Australian Education
Australia:
Teachers vote to strike but union prepares for a deal
By Erika Zimmer, April 21, 2000
New South Wales state school teachers voted overwhelmingly last Friday to reject the Carr Labor government's latest award offer, but the government is not backing away from any of its sweeping demands...
Australia:
Union leaders prepare to betray teachers' fight against new award
By Erika Zimmer, April 13, 2000
After calling off strike action and entering into eight-week-long talks with the Carr state Labor government over a new award for New South Wales teachers, the NSW Teachers Federation is preparing to ...
Australia:
Students, teachers and residents protest against suspension of high school principal
By Erika Zimmer, March 27, 2000
Students, parents and residents in Dubbo, a New South Wales regional centre, have held strikes and rallies to oppose the demotion and suspension of Dubbo High School principal Jim Carey. Earlier this ...
Australia: The NSW teachers' dispute
Parents, teachers and principals deepen their opposition to education cutbacks
By Erika Zimmer, March 9, 2000
Since New South Wales (NSW) teacher union leaders called off strike action two weeks ago and entered into discussions with the state Labor government over a new teachers' award, indications of parent ...
NSW government wants to "eliminate restrictions"
Australian teachers continue their fight against new award
By Erika Zimmer, February 5, 2000
On Thursday New South Wales (NSW) public school and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) teachers voted overwhelmingly for further strike action in their dispute with the Carr state Labor government...
"I wish I had done what she did"
Interviews with Australian teachers about Geraldine Rawson's Supreme Court challenge
By Susan Allan, February 1, 2000
During the past decade the public education system in Australia has been radically transformed. The most obvious changes have been cuts to the government education budget, the dismantling and closure ...
Australia: Victorian Labor government reneges on its education promises
By Will Marshall, January 20, 2000
After only three months in office the recently elected Bracks Labor government in the Australian state of Victoria is already reneging on its promises to ameliorate the crisis in the state's public ed...
Teachers and students fight to save a technical college in Sydney
By Erika Zimmer, January 18, 2000
Teachers, students and local supporters are into their fourth week of picketing to protest the closure of Seaforth Technical and Further Education (TAFE) College, in Sydney's northern suburbs. The ins...
Primary school principal commits suicide in Australian country town
By Erika Zimmer, January 12, 2000
Just weeks before the end of the school year, Doug Godwin, a 50-year-old father of four and the principal of a local primary school, was found hanged at his home in the small rural town of Moruya, sev...
Chilean teachers send message of support to victimised Australian teacher
December 24, 1999
The following two resolutions from Chile were sent to the World Socialist Web Site in support of the stand taken by sacked Australian school teacher Geraldine Rawson. The resolutions were sent on beha...
An interview with victimised Australian teacher
"Freedom of speech must be defended"
By Sue Phillips, December 24, 1999
Sacked Australian secondary school teacher Geraldine Rawson won a partial victory in the Victorian Supreme Court earlier this month when she challenged gagging provisions promulgated in 1993 by the pr...
Supreme Court declares government's gag clause invalid
Sacked Australian teacher wins significant victory
By Linda Tenenbaum, December 15, 1999
Sacked public high school teacher Geraldine Rawson has won a political victory with significant implications for hundreds of other teachers hounded out of Victoria's schools by the former Kennett Libe...
