School School of Isolated & Distance Education Secondary Staffing Department of Education

District 15 – Riverton Electorates: Bateman, Riverton, Thornlie

Bateman

Applecross Primary School Applecross Senior High School Ardross Primary School Bateman Primary School Booragoon Primary School Brentwood Primary School Mount Pleasant Primary School Winthrop Primary School

Riverton

Bull Creek Primary School Burrendah Primary School Castlereagh School Oberthur Primary School Riverton Education Support Centre Riverton Primary School Rossmoyne Primary School Rossmoyne Senior High School Rostrata Primary School Shelley Primary School Willetton Primary School Willetton Senior High School 14

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Electorates: Baldivis, Kwinana, Rockingham, Warnbro

Baldivis

Baldivis Primary School Baldivis Secondary College Bertram Primary School Makybe Rise Primary School Rivergums Primary School Settlers Primary School Tuart Rise Primary School Waikiki Primary School Wellard Primary School

Kwinana

Atwell College Atwell Primary School Aubin Grove Primary School Calista Primary School Gilmore College Hammond Park Primary School Harmony Primary School Honeywood Primary School Leda Education Support Centre Leda Primary School Medina Primary School North Parmelia Primary School Orelia Primary School Ridge View Secondary College South Metropolitan TAFE - Henderson South Metropolitan TAFE - Kwinana

Rockingham

Benjamin Way Engagement Centre Bungaree Primary School Charthouse Primary School Cooloongup Primary School East Waikiki Primary School Hillman Primary School Malibu School Rockingham Beach Education Support Centre Rockingham Beach Primary School Rockingham Senior High School Rockingham Senior High School Education Support Centre Safety Bay Primary School Safety Bay Senior High School

Warnbro

Baldivis Gardens Primary School Comet Bay College Comet Bay Primary School Endeavour Education Support Centre Endeavour Primary School Golden Bay Primary School Koorana Education Support Centre Koorana Primary School Peel Language Development School Port Kennedy Primary School Rockingham Lakes Primary School Secret Harbour Primary School Singleton Primary School Warnbro Community High School Warnbro Community High School Education Support Centre Warnbro Primary School

District 17 – Scarborough Electorates: Carine, Churchlands, Scarborough

Carine

Carine Primary School Carine Senior High School Davallia Primary School Duncraig Primary School Duncraig Senior High School Glengarry Primary School Karrinyup Primary School Marmion Primary School North Beach Primary School Poynter Primary School

Churchlands

Churchlands Primary School Churchlands Senior High School City Beach Primary School Floreat Park Primary School Kapinara Primary School Lake Monger Primary School Wembley Downs Primary School Wembley Primary School West Leederville Primary School Woodlands Primary School

Scarborough

Deanmore Primary School Doubleview Primary School Lake Gwelup Primary School Newborough Primary School Scarborough Primary School Yuluma Primary School

District 18 – Stirling

Electorates: Albany, Warren-Blackwood

Albany

Albany Local Education Office Albany Primary School Albany Secondary Education Support Centre Albany Senior High School Bremer Bay Primary School

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

Flinders Park Primary School Gairdner Primary School Great Southern Engagement Centre Jerramungup District High School Little Grove Primary School Mount Lockyer Primary School Mount Manypeaks Primary School North Albany Senior High School South Regional TAFE - Albany South Stirling Primary School Spencer Park Education Support Centre Spencer Park Primary School Wellstead Primary School Yakamia Primary School

Aveley Secondary College Bullsbrook College Chidlow Primary School Eastern Hills Senior High School Ellen Stirling Primary School Ellenbrook Primary School Ellenbrook Secondary College Gidgegannup Primary School Malvern Springs Primary School Mount Helena Primary School Sawyers Valley Primary School Upper Swan Primary School Wooroloo Primary School

Warren-Blackwood

Ballajura Community College Ballajura Primary School Banksia Grove Primary School Caversham Primary School Grandis Primary School Herne Hill Primary School Joseph Banks Secondary College South Ballajura Education Support Centre South Ballajura Primary School

Augusta Primary School Boyup Brook District High School Bridgetown High School Bridgetown Primary School Denmark Primary School Denmark Senior High School East Manjimup Primary School Greenbushes Primary School Karridale Primary School Kendenup Primary School Manjimup Education Support Centre Manjimup Local Education Office Manjimup Primary School Manjimup Senior High School Margaret River Primary School Margaret River Senior High School Mount Barker Community College Nannup District High School Northcliffe District High School Pemberton District High School Rapids Landing Primary School South Regional TAFE - Manjimup South Regional TAFE - Margaret River WA College of Agriculture - Denmark Walpole Primary School

West Swan

District 20 – Victoria Park

Electorates: Cannington, South Perth, Victoria Park

Cannington

Bannister Creek Primary School Beckenham Primary School Brookman Primary School Cannington Community College Cannington Community Education

Support Centre Gibbs Street Primary School Lynwood Senior High School Parkwood Primary School Queens Park Primary School Sevenoaks Senior College

South Perth

Collier Primary School Como Primary School Como Secondary College Curtin Primary School Kensington Primary School Kensington Secondary School Kent Street Senior High School Manning Primary School South Perth Primary School

Victoria Park

Bentley Primary School Canning College Carson Street School East Victoria Park Education Support Centre East Victoria Park Primary School Lathlain Primary School Millen Primary School South Metropolitan TAFE - Bentley South Metropolitan TAFE - Carlisle Victoria Park Primary School Wilson Primary School You can also find your district online.

Visit sstuwa.org.au/findmydistrict

District 19 – Swan

Electorates: Midland, Swan Hills, West Swan

Midland

Clayton View Primary School Governor Stirling Senior High School Greenmount Primary School Guildford Primary School Helena Valley Primary School Middle Swan Primary School Midland Learning Academy Midvale Primary School Moorditj Noongar Community College North Metropolitan TAFE - Midland Swan View Primary School Swan View Senior High School Woodbridge Primary School

Swan Hills

Anne Hamersley Primary School Arbor Grove Primary School Aveley North Primary School Aveley Primary School Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

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SSTUWA committee nominations Closing date: Thursday 28 February 2019 Nominations are called for the following committees for 2019: •

Aboriginal Education Committee

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Country Matters Working Party Committee

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Early Childhood Educators Committee

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International Committee

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LGBTIQ Committee

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New Educators Committee

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School Leaders Committee

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School Psychology Services Committee

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Women’s Committee

5. Evaluate SSTUWA rules, policies and other positions as examples of “best practice”.

6. Consider and make recommendations on matters referred by the Administrative Committee and Executive.

7. Make recommendations to Executive on matters considered by the committee.

Nominations are called for TAFE Committee Branch Representatives for 2019 Branch representatives of the TAFE Committee should be nominated by TAFE branches during the first branch meeting of the calendar year, which must be held before the end of February.

Members from all sectors are invited to nominate and, as an affirmative action strategy, equal representation of male and female delegates will be ensured as far as possible.

The committees generally meet at least once a term. The term of office is 12 months and will end on completion of the 2020 committee elections.

The terms of reference of the committees, as endorsed by Executive, are as follow: 1. Review and revise relevant union policy.

2. Assist in the formulation of position papers.

Please note: Where there is only one nomination, the branch needs to endorse the member as the TAFE Committee Branch Representative for 2019. Where there is more than one nomination, the members’ names should be forwarded to the Returning Officer who will make arrangements with the branch secretary to conduct an election.

Additional information Committees are restricted to a maximum of 15 people with the exception of the TAFE committee. Nominations must be dated, signed by the nominator and seconder and bear the written consent of the nominees or his/her agent, all of whom must be financial members of the union.

A nomination form is included on the following page of this document. Forms can also be downloaded at sstuwa.org.au

3. Assist in the planning and organisation of seminars, conferences and other membership activities.

4. Monitor government and employer actions under relevant legislation.

Nominations open on Monday 21 January 2019. Nominations close at 5pm Thursday 28 February 2019 and must be received in the union office by this time. Facsimile and email copies will be accepted, with originals to follow in the mail as soon as possible.

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Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

Nomination form

In accordance with rule 33(a) of the Rules of The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.)

Position_________________________________ Closing date/time_________________________ Candidate details Given names______________________________ Surname___________________________________ Union membership number______________________________________________________________ Name for ballot paper___________________________________________________________________ Postal address_________________________________________________________________________ Suburb___________________________________ Post code__________________________________ Mobile phone______________________________ Home phone________________________________ Work email____________________________________________________________________________ Home email___________________________________________________________________________ I am a financial member of the SSTUWA and I hereby signify my willingness to accept the office if elected.

Signature_________________________________________________ Date________________________ District___________________________________ Worksite branch ____________________________

Nominator details We, the following nominators, being financial members of the SSTUWA, hereby nominate the above named candidate for the position indicated at the top of this form.

Nominator one Name_____________________________________ Union membership #_________________________ Signature_____________________________________________________________________________

Nominator two Name_____________________________________ Union membership #_________________________ Signature_____________________________________________________________________________

Submitting the nomination Submit your completed nomination form to: The Returning Officer The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) PO Box 212, West Perth WA 6872 returningofficer@sstuwa.org.au Fax: (08) 9210 6001

Scanned/emailed copies and fascimile copies will be accepted, though originals must be posted without delay as confirmation.

Nominations and candidate statements (where applicable) must reach the returning officer no later than the time and date set for close of nominations. The candidate is responsible for lodging the nomination form with the returning officer. If no acknowledgment is received within seven days, contact the returning officer.

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

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Becoming an OSH rep in 2019 The role of occupational safety and health representative (OSH rep) is a highly important leadership role within the workplace. To assist OSH reps to carry out their role effectively they are required to attend a mandatory five day training course.

Functions of the OSH rep The OSH rep has a number of responsibilities, including the following: •

To liaise with the employees regarding matters concerning their safety and health.

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To inspect the workplace at least every 30 days. If there has been an accident, the area should be inspected immediately and an investigation of the reasons for the accident should be carried out.

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To report hazards at the workplace to the principal/manager.

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Be informed by the employer of hazards, dangerous situations and accidents at the workplace.

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Be provided with safety information by the employer and to seek safety information from other sources.

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To consult with the employer over matters that relate to occupational safety and health, and undertake training as specified in the regulations.

The election process

It is important that the formal processes set out in the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 regarding election and the lead-up to the election are followed. If this is not done, the validity of the representative’s election may be challenged at a later date and the powers and protection provided by the Act may be lost. Refer to the graphic on the following page.

Any employee is eligible to become an OSH rep if they work at the workplace they want to represent. The OSH rep is not an SSTUWA branch position.

Important things to do following the OSH rep election 1) Advise the SSTUWA. Use the form posted to the SSTUWA representative at your worksite, or access the form online at sstuwa.org.au/go19 This is important so that: •

The union has a record of the OSH rep’s name for contact purposes.

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An application form for training and an SSTUWA OSH manual can be forwarded to the OSH rep.

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The union can put the OSH rep on the email distribution list for OSH information.

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The previous OSH rep has resigned.

OSH reps can be re-elected after their two-year term of office has lapsed, but the formal election procedure as laid down by the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 must be followed.

If it is envisaged that the school will be left without a representative for a substantial period – for example, the OSH rep takes parental or long service leave – then a request should be made through the principal to approve a further election in accordance with the Act. The original rep will resume the OSH functions on return to the workplace (provided the two-year term has not expired) and functions will be shared between the elected representatives.

Training of OSH reps It is a requirement under the OSH Act that an OSH rep attend an accredited safety course within 12 months of being elected and within six months where possible.

A new representative will find it beneficial to attend training as soon as practicable to understand their role and carry out their functions. The course runs for five full days and OSH reps are entitled to paid leave to attend.

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Schools may have more than one OSH rep.

2) Advise WorkSafe WA. The person conducting the election or the elected OSH rep must notify WorkSafe WA of their election on the specified form available on the WorkSafe website: www.commerce.wa.gov.au

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An OSH rep represents all those in a workplace.

Re-election of OSH reps

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A school or college could be one workplace, or it may be made up of a number of workplaces with an OSH rep for each one (scheme).

If you are based in a country region the department requires you attend a course at the closest regional centre, if available.

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The previous OSH rep’s term of office has expired. (Term of office is two years.)

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The OSH rep has transferred out of the school/college or the area of the school/college for which elected.

For country employees: After you have been elected, please contact the OSH Team at the Department of Education by phone: 9264 8509, or by email: oshteam@education.wa.edu.au for information on training options.

Points to consider prior to election

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The SSTUWA does not recommend that the union representative take on the position of OSH rep as the workload may be too heavy.

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Re-election of one or more OSH reps may be necessary at your worksite if:

Courses run frequently in the metropolitan area. There are education specific courses for Department of Education employees, or you may choose a general course where participants will be from mixed industries.

Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

If you are in the metro area, you can make a booking to attend SSTUWA educationspecific courses via the training tab at sstuwa.org.au Country based reps will require permission from the department to travel to Perth.

If you have already attended an introductory course in a previous term of office, you are eligible to attend a two day refresher course. If you attended prior to 2014 it is recommended that you attend the five day training course.

Course costs and reasonable actual expenses are covered by the department, not your individual school.

Education-specific OSH courses in the metro area, 2019 Term One

Term Two

Term Three

Term Four

Five day intro 11-15 March

Five day intro 13-17 May

Five day intro 5-9 August

Five day intro 28 October 1 November

Two day refresher 4-5 April

Two day refresher 6-7 June

Two day refresher 7-8 November

OSH rep election procedure

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Contacting the SSTUWA How can we help you?

Reception

For general enquiries and to speak with a particular staff member at the union office.

(08) 9210 6000 | 1800 199 073 contact@sstuwa.org.au

Member Assist

Your first point of contact for any industrial, legal and workers’ compensation matters.

(08) 9210 6060 | 1800 106 683 memberassist@sstuwa.org.au

Membership

Contact the team in membership for payment queries and to update your details including changes to contact info, work fraction and pay scale. You can also join the union and update your details online.

(08) 9210 6000 membership@sstuwa.org.au sstuwa.org.au/join sstuwa.org.au/updatemydetails

Education and Training Centre

Offering you industrial and professional courses, conferences and forums to better understand your rights, further your career, and enhance your wellbeing.

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Branch expenses

Contact the accounts team for expense enquiries related to courses, worksite branches and unionrelated travel.

(08) 9210 6000 accounts@sstuwa.org.au

App and website support

For technical support with app and website issues.

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President Pat Byrne Senior officers

Senior Vice President Paul Bridge

(08) 9210 6000 contact@sstuwa.org.au

Acting Vice President Natalie Blewitt General Secretary Mary Franklyn

School/TAFE organisers

Every school/college has a designated organiser to support union reps and members with managing school/branch matters. Organisers visit branches, attend meetings, provide information and advice and assist with dispute management, amongst many other activities.

(08) 9210 6000 contact@sstuwa.org.au

Specialists

Specialists are available to help with issues in areas including Early Childhood Education, New Educators, OSH, School Leaders, TAFE, Women and Equity.

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News

Get the latest union news and updates via our website, app, eNews, Facebook, Twitter and Western Teacher magazine.

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Receive exclusive discounts and promotions on the things you use every day, including insurance, banking, educational resources and more.

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Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.) January 2019.

Issues Public service jobs produce value-added, contribute to GDP, generate incomes, and drive consumer spending and government tax revenues as surely as any private sector activity.

Just think about it: when public servants (like teachers) get paid, a significant portion (typically between a quarter and a third) goes right back to government in the form of income taxes.

Then, when they spend their disposable income, another slice goes back to government in GST revenues. Meanwhile, procurement purchases by public agencies (everything from construction to utilities to machinery to spare parts to paper clips) adds around $175 billion per year to the sales of private companies – and underpins hundreds of thousands of additional jobs, and more revenue flows back to government.

Considering all these multiplier effects, government gets back in excess of 35 cents for every dollar it spends on public services, and often more. And that doesn’t count the inherent value of the human service being provided to Australian citizens – which is, after all, the reason for doing it in the first place.

So it’s time to stop bemoaning the growth of public services, and fruitlessly trying to suppress it (through arbitrary and unfounded measures like wage caps or tax cuts). Instead, we should welcome expanded public services as an important source of new opportunity and growth. In fact, without growth in public services and public infrastructure investments, Australia’s economy would have experienced a recession in the wake of the post-2013 downturn in mining activity. There is no doubt that public services must play a more important role in job-creation and economic growth in the years ahead.

What’s the alternative?

The stagnation and polarisation of incomes in Australia, and the absence of decent employment opportunities for workers (especially young workers just joining the labour force), are not inevitable.

It is a myth that our hands are tied by fiscal necessity, globalisation, or the need to stay competitive. There are clearly alternative strategies that can be pursued to create more jobs, lift the quality of jobs, and ensure that the benefits of economic growth are once again shared more equally throughout society.

The main ingredients of an alternative strategy must include: • Putting top emphasis on job-creation in governments’ macroeconomic and fiscal strategies. It is self-defeating to make deficit reduction an end in itself: the best way to reduce deficits is to put Australians back to work, earning incomes and paying taxes.

• Public services and investments in public infrastructure must play a leading role in stimulating new job-creation and incomes. Australians want and need more quality caring services – from education to disability services to aged care. Putting Australians to work delivering those services is an obvious strategy that can both meet human needs and create badly-needed decent jobs.

• “Change the rules” to lift the quality of jobs and support workers’ incomes. The stagnation of wages and the decline of workers’ share of total GDP reflect the dismantling of the equality-promoting institutions that once made Australia the “land of a fair go” – including the erosion of minimum wages, the retrenchment of the Awards system, and the ongoing attacks on unions and collective bargaining.

Restoring the redistributive power of these institutions is essential for recreating a more inclusive economy.

Of course, old-school economists and politicians still argue that privileging “fiscal rectitude” and the mechanisms of trickle-down growth (through more tax cuts for business and high-income earners, and rolling back or privatising government services) is the only way to strengthen the labour market.

Figure 3. Source: Centre for Future Work from ABS Catalogue 6291.0.55.000.

We’ve been trying that approach for a generation – and outcomes are only getting worse for most workers. A new approach is both timely and feasible. And by stepping up the campaign for decent jobs, fair rules, and quality public services, we can make that hope a reality.

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National education and union news

National education and union news Labor’s tough stand on low teaching ATARs is welcome Australian Education Union Federal President Correna Haythorpe has welcomed a call by Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek for universities to raise their standards when recruiting students for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) degrees.

“The high proportion of students with ATARs (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) under 70 being admitted into teaching degrees is a warning sign that we need to do more to recruit and train the best candidates to teach our students,” Ms Haythorpe said.

“Low university entry scores for teaching degrees is a growing issue. We know that students admitted with low ATARs are less

likely to continue with their course, and there is a clear correlation between ATAR scores and success at university.

“We want to have confidence that when teaching students finish their Initial Teacher Education course they are well prepared to meet the graduate standard.

“This means they need to spend their time at university developing and understanding the curriculum and their skills to teach students, not focusing on personal remedial programs such as literacy and numeracy support.”

Ms Haythorpe said teacher training standards had to be raised by setting minimum entry requirements across the

nation and by making teaching a two-year post-graduate degree.

“Australian universities should follow the lead of high performing school systems, such as those in Singapore and Finland, where they recruit from only the top 30 per cent of students and set a high bar for university entrants into teaching courses,” she said.

“The AEU welcomes Ms Plibersek’s focus on strengthening Initial Teacher Education. It is clear that she is serious about addressing the issue, and we look forward to working with Labor to determine the strategies required to make this happen.”

VET reform must start with TAFE funding boost The Morrison Government must immediately reverse funding cuts to Australia’s TAFE system if it is serious about addressing issues in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, according to the Australian Education Union (AEU).

Coalition government had created a crisis

The federal government has announced a review of VET as a way of hiding years of cuts to the sector in the lead up to the next federal election.

TAFE sector perilously close to collapse.

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in the sector.

“Under Coalition governments TAFE funding has been slashed and support for the system has buckled,” she said.

“Government funding cuts have left the Overall government funding for the sector has plunged 23 per cent since 2012.The Coalition Government cut more than $177 million from the sector in the 2017 budget alone.

“It has also overseen one of the worst examples of rorting in the history of the sector under the failed VET FEE HELP scheme.

“The first review of Australia’s VET sector in 40 years needs to be comprehensive and measured.

“Rushing a half-baked VET review through over Christmas to report in March is a sign of a government that is panicking to have something to say about vocational education in the lead up to the federal election.”

National education and union news

NSW and SA public schools swindled by billions under new agreements Public schools in New South Wales and South Australia will be swindled by about $7.5 billion over the next decade under new special deals incorporated in education agreements negotiated with the Commonwealth Government last year, according to Save Our Schools (SOS).

SOS says the loss to NSW public schools is about $6.1 billion over the 10 years and about $1.4 billion for SA public schools under the funding deal tied to the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA).

The McGowan Government signed WA to the funding arrangement last December.

Public schools around the country will lose about $16.5 billion over 10 years if other states sign up to the NSRA, as is likely.

SOS states that the swindle is implemented by selectively changing the rules on what is included in the measure of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) for public schools.

“The SRS is calculated as the net recurrent income needed by schools to achieve successful education outcomes, taking account of a range of factors influencing those outcomes,” SOS says.

nationally consistent funding measure accepted by all governments. However, what is included in its measure was selectively changed in the NSW and South Australian bilateral agreements with the Commonwealth and this change has major implications for the future funding of public schools.

“It has been the key parameter in determining government funding of schools since the introduction of the Gonski funding model. Under Gonski 2.0, state governments are expected to contribute at least 75 per cent of the SRS of public schools by 2023.

“The bilateral agreements permit the NSW and South Australian governments to artificially boost their share of funding public schools by claiming expenditures such as depreciation, school transport and other items in their share of funding the SRS for public schools up to four per cent of the total SRS.”

“Until now, the SRS has been used as a

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Wages stall as workers holding multiple jobs are being paid less Median wage growth has been stalled at under two per cent over recent years, while those working multiple jobs are paid even less than workers with a single job, according to latest ABS statistics.

The data reveals that one in four workers are paid less than $680 per week which is almost $40 less than the minimum wage.

Nineteen per cent of Australian workers do not have a guaranteed minimum number of hours each week and 24 per cent have earnings which vary through the year.

This is the face of the insecure work crisis and is making it impossible for huge numbers of Australian workers to do long-term or even short-term financial planning.

“These figures show what workers already know; wages are stalled or going backwards, work is becoming more insecure and the future is hard to plan for,” ACTU President Michele O’Neil said.

“The Morrison Government is completely out of touch with the experience of Australian workers. There is nothing fair

about a person earning less than $680 per week who isn’t even guaranteed a shift next week.

“We can only hope that the insecurity of the jobs of most in the coalition party room will teach our elected representatives about the lives of their constituents.”

Meanwhile, ABS figures reveal that the median wage for workers with a single job was $48,028 in 2015-16 compared to $39,813 in the same year for those who had to hold multiple jobs to survive.

“These figures show the depth of the insecure work crisis in Australia.

Workers holding multiple insecure jobs and being paid barely more than minimum wage,” Ms O’Neil said.

This shows the combined effect of the insecure work and wage growth crises in Australia. People are being forced into multiple jobs, none paying well enough to support them, let alone a family.

“Prime Minister Morrison talks about ‘a fair go for those who have a go’, but these people are working multiple jobs and earning less than 10 per cent of his salary.

Over 1.9 million employees were multiple job holders in 2015-16, compared with 1.8 million in 2011-12.

In addition to being paid less, workers with multiple jobs often have to contend with increased travel costs.

“We need to change the rules to ensure that working people have decent wages on which they can support themselves and their families, and certainty in employment which allows them to plan their lives.”

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Seen around

Seen around the SSTUWA More than 25 members of the Retired Teachers Association (RTA) enjoyed their annual Christmas morning tea at the SSTUWA offices early last month.

The morning tea capped off another 12 busy months for the association, which meets regularly for social events, excursions and to hear from guest speakers. There is also a choir for RTA

members, which rehearses once a fortnight.

If you already have retired, or will be in the coming year, you are invited to join the RTA. For more details turn to the Noticeboard on page 26.

Please also contact the SSTUWA Membership Team to advise the union of your retirement on (08) 9210 6000 or by email to membership@sstuwa.org.au

RTA Christmas: Nan Cahill with Shirley Gollagher.

RTA Christmas: Retired Teachers Association members and guests, with SSTUWA General Secretary Mary Franklyn (second from right, second row) and former SSTUWA President/current RTA President Brian Lindberg (last on right, front row).

RTA Christmas: Randolph Bolling with Christine Preece.

RTA Christmas: Jenny and John Rieka.

RTA Christmas: Silvia Davidson and Juliet Casey.

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Education and Training Centre

Education & Training Centre SSTUWA continues to provide outstanding learning opportunities in 2019 In 2019, the Education and Training Centre (ETC) will continue to grow and provide high quality learning across a range of areas including courses on industrial, professional, career development, financial and OSH topics.

All courses on offer through the ETC are developed and delivered by highly-skilled, passionate and experienced educators. Our high quality facilitators ensure that your precious time is used well and that quality outcomes and sustainable learning is achieved.

Keep up to date with what is on offer by visiting our website on a regular basis. Events are published and open for registration a school term ahead of time.

We hope that you can join us online, or here at the SSTUWA building.

Industrial Training During 2019 we will ensure all union reps, deputy union reps and district delegates are provided with ongoing industrial training and support relevant to their level of experience in the role. This will involve the refinement of the current Union Rep Level One course and the creation of new Level Two and Level Three courses.

Women’s contact officer training will trial a level two program based on the Women in Leadership Development program.

There will also be a focus on offering further Keeping our Workplace Safe (KOWS)/Safety in Schools training events for OSH representatives and union representatives.

Career Development These high-demand events will continue to be available throughout 2019. Don’t miss out on learning how to be more competitive in your job search. You can join any of the following events held on a Saturday or during school holiday breaks. Visit our website for dates.

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Writing Competitive Job Applications for Teaching Positions.

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Interview Skills for Teaching Positions.

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Writing Competitive Job Applications for Promotional Positions.

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Interview Skills for Promotional Positions.

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Applying for Level 3 Classroom Teacher (Stage One and Two).

Professional Development Courses With both face-to-face and online learning opportunities, there is something for everyone looking for quality professional learning. If you are an experienced teacher, a new leader or a new educator, review what’s on offer and see how the SSTUWA can support you to achieve your personal and professional learning goals.

Over 60 different courses will be on offer throughout 2019.

Conferences and Forums The SSTUWA has a reputation for hosting outstanding conferences. We aim to continue that reputation in 2019. We plan on bringing you the most influential and relevant speakers available. Join us for our annual Early Childhood Educators Conference in Term 3, and for the Women’s Conference in Term 4. Dates and times to be confirmed.

OSH Training Elaine Gunn from Unity Training and the SSTUWA’s OSH organiser, Joy Barrett, will continue to offer outstanding training for OSH representatives in 2019. If you are an elected OSH rep, it is imperative that you attend either a five-day Introductory Course or a two-day Refresher Course. All courses offered are education specific.

Financial Planning P&N Bank staff will continue to offer financial planning workshops throughout the year.

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Education and Training Centre

2019 Events Term One Week

Scheduled Events

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Saturday 23 February Interview Skills for Teaching Positions

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Thursday-Friday 7-8 March Violence at Work: Skilled Up and Safe (Trial Event) Saturday 9 March Applying for Level 3 Classroom Teacher: Stage One

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Monday-Friday 11-15 March Education Specific Five-Day Introductory OSH Course for OSH Reps Thursday-Friday 14-15 March Women’s Contact Officer Training Level One: Schools Friday 15 March Know Your Rights: New General Agreement TAFE (Part A)

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Monday 18 March Performance Management: Changes and the Process Wednesday 20 March Early Childhood Education Forum #1 Friday 22 March Know Your Rights: New General Agreement TAFE (Part B) Saturday 23 March Writing Competitive Job Applications for Teaching Positions

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Thursday-Friday 28-29 March Union Representative Training Level One: Schools Thursday-Friday 28-29 March Union Representative and Committee Delegates Training: TAFE

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Tuesday 2 April Know Your Rights: New General Agreement 2017 – Schools Thursday-Friday 4-5 April Education Specific Two-Day Refresher OSH Course for OSH Reps

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Up to an extra 10% off any print and digital magazine subscription; over 4,000 titles.

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Jackson’s Drawing Supplies

10% discount in Jackson’s 12 shops and online.

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Petals Flowers & Gifts

20% off flowers and gifts. World-wide delivery available.

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Retravision

Experience Oz

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Inn the Tuarts Guest Lodge

Forest retreat, 4-star, with indoor pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and BBQ. Adults (12 years+) only. Five minutes to Busselton.

Studios and rooms. 22.5% off rack rate or best available rate.

sstuwa.org.au/innthetuarts

International Teacher Identity Card (ITIC)

Discounts on flights, restaurants, movies, shopping, groceries and more. $5 off ITIC for members.

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Jarrah Grove Forest Retreat

Cost plus 5% on all products. Osborne Park location only; in store or via phone.

Nation-wide delivery available.

Luxurious, self-contained accommodation in Margaret River.

Discounted rates for members.

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Teacher Superstore

Mandurah Houseboats

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5-10% discount, in store and online.

The Good Guys Commercial

Online access to live discounted pricing on The Good Guys’ full range.

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Vet Products Direct

10% discount on pet products, plus advice from professionals.

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10% discount on houseboat holidays.

Rottnest ferry tickets

Save up to $18 on Rottnest ferry tickets with WestClub.

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STA Travel

Exclusive discounts for members.

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Classifieds

Classifieds Block for sale: Albany

Three acres zoned for caravan park, camp sites, park homes. Cleared and ready to go. On tourist route, 150m from water. EOI to purchase.

9841 4749

Block for sale: Kalbarri

Large 770sqm block, ready to build on, two streets from the beach. 22m frontage with north facing winter aspect. Walking distance to all facilities. Be quick as seller will negotiate. All offers considered.

0402 349 203

For Sale: Cooloongup

3x2 plus large utility room, fully powered workshop set amongst a quiet street and bushland. Large patio area and backyard for entertaining and family time. Offers from $350,000.

EOI: 0401 847 317

Albany (Little Grove)

Silent Grove Cottage. Self-contained two bedroom (queen/two singles) on two hectares of bushland. Undercover parking. Close to yacht club, walking/ bike trails, national park and beaches.

Teachers’ rate: $150 per night. Stay seven, get one free. www.silentgrove.iinet.net.au 9844 4950 | merron@iinet.net

Augusta

3x1 spacious holiday rental. One double, one queen, five singles. 200m from the river and town. Magnificent river views. One large living area, three sided veranda and BBQ. Provide own linen and towels. $150 per night plus $50 cleaning fee. gregrowl@iinet.net.au

Busselton

3x1 retro beach house, Hobson Street, 150m to Geographe Bay. Three queen beds, unlimited wifi, alfresco area and lawn at rear. 30 min walk to jetty, five min walk to local IGA. Linen fee optional at $50. $80 per night for two people; $15 per night per additional adult/$10 child.

Liz: 0434 150 437

Cowaramup (Margaret River Region) Private B&B within newly built home.

Parkland setting. Private queen bedroom, bathroom and breakfast room. Private entry and dedicated parking. 10 mins to Margaret River, Gracetown, central to wineries/breweries and beaches. $120 per night per couple including breakfast.

Lee: 0412 902 932

Denmark

The Rise is a modern, comfortable, 3x2 fully equipped house close to town with elevated views. Located close to Scotsdale and Mt Shadforth drives and their many

tourist attractions. Stay for 7 nights and pay for 6 nights.

Bookings.denmark.com.au (property The Rise) (08) 9848 2055, 9am to 5pm

Dunsborough (Quindalup)

Large 4x2 holiday home on Geographe Bay Rd. Swimming beach 30m away. Free use of private boat mooring. Room to park boats with boat ramp a minute away. Slow combustion wood heater and reversecycle air-con. Available all year except for leavers’ vacation. No pets.

0419 943 203 | 9448 5527 a_r_moore@bigpond.com

Dwellingup

Après Huit and Dwell Cottage provide luxury self-contained accommodation set in beautifully landscaped gardens. Can be rented separately or together. Après Huit: 2x2, main house. Dwell Cottage: 1x1, furnished in a French theme.

Robert: 0419 954 079 dwellcottage.com.au

Falcon

Shady two bedroom beach cottage 300 metres from surf beach and protected Falcon Bay. Located on a grassy, peppermint gum 1012 sq metre block.

Sleeps eight. Well-equipped including BBQ. Close to Miami Village and all amenities, great for crabbing and fishing.

Less than one hour from Perth’s CBD along Forrest Hwy. $150 per night for Western Teacher readers.

0415 035 390 | richard.wright@iinet.net.au

Floreat

Studio B&B. New, stylish single room.

Fridge, kitchenette, TV, aircon in lovely peaceful Floreat house and garden. Linen, tea/coffee, continental/cooked breakfast ingredients supplied. Suit mature person wishing to enjoy quiet accommodation.

Close to city, buses, shops, hospitals and beaches. $85 per night, min two nights.

Weekly and monthly rates available.

SMS: 0422 333 057

France (South)

3x2 house located in quaint village adjacent to Canal du Midi - noted for having 300 days of sunshine per year and hence lots of vineyards. Spain is 1hr drive; Barcelona is 2hr drive. $650 per week.

0407 368 511 | craigrebecca@bigpond.com

Fremantle

Short term accommodation in central Fremantle. Recently refurbished with all conveniences for modern living.

Townhouse has three queen-sized bedrooms plus provision for two singles.

Enjoy time in the rear garden, complete with BBQ. Secure parking for two cars, access controlled by electric gates.

9430 4458 | 0407 083 174 info@westerley.com.au

Mt Lawley/Dianella

Newly built 1x1 self-contained extension, furnished, with laundry, dining, lounge, kitchen and one undercover parking bay.

Aircon, TV, fridge, washing machine and microwave included. Quiet residential area close to city, buses, Galleria Morley, Mt Lawley cafe strip and Northbridge. 10 min walk to Terry Tyzack Aquatic Centre; golf course across the road. $80 per night, min two nights. $50 per night for weekly and monthly rentals.

0439 964 239 | cymbie.burgoyne@gmail.com

Northam

Renovated, self-contained 30s-style three bedroom house with beautiful river views.

Short walk across the bridges to town.

Sleeps six-eight.

Kevin: 0414 446 431

Prevelly

One bedroom private spa apartment in quiet Prevelly cul-de-sac. Two minute walk from beach. Suits couples. $165 per

Email 50 words or fewer to editor@sstuwa.org.au with your phone and union membership numbers. Free for members.

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Classifieds

Classifieds night for Western Teacher readers.

Lucy: lcartell@iinet.net.au

Scarborough

Stay on Brighton. Comfortable 3x2 unit is a home away from home with everything you need. Sleeps six adults. Caters for children. Conveniently located near shops and café; 10 minute walk to beach. Western Teacher special: stay six nights and the seventh night is free.

Lisa: 0408 914 090 lisamaree77@hotmail.com

Yallingup

Rammed earth cottage, 2x1, nestled amongst bushland. Well located, short walk to Studio Gallery Bistro, two-minute drive to Caves House. Beaches, galleries, wineries and restaurants close by. Sleeps six. No dogs. stayz.com.au (property 136151) Kirsty: 0419 927 660

Victoria (Jan Juc Beach)

Planning a holiday to Victoria? Stay on the beautiful Surf Coast, in between Torquay and the famous Bells Beach. Sleeps eight comfortably. Walking distance to the beach, golf club, shops and river mouth.

Everything you need is already there. Large entertaining areas. Discount for Western Teacher readers.

0403 803 064

Tranquillity Counselling, Psychotherapy and Career Development

I provide holistic, confidential practical counselling to help you deal with an array of issues, some being: general relationship, mental health, anger issues/management; anxiety; depression; self-harm; grief and trauma; addiction; abuse; palliative care.

Milica Robinson, MCnsig&Psychthpy, GradCertCareerDev, BEd. 0422 358 187

Marriage celebrant

Heart Centered Ceremonies for couples wanting a personalised wedding. Lee will

help you design your dream wedding – a memorable occasion. Mention this ad to receive a discount.

Lee: 0404 655 567 leehalligancelebrant.com.au

Marriage celebrant

Experienced professional celebrant available, all areas. Formal or informal, large or small weddings. A Beautiful Ceremony will help you design an unforgettable and uniquely personal ceremony.

Mary: 0418 906 391 maryburke40@hotmail.com

Learn to social dance

ladder climbs and rock scrambles – recommended for ages 10+.

9757 7422 | calgardup@dbca.wa.gov.au

MAWA

The Mathematical Association of Western Australia offers professional learning opportunities, conferences and consultancy services to teachers and schools and networks. MAWA members receive 10 per cent discount on MAWA shop resources. For more information: mawainc.org.au 9345 0388 | eo@mawainc.org.au

Learn jive, waltz, rumba, samba, tango and other dances for social events (ball, wedding, cruise, etc). A fun and easy course with quality instruction. Join with or without a partner. Melville (LeisureFit) Recreation Centre. Mondays 7.30-9pm. $118/8 weeks. Beginners’ course held every term. Term 1 starts 11 February.

Stan: 9330 6737 stan@stansdancing.com

Women’s club makes a difference

First aid training for students

Calling all retired teachers!

St John Ambulance WA offers free first aid training to all school aged students, ranging from Triple 000 Hero for kindergarten students to Road Trauma First Aid for secondary school students.

Courses are curriculum mapped.

9334 1259 | youth@stjohnambulance.com.au

Free dairy excursions

Brownes Dairy invites your classroom to join a free curriculum-linked tour of the dairy in Balcatta. Students from Kindergarten to Year 6 get a unique handson experience and see how our dairy operates and produces award winning dairy products enjoyed in WA for 130 years. school.tours@brownesdairy.com.au

Caving excursions

Caves in the Margaret River region are perfect for school excursions. Calgardup is suitable for all ages with easy access.

Medium level Giants adventure has

VIEW (Voice, Interests and Education of Women) has over 16,000 members Australia-wide. VIEW is a valued part of The Smith Family supporting its work, helping financially disadvantaged Australian students to get the most out of their education. Connect with a local club: view.org.au Are you a retired teacher with a spirit of adventure and time to spare? Would you like to assist families in remote areas of WA? You may like to join REVISE WA as a tutor. For more info, visit www.revisewa.com.au

Wanted: Teacher resources

Wanted: Your unwanted teacher resources and materials. Declutter and make some extra cash at the same time. If you have unused and unwanted resources cluttering up your classroom or home, call Kris.

Kris: 0401 263 070

Belly Rubs Boarding Kennels

Personalised approach to boarding your canine companion. $25 per dog – mention you’re a teacher to receive a 10 per cent discount. Located in Southern River.

Elisa: 0417 620 766 | bellyrubsboarding.com

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Noticeboard

Email to editor@sstuwa.org.au

State Council Conference

Retired Teachers’ Association We had a happy Christmas morning tea at the SSTUWA on 3 December and were joined

by General Secretary Mary Franklyn who spoke briefly on current education. Our generous hostesses were Heather, Linda and Cecilia.

with Janine and Keith, and literature commences on 8 April.

Members/branches wishing to submit motions for June State Council must do so by 5pm Friday 12 April 2019.

We welcome new members.

The company is cheerful and the rooms are splendid. Please join us.

Items for November State Council must be received by 5pm Friday 27 September 2019.

Ann Strauss: 9387 2906

Choir begins on 11 February

Level 3 Classroom Teachers’ Association

Membership cards For environmental reasons we are introducing a digital membership card to reduce our dependence on plastic.

Check your email inbox for your new e-membership card. All members were sent a digital membership card that can be added to your phone wallet, kept within your saved emails folder or printed out.

2019 meeting dates: Saturdays, 10.30am-noon at the State Library Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

23 February

18 May

27 July

19 October

16 March

8 June

10 August

23 November

14 September

Mon 9 December Celebration event

Venue subject to change. Visit www.l3cta.org.au for venue information and to confirm attendance, or email contact@l3cta.org.au

Agreement with Tehan Legal on criminal law matters The SSTUWA has entered into an agreement with Tehan Legal to provide services to members concerning criminal law matters.

Members will receive a free 30 minute initial consultation either by telephone or face-to-face conference. If members decide to engage Tehan Legal, a discounted hourly rate will apply for SSTUWA members.

Tehan Legal will also provide a 24/7 hotline for very

SSTUWA committee meeting dates:

Early Childhood Educators’ Committee

To arrange a consultation, please contact Member Assist on (08) 9210 6060, 1800 106 683 or email memberassist@sstuwa.org.au For urgent assistance outside of business hours (arrests, search warrants or police interviews only), members can contact Tehan Legal directly on 0411 276 966.

Venue: SSTUWA office | Contact: (08) 9210 6000 or contact@sstuwa.org.au Teleconference facilities are available

International Committee

LGBTIQ Committee

Time: 5pm

Time: 4.30pm

Time: 4pm

20 March Remaining dates to be confirmed

Dates to be confirmed

Dates to be confirmed

Dates to be confirmed

New Educator Committee

Women’s Committee

Psych Services Committee

ATSIE Committee

Time: 4.30pm 26 March 18 June

Time: 4.15pm

Time: 4.45pm

Time: 4pm

Dates to be confirmed

Dates to be confirmed

Dates to be confirmed

Time: 4.15pm

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TAFE Committee

urgent matters (i.e. arrests, search warrants and police interviews).

27 August 19 Nov

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Education is what makes us tick

While you’re helping to shape the future leaders of tomorrow, we’re here to help you make the most of your financial health and wellbeing.

To find out about Teachers Mutual Bank and how we support the education sector visit tmbank.com.au/join or call 13 12 21.

Membership is open to citizens or permanent residents of Australia who are current or retired employees of the Australian education sector or family members of members of the Bank. Teachers Mutual Bank Limited ABN 30 087 650 459 AFSL/Australian Credit Licence 238981 | 00884-MAR-1218-210x297-EducationMakes-WT

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