IEUA NSW/ACT Annual Report 2 | IEUA NSW ACT IEUA NSW ACT | 3 4 | IEUA NSW ACT AGENDA Annual General Meeting Saturday, 20 October 2018 Level 2 – Grand Central The Mercure Sydney 818 – 820 George Street, Sydney IEUA NSW ACT | 5 6 | IEUA NSW ACT AGENDA 9.00 – 9.30 Coffee/tea and registration 1.0 Opening of meeting Formal opening of meeting Adoption of Agenda 2.0 Credentialling of delegates, receipt of proxies and apologies 3.0 Confirmation of Minutes – August 2018 Council 4.0 Business arising 5.0 Financial Statements and 2019 Budgets 6.0 Annual Report 11.00 – 11.30 Morning tea 7.0 Chris Watt, IEUA Federal Secretary – A federal perspective of education policy, funding and Industrial Relations 8.0 President’s Report 9.0 Sub Branch Reports 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 10.0 ACTU President, Michele O’Neil – ‘Change the Rules’ 11.0 NESA Report – Larry Grumley – IEU Rep on NESA Curriculum Committee 12.0 Motions for Which Due Notice is Given 13.0 General Business 13.1 ERO Case 13.2 National Review of Teacher Registration 13.3 ACT Claim for Teachers in Catholic Schools 13.4 National Enquiry into Sexual Harassment at Work 13.5 Recruitment and Retention 13.6 NSW Curriculum Review 14.0 Council and AGM Dates for 2019 15.0 Questions Without Notice 16.0 Other Business 4.00 – 4.30 Close IEUA NSW ACT | 7 8 | IEUA NSW ACT Minutes IEUA NSW/ACT Branch Minutes of the Council meeting held on Saturday 25 August 2018 at the Mercure Sydney 818 - 820 George Street Sydney Sub Branches Bernadette Bradley, David Caton, Angela McDonald, Karen McPherson, Monaro (ACT) Judy Elliott (Observer), Bernadette Wilson (Observer) John Heffernan, Kristen Rooney, David Terry Central Coast Central Metropolitan Simon Dundon, Bruce Paine, Louise Hughes Central West Peter Nunn, Kylie Martinez Karyn Paluzzano, Robert Paluzzano Cumberland Phil Jirman, Vinnie Cooper, Mark Wilson, Dot Seamer Hunter Valley Jennifer Crichton (Observer), Gerard Crichton (Observer) Daniel Woolley Ku-Ring-Gai Mark O’Sullivan, Zeinab Mokachar Lansdowne Janina Kozak (Observer), Ali Ziyaad (Observer) Shelley Hopper Metropolitan East Mary Murtagh, Andrew Frawley, Pamela Adams, Brett Bennett, Anne Maree Mid North Coast Frawley (Observer) Kath Egan, Mary Howard, Michael Namrell North Coast Richard Ryan, Jennifer Allen, Marty Fitzpatrick Kate Clynch, Fiona O’Neill, Belinda Burton North West Judy Miller, Raelene Maxworthy Northern Beaches Mark Anderson, Anna Luedi Northern Suburbs Margaret O’Donnell, Janet Marie, Regina Bryan Penrith/Blue Mountains Noeleen O’Neill, Sidonie Coffey Principals Vanessa Creece, Mercedes Goss, Ann Hunt, Narelle Ryall Riverina Ornelia Murray (Observer) Glenn Lowe, Shirley Jancetic South Coast Wendy Hill, Sallyann Burtenshaw, Wayne Foster South East Catrina Niddrie, Simon Fraser Anne-Marie McAdams Southern Suburbs Chris Wilkinson (in the Chair) Executive: Bernadette Baker Carolyn Collins Gabe Connell Leah Godfrey Simon Goss Denise McHugh Caroline McCaffrie Patricia Murnane Peter Moore John O’Neill Jeff Pratt Suzanne Penson Tina Ruello Helen Templeton John Quessy Gloria Taylor Carol Matthews Mark Northam IEUA NSW ACT | 9 Aidan Anderson Iain Bailey Officers And Staff: Lyn Caton Amy Cotton Megan Bruce Pat Devery Amanda Hioe Keith Heggart James Jenkins-Flint Lubna Haddad Liam Griffiths Jackie Groom Verena Heron Valerie Jones Carolyn Moore Marilyn Jervis Greg McKinney Ann-Maree McEwan Carlo Rendina Russell Schokman Berna Simpson Pam Smith Robert Seals Dave Towson Kendall Warren Sandra White Donna Widdison Michael Wright Veronica Yewdall Sue Osborne Helen Gregory Alex Menyhart Michael Loudoun, Kate Millan, Kim Phelps, 1.0 OPENING OF MEETING The President formally opened the Kathy D’Souza, Ann Rogers, Michelle meeting at 9.30am and invited Central Masterson, Amy Kermode, Peter West delegate Kylie Martinez to deliver the Tsambalas, Ross Conlon, Louise Glase, Acknowledgement to Country. Marie MacTavish, Steve Bergan, Peter Bishop, Liz Finlay, Therese Fitzgibbon, Jim Adoption of Agenda Hall, Lisa James, Anne Lajoie, Bronwyn 1.2 Ridgway and Tina Smith. The President referred to the Agenda 1.3 and the following motion was put: 3.0 CONFIRMATION OF THE MINUTES THAT THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA AS Minutes of June Council Meeting 3.1 OUTLINED BE ADOPTED The following motion was put: Moved Bernadette Baker THAT THE MINUTES AS CIRCULATED Seconded Carolyn Collins BE TAKEN AS READ Carried Moved and Seconded Carried 2.0 ACCEPTANCE OF CREDENTIALS AND APOLOGIES Corrections 3.2 The President welcomed Councillors, 2.1 especially new and returning Councillors, There were no corrections to the minutes. 3.2.1 and Observers to the meeting. THAT THE MINUTES BE 3.3 A list of credentialed Councillors was ACCEPTED 2.2 tabled for the information of delegates and the following motion was put: Moved Bernadette Baker Seconded Carolyn Collins THAT THE CREDENTIALS LIST BE Carried RECEIVED, ACCEPTED AND ADOPTED 4.0 BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES Moved Bernadette Baker Seconded Leah Godfrey An update on the purchase of the 4.1 Carried Lismore property was requested and the Secretary responded that this would be Apologies were received from: Dianne reported in the Secretary’s report. 2.3 Lefebvre, Anne Leet, Luke Wilmott, Geoff Hayward, Amy Mead, Bernadette Ann-Maree McEwan reported that the 4.2 Hawthorne, Adam Scicluna, Adrian Di motion calling on the government to Qual, Leon Robinson, Corinne Henry- close the detention centres had been Schlentrich, Geoff Anderson, Liz Heggart, sent to the Prime Minister, the Leader 10 | IEUA NSW ACT of the Opposition and the leader of the Seconded Mark Wilson Greens. A further letter with the motion Carried will now be sent to the new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison. 6.0 SECRETARY’S REPORT The Secretary tabled a written report 5.0 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND 6.1 (Annexure B) and gave a detailed report ACCOUNTS on items contained therein. 5.1 Financial Statements to 31 July 2018 He offered his congratulations to 6.2 The Secretary, for the information of new Assistant Secretary Pam Smith and 5.1.1 Councillors, explained the two union all those involved in the running of this bodies and that we were in process of year’s Women’s Conference and from all looking at winding up the State feedback received, it was another organisation and tabled Financial successful conference with once again Statements to 31 July 2018. He inspiring and passionate speakers and reported on the current financial position excellent workshops. of the Union and the budgetary performance to date for 2018. The recording of gender as data and an 6.3 option for members to identify their He referred to the Consolidated Profit gender as neither male nor female was 5.1.2 and Loss Statement for both the Branch reported and that there is no impediment and the State organisations and to the Union providing other options on explained how Income from Membership any new membership form printed for was derived. Interest Received was 2019 and further consideration would reported and the Secretary advised be given to this. that we have $3million in a Westpac Coupon Select account and that this The successful workers compensation 6.4 money covers leave liability and hence outcome on behalf of a member was earns interest. The term deposit reported. matured a few weeks ago and has been reinvested. For the benefit of new An extensive Professional Development 6.5 Councillors, the Secretary reported on report was included in the report and the income received from the other that two milestones had been reached offices owned by the Union ie the ACT this week, ie 3000 members have where the Federal office rents an office, accessed the online PD sessions and as does another organisation; the that members have been accessing Nurses and Midwives Association pay the PD as places as far away as Alice rent in the Newcastle office; and we Springs and Hawaii. receive a small amount of income from the ASU in the Lismore office. The Union has in the past received many 6.6 requests from members not to have In regards to Expenses, the Secretary publications delivered to them in paper 5.1.3 reported on the ERO case that the Union format, usually for environmental is running and that there would be reasons. We have also facilitated further significant expenses incurred members to supress publications toward the end of the year. Items such usually where there is more than one as Insurances, Motor Vehicles, Legal member in a household; and now that Expenses, Workers Compensation, publications are accessible digitally, Services which included the branding of there has been an increase in members IEU umbrellas, Teacher Exchange opting out. Recently, the Union has been which included the Orientation and receiving requests to opt out of mailed Welcome Conferences for 2017 and 2018. publications due to the plastic wrap rather than the paper inside and The following motion was put: that we would be using the publicity 5.1.4 around the environment grants to THAT COUNCIL NOTES THE FINANCIAL further encourage members to move to STATEMENTS TO 31 JULY 2018 digital Newsmonth copies. Moved Peter Moore IEUA NSW ACT | 11 A proposal to participate in the Member outcomes for Catholic schools which he 6.7 Advantage Card which replaces the believes is overall beneficial for the existing plastic card with a digital one was Catholic sector and in particular for shown at the recent ACTU Congress. The Catholic schools in the ACT. The view of digital card is attached to various the Independent school sector was discounts and that the VIC/TAS IEU has reported and that the funding model used this service for a number of years. would depend largely on their wealth, We are presently completing due although independent small and lower diligence on the company to satisfy the fee SES primary schools would benefit.