Public Services Bulletin - 15 February 2010
This is a special edition of the bulletin dealing exclusively with the issue of superannuation.
18 February 2010 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 7 January 2010
This edition contains the following items: New protections and minimum standards for all Australian workers from 1 January 2010; National Employment Standards; Modern Awards; Agreement Making and Collective Bargaining; Individual Flexibility Arrangements; Representation at work and in bargaining; New General Workplace Rights; and Unfair Dismissal.
15 January 2010 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 11 November 2009
This edition contains the following items: Queensland - Not For Sale; ASU meets Chris Bowen; ASU superannuation campaign materials; ASU meets Minister Penny Wong; ALP National Policy on Climate Change; $96 million water reclamation plant; Thai railway unionists dismissed; plus more.
13 November 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 21 September 2009
This edition contains the following items: Workplace victims groups join with unions in call for stronger health and safety laws; Government invests $970 m in high quality early childhood education; World Economic Forum hears warning on growth; Market rates for 457s; plus more.
24 September 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 7 September 2009
This edition contains the following items: Learning from the European VET system; AIRC published the ‘final’ versions of the Stage 3 modern awards; Green Skills NSW Course Finder; Changes to education and training ministerial councils (COAG); Water Industry Employers meet with ASU; plus more.
09 September 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 26 August 2009
This edition contains the following items: ASU launches human rights petition to outlaw the death penalty; Unions and environmental organisations; Minister slams state barriers; Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreement; CRC for Rail Innovation Safety Research; California Public Workers Under Attack; plus more.
31 August 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 4 August 2009
This edition contains the following items: Senate Inquiry into Child Care; ASU calls on local councils to provide free access to water facilities; Carbon Capture & Storage Fund; Contemporary Union strategies in Australia and beyond - Where is this world’s Trade Union headed? IMF austerity chills crisis countries; plus more.
06 August 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 13 July 2009
This edition contains the following items: Queensland Not For Sale; NSW Govt rejects applications for rate variations; Spread of Influenza A H1N1; Climate Change Action; Toronto public sector workers on strike; Investing in in Tasmania’s rail infrastructure; $220 million Boost to Community Infrastructure Program; plus more.
14 July 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 29 June 2009
This edition contains the following items: Council of Australian Local Government; Let’s invest superannuation in local government and utilities; First energy companies to make the 15% superannuation levy; New Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government; End child labour; Workers in NSW are protected by the world’s best workplace safety laws; plus more.
30 June 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - 9 June 2009
This edition contains the following items: Queensland Government moves to privatise public sector assets; ASU Submission Electricity-Energy Industry White Paper 2009; Rail Industry Standards and Safety Board; ACTU Congress; Councils getting on with the job of delivering key stimulus projects; New UN super-agency for women; New Local Government Act means stronger local government: Minister (QLD); Amalgamation a dirty word, says LGAT (TAS); plus more.
12 June 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - May 24, 2009
This edition contains the following items: ASU public sector divisions meet; Federal Govt discussion paper on waste minimisation; Water Reforms Queensland; Service Skills Australia wants to hear from Australian workers; Tasmania - ASU continues to press the new water corporations; Australia takes action against torture; plus more.
27 May 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - April 23, 2009
This edition contains the following items: Government Skills Australia – Local Government Forum in Canberra; ASU & ITF Railway Action Day; Careers in local government; New performance reports on Australia’s water utilities; Union Charter of Workplace Rights Petition online; AFTINET Trade Justice Dinner; plus more.
28 April 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - April 14, 2009
This edition contains the following items: ASU calls for local councils throughout Australia to provide greater access to the public for water facilities; Public Water for Public Health; ASU-NSW US Branch wins legal changes protecting council officers; Local government employers asked to employ more council and water industry workers; New $1 billion Jobs and Training Compact; plus more.
15 April 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - March 30, 2009
This edition contains the following items: Public Water for Public Health; $200 million for stormwater capture initiative; $1.75 billion for the nation's local roads; Global Unions have told Kevin Rudd and the Australian Government to invest in Quality Public Services; Unions rally in London for G20; Ports, power may be on O'Farrell privatisation list; plus more.
31 March 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - March 19, 2009
This edition contains the following items: It really is crunch time now; Senate must pass new IR laws or leave workers exposed to unfair sackings in the downturn; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; Cooperation not coercion needed for WA reform; Infrastructure projects announced; plus more.
20 March 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - February 26, 2009
This edition contains the following items: Award Modernisation – Electricity/energy industry award; Why is Australia the only developed nation in the world without a bill of rights; 20th February World Day of Social Justice; PSI Women, Water, Workers and Health Website; Police to replace transit officers on public transport; Councils need funding to help revive childcare industry; plus more.
27 February 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - February 16, 2009
This edition contains the following items: Unions express sadness at bushfire losses and pledge $250,000; Rudd Government secures extra $500 million for local community infrastructure; Workplace Relations Ministerial Council Meeting; Colombia - more than 2,300 municipal workers dismissed; National Logistics Safety Code welcomed; plus more.
24 February 2009 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 22, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Low paid workers face cuts to pay and conditions under proposed new modern awards; Infrastructure Australia; Ministerial Council on Energy; Energy White Paper; Public Safety Training Package; plus more.
23 December 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 15, 2008
This edition contains the following items: PPPs & Infrastructure; $4.7 billion nation building package; $1.2 billion investment in rail infrastructure; $711 million investment to build better roads; $1.6 billion to build better universites and TAFEs; Next round of infrastructure projects; plus more.
17 December 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 8, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Quality Public Services - addressing climate change in Australian unions; New Fair Work Bill; National Skills and Workforce Development announcement; TAFE fee waivers for child care qualification; plus more.
09 December 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 28, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Local Government Training Package; The Evatt Annual Lecture - Robert McClelland on Human Rights; Climate change is an opportunity to create one million ‘green jobs’; Introduction of the Fair Work Bill; Liberals are still being evasive on industrial relations laws; ABCC laws in disarray as DPP drops charges against unionist; plus more.
28 November 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 24, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Australian Council of Local Government; Asbestos Awareness Week; Catalyst / AIER forum Restoring Rights at Work; Climate change is an opportunity to create one million ‘green jobs’; Child care sector in crisis; plus more.
24 November 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 13, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Child Care - Public Vs Private; Economic Survey of Australia 2008; Industry Skills Council for the Public Safety Sector; plus more.
13 November 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 3, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Say NO to violence against women; Pay deal for 125,000 Qld workers shows importance of collective bargaining say unions; Child Care Tax Rebate; New partnership to tackle NT skills shortages; Darwin City Council ASU members secure pay rise; Building Indigenous skills in the NT brick by brick; Queensland New Local Government ACT; Premier committed to better local services and facilities; plus more.
03 November 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - October 27, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Wage certainty secured for local council workers; ABCC has no place in local government; Japanese Unions meet with ASU National Electricity and Energy Division; Virtual children’s hub for parents and carers; ASU lodges submission with Infrastructure Australia; Steering Committee to recommend local government reform; $546 million to improve home and community care in NSW; plus more.
27 October 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - October 13, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Building and Construction Industry legislation – the ABCC; Justice Wilcox confirms Howard Govt watchdog discriminates against construction workers; Local Government Victoria; Water market regulations finalised; Mapping of all local government training packages; Labour photo of the year - voting begins; Productivity places skilling Australians for the future; plus more.
15 October 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - September 29, 2008
This edition contains the following items: ASU Energy Branches to meet; ASU – Infrastructure Australia; Brazil - President Lula approves law extending paid maternity leave to six months; Workers’ right to collective bargaining must be at centre of IR laws say unions; World Day for Decent Work, 7 October; Peter Waldorff addresses WTO Symposium on GATS Mode 4; New Zealand transport unions back Wellington Bus Drivers; NSW public sector employees have achieved a 4% per year increase; 2008 'Light on the Hill' Address; plus more.
31 September 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - September 22, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Union left in the dark on radical change to home care funding; Collective bargaining rights for workers at risk under Labor’s IR plan; ‘Forward with Fairness’ fact sheets; Council workers in Scotland strike over pay dispute; Global Unions call on IFIs to respond to food and financial crises; First meeting of Australian Council of Local Government; Mongolian health workers demand decent pay and living conditions; plus more.
25 September 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - September 15, 2008
This edition contains the following items: ASU Energy meets with the Federal Minister for Resources and Energy; Award modernisation; NSW energy privatisation collapse; Global Unions call on IFIs to respond to food and financial crises; European Parliament move on hedge funds; Passing EFCA tops Obama’s agenda; Campaign to head off postal privatisation in France; Latest news from Government Skills Australia; plus more.
17 September 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - September 8, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Rail Award Modernisation; Infrastructure Division Conference; ASU speaks up for need for extra workers and skills; Retired Members – can they help the Union; ASU Child Care; Queensland Electricity Distribution; plus more.
08 September 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 25, 2008
This edition contains the following items: Tasmanian Government to buy a new PowerStation from the private sector; Decision in Etheridge Shire Case; Frontiers In Infrastructure Conference; Minister Albanese announces opportunity for input into Infrastructure Australia; Energy Unions in Qld – now set to vote; plus more
28 August 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 19, 2008
This edition contains the following items: ASU calls for extra funding for local government; Standards Australia Electricity Distribution/Transmission group meets; State govts must accept inevitable downsizing; Regional Projects Grants; ACCC grants authorisation to central Queensland regional councils; plus more.
19 August 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 14, 2008
This edition contains the following items: PSI statement on outcome of WTO talks; ITF Rail Union Report; National Quality Standards Framework Consultations; Minister affirms commitment to continue work with the OECD; Future Tax System Discussion Paper; Online petition to support health and safety at work; $1million to expand White Ribbon Day activities in rural and regional Australia; Protect the future - maternity, paternity and work - gender equality at the heart of decent work; plus more.
18 August 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 4, 2008
This edition contains the following items: ASU occupational health and safety; UK - support a fair deal for public service workers; ACCC accepts undertaking for interstate rail access; Census of child care services; ASU Local Government Industry Division; Electricity networks association; Young Australians encouraged to enrol to vote; Building workers should have the same rights as the rest of the workforce; Time to Deliver - A National Paid Parental Leave Scheme; Sport and Recreation Review; plus more.
04 August 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - June 23, 2008
This edition contains the following items: United Nations Public Services Day – Monday 23 June 2008; Free Trade Agreement Update; EE-Oz Training Standards; Ministerial Council on Energy Documents; ASUshop; New employment standards are a step towards plugging the gaps left by WorkChoices; Better quality information to parents; plus more.
24 June 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - June 9, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Review of the revenue framework for local government - terms of reference (NSW); NSW Budget - $22.6M to ensure fair and productive workplaces; National Transport Commission; 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA); Transferred employees; New website tracks councils' water saving efforts (NSW); Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA; Child Care Family Assistance Legislation Amendment Bill 2008; Workplace Ombudsman updated fact sheets.
11 June 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - June 1, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: 23 June Public Services Day - ASU Public Services Day; Ghost Town NSW Water Review campaign; EE-Oz Training Standards Weekly E-Bulletin; Aged care loan applications close June 6; Public acceptance of recycled water on the rise; Local government projects given reprieve; ASU arguing for reform on the Northern Territory Long Service Leave Act; Dump Railcorp - Give NSW commuters the transport services they deserve.
03 June 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - May 26, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Infrastructure Australia; Communiqué from Australian, State, Territory and New Zealand Workplace Relations Ministers Council; ITF Railway News; State-wide power stoppage in Queensland; Unions continue campaign for workers' rights with new TV advertising campaign; WTO issues new proposals for services sector; New Era in Water Management – Tasmania; AFTINET (the Australian Free Trade and Investment Network); Zimbabwe: Union Leaders’ Trial Set for 23 June Global Action.
29 May 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - May 19, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Power Industry Day of Action; ASU National Electricity and Energy Division to meet; Inquiry into a New Regional Development Funding Program; ITF railway report; Australian Industrial Relations Commission Amendment Rules 2008; Donate online, over the phone or by post NOW – Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA; EE-Oz Training Standards; Strong link between offshoring of jobs and trade; Victorian State-Local Government Agreement signals new era; plus more.
20 May 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - Budget Edition - May 13, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: QR welcomes Budget infrastructure investment; Long term, co-ordinated and focused effort for children welcomed; Brave new world for urban public transport; Budget is good step towards undoing the damage of WorkChoices; Fresh ideas for work and family; Local communities share $1.86 billion in grants; $20 million gets infrastructure reform rolling; Early childhood initiatives to benefit individuals, the community and the economy; $1 billion plan to help secure cities' water supplies; plus more.
14 May 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - May 9, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: ASU Railway & Public Transport Division meeting with ARA; Railway Industry Skills; ASU Railway and Public Transport Branches; ASU Railway & Public Transport Division; ASU Local Government Division meets with state local government associations across the country; ASU Local Government Industry Division Branches meet; $1.8 MILLION to help prepare for climate change; Want to know more about international trade and the WTO; Government’s repurchase of rail and ferry operations great news for rail workers and NZ; Dubbo City Council to cut airport landing fees.
12 May 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - April 21, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Child care and local government; Productivity Commission report into local government revenue raising; 28th April - World Day for Safety & Health; Labour clauses in public contracts – ILO Convention 94; EE-Oz Training Standards Weekly E-Bulletin; May Day 2008; ASU Water Industry – Tasmanian Branch; ITF Rail Union report titled " Privatisation of KTM (Malaysian Railway)”; Report reveals NSW Government starving communities of funds; Visit to occupied territories in Western Sahara by international trade union delegation; Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA study tour to East Timor.
23 April 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - April 14, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Planning for water infrastructure in Victoria; EE-Oz Training Standards; AIRC award modernisation request; Northern Territory ASU members elected as Aldermen; Superannuation (Pacific National) Order 2008; Iemma Government to establish Clean Coal Council; Australian Local Government Training (ALGT) - Report on women in local government; AER to review rate of return for energy network businesses; Speech to CEDA/KPMG water for the future forum; plus more.
15 April 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - April 7, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: New skills and new positions – extra employment in ASU public services areas; National Local Government Employer and ASU Meeting; Water industry skills investment; ILO General Survey on Convention 94, on the rights of workers affected by contracting out; Local Government and Planning Ministers' Council - Communiqué; plus more.
08 April 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - March 25, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC); My life, my work, my safe work - Managing risk in the work environment; Rudd Government invests in water industry skills; More time for submissions to country water utilities inquiry (NSW); ASU affiliate organisation AFTINET; PSI bulletin; ASU National Executive meets; Fabian Society debate - Union Control of the ALP?; Electricity reforms working in WA; Community urged to nominate a child care professional (ACT); Workcover NSW bulletin.
27 March 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - February 25, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: ASU & ACTU; International Federation of Journalists & ASU; Industry Skills Councils; Rally to “Stop the Sell Off”; ALP members rally against power plan; Local government workers join tribute to Hilton bomb victims; Funding changes threaten local government jobs; Electricity Council - a voice for the community; Comparative Performance Monitoring Report; Transition Bill in line with expectations; plus more.
29 February 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - February 18, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: No AWAs in Federal Public Services areas; Bondi Rescue (TV show) are local government employees; QLD local government workers to get employment security; Comcare; PSI Campaign 2008: Water, Women, Workers - sources of life 8-22 March 2008; New employment standards to create strong, modern safety net; plus more.
20 February 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - February 11, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: ASU members serving our cities, suburbs, regions, bush and country; Storms across Eastern Australia; Australasian Railway Association; Hobart Water - Federal Employment Ombudsman; Greenhouse gas emissions and energy reporting, policy paper released; Skilling and retention within the Australian electricity supply industry workshops/meetings; World Rail Day will also back Osanloo; APHEDA - ASU members wanting to lend their support to the Western Sahara Movement; The Australasian Railway Association communiqué on RISSB Standards; plus more.
12 February 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - February 4, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Local Government and Australia Day; New plan for harmonised national IR system released; Workplace fatalities make national focus on OH&S a priority; Unions vow to take on companies that continue to exploit workers; Workplace rights lost under Liberals’ WorkChoices laws must be restored say unions; ILO projects global economic turbulence could generate five million more unemployed in 2008; Las Vegas renews Veolia contract; Water reform – NSW.
04 February 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - January 22, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Local government workers protecting towns; Water industry plays a role; Local government professional life guards and beach inspectors; Electricity supply restoration; New links for ASU Quality Public Services campaign; PSI Congress; University of Technology Sydney & Public Interest Advocacy Centre Report on Electricity Privatisation; Sydney Water pricing hearing - Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
23 January 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - January 14, 2008
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Railway industry campaign materials on the way; New superannuation breakthrough; Where are you paying your public services bills for water, electricity, or council rates; LabourStart Labour Website of the Year; Water Polo Australia vs USA being played at local government venue; Sport & Recreation – ocean life guards win by ASU.
15 January 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 21, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Commission announces future wage-setting program; Government announces moratorium on new companies joining Comcare; Assessing local government revenue raising capacity; The PFI just can’t deliver by Margie Jaffe UNISON UK; A national approach for Public Private Partnerships; Private Equity; Protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families; Can you support this urgent online action for Mahmoud Salehi; Reductions in grain rail services will hurt local government; plus more.
02 January 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 24, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Sport & Recreation – ocean life guards win by ASU; Eight people honoured with Rainbow Awards for creating harmony in the Tasmanian community; ASU pushes the union COAG agenda; Privatisation of public services in NSW.
02 January 2008 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 17, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Railway Industry Action Day; Child care is not a business; Local government - is it a corporation and if so, when; Labour website of the year - the voting begins; Industry Skills Councils; DEEWR News; Korean Migrant Workers Union leaders deported; T&G targets retailers; Penny a basket for tomato pickers too much for PE-owned Burger King; Going global from Washington; Global unions press for US worker rights.
17 December 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 12, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Unions praise workers who helped get rid of WorkChoices; Energy Unions & USU Branch meet in NSW with industry consultant; Calculating employees' super using ordinary time earnings; ITF condemns “fraudulent charges” against trade unionist; Promoting the participation agenda; Donating defibrillators for public places; Appointment of Departmental Secretaries.
12 December 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - December 3, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: A Ministry to meet Australia’s future challenges; Rudd Government Ministry; ASU to meet with International Transport Workers’ Federation; Local government sport and recreation workers; Preferred tenderer announced for Rosehill recycled water scheme (NSW); Local govt praised on climate change and greenhouse leadership; Business and Liberals still haven’t heard voters’ message to abandon IR policies; Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA’s – the union movement’s overseas aid arm.
05 December 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 26, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: ALP wins in the federal election, now the real work starts in turning policy into action; Australians reject WorkChoices & the Liberals’ attack on unions & workers’ rights; PSI is calling on all affiliates to say NO to violence against women; Interview with Mansour Osanloo; Premier cops mutiny on the rails.
26 November 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 19, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: ASU & White Ribbon Day; Local Government and industrial relations; NACBCS – National Conference; Nowhere to go for hundreds of children as child-care centres close; Amendment to cut red tape for local councils (NSW); Standards Australia - electrical - energy networks construction & operation committee; New guides on sun safety in the workplace; Labor's broadband announcement; Holistic approach to heavy vehicle accreditation; Howard caught pork barrelling; plus more.
19 November 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 12, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Tasmania Government has released its long awaited report into WorkChoices; News web poll - IR and AWAs; CCOHS Guide to Fighting Workplace Violence; ITF Railway News; ASU – SPSF – CPSU – and the representatives of Fire, Police, Defence and Custodial Unions; New union TV ad highlights importance of preventing Liberals going further on IR; Union Aid Abroad; LGAQ opposes waste tax; Pakistan: Trade unionists arrested as unions call for restoration of democracy; plus more.
13 November 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - November 5, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: "Working families in Australia have never been better off." Really, Mr Howard?; Local government workers being pressured into Work Choices agreement need your help; Government Skills Australia workshops; Renewable Energy Target - 20% by 2020; Federal Govt Dept fined $30,000 for political discrimination against union members; Osanloo sentence ‘appals world opinion’; Labor promises $1 billion for national urban water and desalination plan; John Howard confirms Govt plan to reduce award coverage and go further on IR changes; ITF railways sector meeting; Councils stepping up to leadership challenges; NCVER has recently published the report 'Pre-apprenticeships in three key trades'; Labor’s policies on women’s health; John Howard’s tech college announcement smells of panic, undermines TAFE.
05 November 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - October 29, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: New independent report finds WorkChoices is bad now, but set to get even worse later; Electricity industry employers and unions formulate joint direction on skills; Award Success - NSW Industrial Relations Commission ratifies Local Government (State) Award 2007; Joint Union Government Statement – Queensland Rail; Federal Labor - New Laws On Freedom Of Information, Whistleblower Protection; ASU 2007 federal election web page; Local Government Association of NSW resolutions; Nurses win fair wages & improve quality care despite WorkChoices obstacles.
29 October 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - October 22, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: National rail strike in France to defend pensions and pay; Save our penalty rates’ say nurses & health workers; Living standards of working families will fall under Liberals’ IR plan; Free Osanloo now; Initiative to strengthen public services; A Tax Plan for Australia's Future; plus more.
23 October 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - October 8, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Government plan to cut red tape for councils; Water project plans endorsed; Local Government News; Planning begins for rail freight growth; ACTU calls on Australian Government to exert maximum pressure on Burma’s military regime; Learning with the unions in the United Kingdom; Energy industry planning; Rubbery figures from Joe Hockey’s Workplace Authority cannot be trusted.
09 October 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - October 1, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Costello confirms Liberal Party plans to go further on IR; Crean outlines Labor's vision for regional governance; Federal Labor puts forward new transport agenda for COAG; Water and sewerage reform; New legislation to restore workers' rights lost under WorkChoices; Review of the Sport and Recreation Training Packages; Caravan Training Package Review; Govt admits fairness test farce is getting worse; Launch of the power generation training package.
01 October 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - September 10, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Privatisation of the NSW energy industry; ASU Quality Public Services Campaign; ASU local government submission to the Senate; Job score – have you heard of the system; Despite $37 million IR ad campaign only one in ten AWAs undergoes 'Fairness Test'; ITF Railway News; Think outside the bottle; Local Government calls for Community Infrastructure Renewals Fund; Iranian union leader’s wife and sister arrested; Council feedback shapes new water system (QLD); Stand Up and Speak Out against poverty and inequality.
10 September 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 27, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Cochlear dispute; Federal Labor believes that local government should be formally recognised in the Australian Constitution; Stop Howard’s race to the bottom on occupational health and safety; Workers on AWAs miss out on redundancy pay, expose gap in WorkChoices laws; Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); New rural precinct guidelines for Qld councils; Long service leave benefits put at risk; Innovation & Business Skills Australia (IBSA).
28 August 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 20, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: ASU National Energy–Electricity Division; Federal Government moves legislation on Queensland council amalgamations; Discrimination against low paid workers with families; Water Bill passes The Senate; WA women are doing it tough under WorkChoices; UN International Youth Day; Need for capital city policy highlighted; Government amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 - Secondary Boycotts; Prime Minister abandons Vale; Australasian Railway Association latest bulletin.
20 August 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 13, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: What’s the media thing about this Kevin 07; NSW Govt writes to all councils on WorkChoices; Stop Howard’s race to the bottom on occupational health and safety; Walk to Work Day; On-line tool kit for sustainable suburbs; ASU national leadership returned to office unopposed; The Safety Show Sydney; Labor’s approach to the Water Bill 2007; Local and State Government team up to tackle climate change; Sport and recreation members in local government; plus more.
14 August 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - August 6, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Western Australian Council not a trading corporation; Queensland local government amalgamations; ASU National Energy-Electricity division invited to Canberra; APEC 2007 - is it worth it; Fairness Test Policy Guide made public; Speech to Infrastructure Partnerships Conference (NSW); and El Salvador - Assassination of a trade union official.
06 August 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - July 9, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Fair Pay Commission tries to justify its low increase; Water in public hands helps end poverty; Energy privatisation puts emergency services at risk; SE Qld should rethink water plan; OECD and Australian regulation reform; Boundaries outdate Bradman’s first ton; Local Government restructuring in the Northern Territory; National Transport Commission; Living standards of working families will go backwards from pay decision; Urban Transport; Council Key Performance Indicator report released (TAS); Stakeholders put their view to the National Water Commission .
09 July 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - July 2,, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Council’s precedent-setting blow against WorkChoices; Energy privatisation puts emergency services at risk; Industry Skills Councils Update - review complete; Western Sahara motion adopted at Unions NSW Council meeting; Another step towards private sector involvement in the delivery of water and wastewater services and infrastructure; WorkChoices is just not fair - IR laws used to deny sacked workers redundancy entitlements; $36.5M in new train safety initiatives; Iemma announces establishment of Rural and Regional Taskforce.
02 July 2007 [full story]
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Public Services Bulletin - June 25, 2007
This edition of the ASU Public Services Bulletin contains the following items: Australian Fair Pay Commission decision on its way; Last week’s collapse of the private sector energy retailer 'ENERGY ONE'; COAG & Parallel Ministerial Unions Group (CPMUG); Industry skills development for ASU public sector members; What have we traded away; Government Skills Australia (GSA); plus more.
25 June 2007 [full story]
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Industry skills development for ASU public sector members
As a union that is working to advance members’ careers, increase skills available to local government and public services workers, the ASU has been a long standing contributor to the skills and competency framework recognition.
21 June 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - June 18, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ACTU Organising Conference themes; NZ local government unions touch base with ASU local government; Jeff Lawrence, ACTU Secretary-Elect: Address to ACTU Conference; plus assorted media releases.
19 June 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - June 11, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ASU superannuation campaign gets extra momentum; The ALP writes to all local government throughout Australia; Is local government for profits or services - the community's choice; Fight for the future; Pay rise for NSW workers; plus more.
12 June 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - June 4, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: NSW electricity privatisation – opposition by USU NSW; Queensland local government & water industry; ASU gets ALP policy change on water industry; ASU national industry division meetings coming up; Latest International Transport Federation (ITF) railway industry bulletin; Government needs an education in early childhood; plus more.
05 June 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - May 28, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Queensland local government; Unions call for 'right to worship' protections in AWAs (NSW); Privatising energy retail breaches election promise (NSW); Ministerial Council on Energy communiqué (FED); Your Rights at Work (YRAW) Information Session Friday 13th July – Darwin; Local Government May 2007 - Government Skills Australia (GSA); NSW Commission to hand down young worker test case; New principles to protect kids at work (NSW); Parliament passes new state laws to help offset WorkChoices impact on Queenslanders (QLD)
28 May 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - May 21, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ASU address the HSU national conference; ASU address the HSU national conference; Sport & Recreation = local government = advisory committee; ASU superannuation booklet now going world wide; ASU asked to comment on of GRI – for contractors; Local government changes must improve, not decrease, services; Qld council mergers; Privatisation near record levels in 2005; plus more.
21 May 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - May 14, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: The Workers’ IR Scorecard; ASU meets with ALP local government shadow Minister; ASU speaks up for library, art galleries and museums; ACTU – OH&S Seminar for union officials; Investment in skills and education needed: 550,000 jobs at risk; Childcare costs hold families back; Youth Leadership Opportunity; Women will get a better deal under a Rudd Labor Government; plus more.
14 May 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - May 6, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: National Local Government Skills Forum; Labor's full IR policy announced; Howard govt resorts to bullying councils into Work Choices; Employers are easily able to evade new ‘Fairness Test’ Briefing Note for Unions from the ACTU; Senator seeks intervention on council mergers; TRUenergy is the first electricity company to try sending Australian jobs to India; plus more.
06 May 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - April 23, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ACTU Statement - ALP pledges to give all Australian workers protection from unfair dismissal; ASU lists all energy awards and EBAs; Local government calls for improved information flows on local government reforms (NT); French multinational takes money from low-paid Sydney workers with Howard’s AWAs (FED); Report from Australia Productivity Commission; Union says council review will not result in mass redundancies; New state laws to help offset WorkChoices impact on Queenslanders; NSW's IR Minister and Qld IR Minister opposed to hand over of IR powers; Government seeks input for new direction (NSW); SA childcare staff crunch; Flexibility is all one way under Govt IR laws: working families worse off on AWAs - new data; $9.9M injection for new local government (NT); plus more.
23 April 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - April 16, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: We need more super, but how do we get it?; NSW councils vote with their feet (NSW); NSW councils reject WorkChoices (NSW);WorkChoices legal battles has minister in a spin (QLD); Confusion reigns in councils over WorkChoices while workers and communities face paying the price; What have state governments done? How have they responded?; Campaign for NSW human rights charter to be launched by Bob Debus; Ask the Australian Government to significantly boost funding for child care; Rockin’ for Rights – march to the concert on April 22; Union and community family day in Melbourne on April 22; Energy Australia gets 14 weeks paid maternity leave – plus salary/wage increase.
16 April 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - April 10, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Assessing local government revenue raising capacity; Australia's Federal Future – a report to the Council for the Australian Federation; New data reveals growing support for unions: ABS figures are incorrect; ASU finalises agenda for local government skills forum; Powerful skills for 2000 Country Energy employees; SA Unions has welcomed a state government inquiry into WorkChoices; Workers welcome local dispute resolution powers; Government Skills Australia Water Industry (technical) advisory industry group; Are TRUenergy’s customers excited about sending Australian jobs to India?; National training agenda for local govt and water industries; Draft National Rail Safety Guidelines; ASU–PSI water and electricity industry forum & steering group; WA: New system to deal with complaints about local government conduct; plus more
10 April 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - April 2, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Local Government in Queensland; The Northern Territory Government; Government Skills Australia Water Industry (technical) advisory industry group; Are TRUenergy’s customers excited about sending Australian jobs to India?; Local government funding; National training agenda for local govt and water industries; Water industry members/operators new tool is on its way to improve quality; Draft National Rail Safety Guidelines; Financial framework for councils gets green light (SA); Review of financial sustainability of local government in Tasmania; WA: New system to deal with complaints about local government conduct.
02 April 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - March 26, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ASU meets with sport and recreation industry; Local government child care; ASU moves on combined union and local government employer skills issues; OECD report urges cities to adopt flexible strategies and smart taxes; The Federal Minister for Workplace Relations Hockey has advised local government is a GREY area; One year of WorkChoices shows Federal Govt's new IR laws are hurting working families; Adelaide City Council staff has rejected a workplace agreement proposal; Authorisation to St George Region of Councils for collective waste, recycling services; New Australian Dangerous Goods Code 7th Edition; ESI Transmission Distribution Rail National Training Advisory Group; Local government report card calls parties to account (NSW).
26 March 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - March 19, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ASU meets with ALP Shadow Minister for Water; ALP Infrastructure policy – ASU has input; ASU National Electricity/Energy Division; Create; Working with Branches; ASU meets with Beijing Municipal Union Federation; Sport and Recreation Industry training package review; Resource sharing delivers for ratepayers.
19 March 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - March 5, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Rocking for Rights at the Sydney Cricket Ground; St George Region of Councils for collective waste and recycling collection services; Della Bosca intervenes in dismissal case involving OHS issues; Women's organisations concerned by reports that women are doing worse under WorkChoices; New website to help young workers get a fair go (NSW); Energy sector leaves Howard isolated; Denmark: top satisfaction for day-care centres.
05 March 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - February 26, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: We need more superannuation; How are states responding to WorkChoices legislation; Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and the parallel Ministerial Councils; Shadow Minister meets with ASU National Local Government Division.
26 February 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - February 19, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: The ASU National Energy/Electricity Division meets; ASU–ACTU energy and the environment; ASU meets with more federal politicians to make sure ASU is heard; Government Skills Australia; Spiralling childcare cost force parents out of the workforce.
19 February 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - February 12, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ASU supports local government child care call; Electricity industry skills training council; ASU meets with more federal politicians to make sure ASU is heard; ASU Railway and Public Transport Division; Promoting access to safe, sufficient and affordable water for all; Northern Territory Government Local Government; plus more.
12 February 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - February 5, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ASU national railway and public transport division meets; ASU meets with the federal shadow minister Senator Kate Lundy; ASU National Local Government Division; Councils preparing to meet climate change; Majority of NSW councils reject WorkChoices (NSW); National standards for local government; Too little too late, Peter (NSW); plus more.
05 February 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - January 29, 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ALP new directions for early childhood education; CSIRO Energy Futures Forum report; NSW Liberals to hand over IR to Howard; Local councils throughout Queensland reviewed.
29 January 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - January 2007
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: ASU members working hard to keep our electricity supply happening; Jobs and families a priority for 2007 budget; Commuters return to rail in their millions; Families still going backwards under WorkChoices; ASU National Energy Division to meet; Waste Services Report.
22 January 2007 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - September 19, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Update on recognition for local government motion; Public sector employees increased by 37,800; Government squibs tax reform; A fairer balance between industrial relations and the economy; Water added to computer model of critical infrastructure (FED); AFTINET call for end to China FTA talks published in AFR; IPART price changes bring water reform to country NSW; Grandparents suffering due to childcare neglect; Building laws 'out of step with reasonable community standards' says Judge; Collective bargaining for higher productivity; Iemma Government to protect injured workers from WorkChoices (NSW).
19 September 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - August 21, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: “NO” to removal of waste services from local government; WorkChoices Moonee Valley City Council style; National Transport Commission’s (NTC) Draft Model Rail Safety Regulations; Labor renews its call for a childcare summit; Big Brother not welcome in workplace toilets; Rolling stop works start at Mackay City Council; Australian Government funding for local government in New South Wales; Report finds more than half of WA councils unsustainable; Financial sustainability - ministers get the message; Child care mapping completed (ACT); Community consultation a must in water reforms; Teens to become more vulnerable in the workplace under new independent contractors bill (NSW); New contractors law will help big business cut pay and conditions.
21 August 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - July 20, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Council Of Australian Governments meeting communiqué; Industrial Relations Campaign; ASU speaks up for employees having access to e-mail and web; Speech to the Australian Rail Summit (Fed); NSW refuses a race to the bottom on workplace safety; IR stand boosts Beazley; Support for councils to buy green (NSW); Spying in the workplace; plus more.
20 July 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - June 19, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Watch our new TV ad and help keep it on air; Councils trim staff; Child Care Case study; ASU meets with the Australian Local Government Association and the ALP; Beazley commits Labor to back the unions’ fair industrial relations system; Establishment of the COAG Energy Reform Implementation Group; NSW moves to protect state workers from Howard’s industrial tyranny; NSW Upper House Inquiry on WorkChoices commences; Community opposition to fewer lifeguard patrols; Attraction and retention of employees in the rail industry; John Howard's economic rationale for WorkChoices lacerated by the OECD.
19 June 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - June 15, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Massive boost to water spending in Sydney (NSW); NSW Budget 2006-07 - Treasurer's speech; $2.3 billion for energy infrastructure (NSW); $21 million for fair and efficient IR system (NSW); Budget funds groundwork for state, national energy reform (QLD); Government entities pump $2.856 billion into energy system (QLD); Budget boosts resources industry powerhouse (QLD); Budget boost for public transport (QLD); Federal Govt wage freeze for low paid workers starts; Rail safety - milestone decision (Fed); Moreland City Council – contracting out leisure centre; Council employees protest proposed AWA; Howard Government has given up on child care; No fix for child care despite Government promises – Democrats; Childcare confirmed: not enough and too expensive (Fed); One in five kids access childcare; Lloyd wants to "direct fund where we can" (Fed); People want bigger role for councils - South Australia.
15 June 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - June 13, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Workplace Relations Ministers Council meeting; Survey reveals WorkChoices strips protections; Councils propose veto controls in return for abolition of rate pegging (NSW); Address to International Labour Organization; People want bigger role for councils - South Australia; Howard Government has given up on childcare; No fix for childcare despite Government promises – Democrats; Childcare confirmed: not enough and too expensive (Fed); One in five kids access childcare.
13 June 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - May 22, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Ministerial Council on Energy - communiqué; Victorian rail investment welcomed; The Australia Institute; Address to union delegates meeting, Sydney; Howard Government urged to rule out NSW OH&S takeover (NSW); Child care inspections; Unions to protest visit by Australian PM, calling it an insult to labour; ASU members in sport and recreation invited to provide input on career recognition and skills improvement; More serious about child care; Unions push for wage increase in the face of rising costs for working families; No TAFE fees for childcare workers.
22 May 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - General Edition - May 17, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) seeks assistance; Queensland local government reform; New minimum standard of severance payments declared in South Australia; Skills and qualification recognition for members; National forum on skills shortages in local government; ACCC green light means alarm bells for child care sector (Fed); $32 million upgrade to country rail infrastructure (NSW).
17 May 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - Child Care Budget 2006 Edition - May 16, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This is a Special Child Care Budget 2006 edition that contains the following items: Senator Lundy speaks on child care; Howard Government has given up on child care; No fix for child care despite Government promises – Democrats; Federal Budget: no new child care places for Territory families (NT); Costello Budget fails on childcare affordability; Poorer families 'miss out' on childcare – The Age newspaper, May 10, 2006; Unlimited places, but industry asks where the staff are - The Sydney Morning Herald, May 11, 2006.
16 May 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - May 10, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This is a Special Budget 2006 edition that contains information about: Local Council grants funding up $58.7 million; Family Day Care and Outside School Hours Care places uncapped; Infrastructure gets more money, but mainly for roads; Small changes in energy and water.
10 May 2006 [full story]
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Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules now under review by Standards Australia
As well as being obviously relevant to ASU members in the energy industry, this review may also affect workers in local government, the water and railway industries. The Wiring Rules are about ensuring the health and safety of workers and has led to a reduction in the incidence of electrical accidents. The review intends to ensure these decreases continue. The new drafts are available for public comment until 30 June 2006.
08 May 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - May 8, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: New changes to occupational health and safety in NSW; Govt's new independent contractors law another free kick for big business; Harper admits the minimum wage can go down in real terms; WA – no Government intention to forcibly amalgamate local governments.
08 May 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - April 18, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public services news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Local government cost shifting agreement reached; Standards Australia's Committee on Electrical Energy Networks, Construction and Operation.
18 April 2006 [full story]
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PSI Health & Social Services Bulletin for the Asia-Pacific Region
The Public Services International (PSI) has released a local bulletin targeting the public health and social services sector. The bulletin is produced in cooperation with the New Zealand. Current issues in the bulletin include: South East Asia Women’s Project on Gender Equality in the Health Sector; Australia - Review of Awards; World Bank - Health Aid is Failing the Poor; Avian Flu Update; Fiji - Nurses Fear Island Posting; Fiji - High Death Rate Among Nurses Raises Alarm; Thailand - UN Children’s Committee Warns About Impact of FTAs on Children’s Rights; Sri Lanka - Health Workers Demand Reinstatement; PNG - Hospital Workers Strike over Management Appointments; Sri Lanka - Hospital Workers Demonstrate; PNG - Nurses Forced Back to Work; Sri Lanka - Medical Officers and Health Workers Strike.
13 April 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - April 3, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public sector news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Privatisation and outsourcing slash public sector workforce; WA State Government to bolster employment conditions; Local government's share of tax falling further behind; Rail Campaign - International Rail Safety Day; Child Care is about quality for kids.
03 April 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - March 24, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public sector news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: World Water Day - 22 March 2006; Rail Campaign - International Rail Safety Day Monday 27th March 2006; Cyclone Larry: LGAQ calls for engineers, health officers; The Labor Party has pledged to "redefine the partnership between the Commonwealth and local government".
24 March 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - March 14, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public sector news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Federal -Local Government; Electricity skills shortages report now with ASU Electricity/Energy; Child Care; NSW public services forced redundancies hit a snag for the government; Tasmanian electricity industry.
14 March 2006 [full story]
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"Serving the public" bulletin - March 9, 2006
"Serving the public" is the ASU's public sector news bulletin. This edition contains the following items: Make your employment contract work; ASU WorkChoices bargaining kit; Local government: do they get the GST?; ASU campaigning against Private Public Partnerships (PPPs).
09 March 2006 [full story]
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