ANNUAL REPORT Independent Education Union2019 of Australia NSW/ACT Branch 2 | IEUA NSW ACT IEUA NSW ACT | 3 4 | IEUA NSW ACT AGENDA Annual General Meeting Saturday, 19 October 2019 Level 2 – Grand Central The Mercure Sydney 818 – 820 George Street, Sydney IEUA NSW ACT | 5 6 | IEUA NSW ACT 9.00 – 9.30 Coffee/tea and registration 1.0 Opening of Meeting Formal Opening of Meeting Adoption of Agenda 2.0 Credentialing of Delegates, Receipt of Proxies and Apologies 3.0 Confirmation of Minutes – August 2019 Council 4.0 Business Arising 5.0 Financial Statements and 2020 Budget 6.0 Annual Report 11.00 – 11.30 Morning tea 7.0 President’s Report 8.0 Branch Reports 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 9.0 Guest speaker: Anthony Odgers Assistant Federal Secretary Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 10.0 General Business 10.1 Catholic Systemic Schools Claim 10.2 Catholic Independent Schools Claim 10.3 New Implications from the IEU ERO/ Work Value Case 10.4 Compulsory HSC Maths for Primary Initial Teacher Education 10.5 NESA Revocation, Suspension and Voluntary Cancellation of Accreditation Policy 11.0 Council and AGM Dates for 2020 12.0 Questions Without Notice 13.0 Other Business 4.00 – 4.30 Close Cover artwork: Women Dreaming This painting is about women hunting. They are hunting for bush foods. Women are hunting around the waterholes, so they can look for witchety grubs, bush berries, bush onions and bush plums. Painting: April Campbell Language: Anmatyerr Community: Ti Tree Date: 5/11/2018 IEUA NSW ACT | 7 8 | IEUA NSW ACT Minutes IEUA NSW/ACT Branch Minutes of Council meeting held on Saturday 17 August 2019 at The Mercure Sydney Sub Branches Monaro (ACT) Angela McDonald, Bernadette Bradley, David Caton Karen McPherson, Anne Leet, Judy Elliott (Observer) Central Coast John Heffernan, Kristen Rooney, David Terry, Luke Wilmott Central Metropolitan Central West Simon Dundon, Kylie Martinez, Geoff Hayward Peter Nunn, Bruce Paine, Louise Hughes Cumberland Hunter Valley Phil Jirman, Vinnie Cooper, Judith Adams Mark Wilson, Peter Criticos (Observer) Ku-Ring-Gai Daniel Woolley Lansdowne Bernadette Hawthorne Metropolitan East Mid North Coast Mary Murtagh, Pam Adams, Corinne Henry-Schlentrich Leon Robinson, Brett Bennett, Andrew Frawley North Coast Mary Howard, Michael Namrell, Marty Fitzpatrick Jennifer Lee (Observer), Jennifer Allen North West Judy Miller, Fiona O’Neill Northern Beaches Northern Suburbs Mark Anderson Penrith/Blue Mountains Geoff Anderson, Margaret O’Donnell, Michael Loudoun, Regina Bryan Principals Sidonie Coffey, Noeleen O’Neill Riverina Vanessa Creece, Kim Phelps, Narelle Ryall Nicole Young, Sharon Jennings (Observer) South Coast Kathy D’Souza, Michelle Masterson, Shirley Jancetic South East Sallyann Burtenshaw, Catrina Niddrie, Wayne Foster Southern Suburbs Peter Tsambalas Executive: Chris Wilkinson (in the Chair) Carolyn Collins Gabe Connell Louise Glase Leah Godfrey Anna Luedi Peter Moore Patricia Murnane John O’Neil Suzanne Penson Jeff Pratt Tina Ruello Helen Templeton John Quessy Mark Northam Carol Matthews Officers and staff: Aidan Anderson Peter Bishop Megan Bruce Iain Bailey Amy Cotton Lyn Caton Lee Cunningham Pat Devery Artie Dowdle Therese Fitzgibbon Yuva Harish Jim Hall Jackie Groom Verena Heron Elizabeth Finlay Lubna Haddad Liam Griffiths Amanda Hioe Keith Heggart James Jenkins-Flint Valerie Jones Lisa James Marilyn Jervis Ann-Maree McEwan Greg McKinney Carlo Rendina Richard Ryan Bronwyn Ridgway Berna Simpson Russell Schokman Pam Smith Tina Smith David Towson Michael Wright Donna Widdison Helen Gregory IEUA NSW ACT | 9 1.0 OPENING OF MEETING Moved and Seconded The President formally opened the Carried meeting at 9.30am and asked Hunter Valley Sub Branch President Vinnie 3.2 Corrections Cooper to deliver the Acknowledgment of Country. The President welcomed 3.2.1 It was noted that Kur-ing-gai Sub Councillors and Observers to the Branch delegate Daniel Wooley and August Council meeting. North Coast Sub Branch delegate Jennifer Allen were present at June 1.2 Adoption of Agenda Council. 1.3 The President referred to the Agenda 3.3 THAT THE MINUTES BE ACCEPTED and the following motion was put: Moved Bruce Paine THAT THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA Seconded Margaret O’Donnell AS OUTLINED BE ADOPTED Carried Moved Suzanne Penson 4.0 BUSINESS ARISING FROM Seconded Peter Nunn THE MINUTES Carried 4.1 There was no business arising from 2.0 ACCEPTANCE OF CREDENTIALS the minutes. AND APOLOGIES 5.0 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2.1 A list of credentialed Councillors AND ACCOUNTS was tabled for the information of delegates and the following motion 5.1 Financial Statements to 31 July 2019 was put: 5.1.1 The Secretary tabled Financial THAT THE CREDENTIALS LIST Statements to 31 July 2019 and BE RECEIVED, ACCEPTED AND reported on the current financial ADOPTED position of the Union and the budgetary performance to date Moved Geoff Hayward for 2019. Seconded Carolyn Collins Carried 5.1.2 He referred to the Consolidated Profit and Loss Statements for both the 2.2 Apologies were received from: Dianne Branch and the State organisations Lefebvre, Karen McPherson, Karyn and drew attention to the financial Paluzzano, Robert Paluzzano, Dot position as at the end of July. Seamer, Adam Scicluna, Zeinab Mokochar, Shelley Hopper, Mark 5.1.3 The Secretary reported on Income O’Sullivan, Kath Egan, Belinda Burton, from Membership and that although Raelene Maxworthy, Kate Clynch, we were down on 500 members Deborah Lloyd, Janet Marie, Liz this year due to many retiring, he was Heggart, Ann Hunt, Simon Fraser, hopeful that with the Catholic Adam Everatt, Glenn Lowe, Ann campaign coming up that we would Rogers, Wendy Hill, Anne-Marie pick up these new members. In McAdams, Bernadette Baker, Ross regards to Expenses, he drew Conlon, Marie MacTavish, Denise attention to Legal Expenses which McHugh, Gloria Taylor, Steve Bergan, were mostly for the ERO case and that Carolyn Moore, Kendall Warren and these have been budgeted for. Some Veronica Yewdall. expenses that were not budgeted for are expenses for the de-registering of 3.0 CONFIRMATION OF THE MINUTES the state organisation and outlined the process for this and the transfer 3.1 Minutes of June Council Meeting of the properties to the Branch. The following motion was put: The Union is anticipating that the transfer of ownership of the THAT THE MINUTES AS CIRCULATED properties will not incur stamp duty BE TAKEN AS READ in NSW and that he is uncertain about 10 | IEUA NSW ACT this in regards to the ACT property. support staff joining. The winner There may be also stamp duty to of the voucher prize draw would be be paid on the transfer of the Union’s interviewed for Newsmonth. motor vehicles. 6.5 The ECS Conference is being held 5.1.4 The Secretary reported that there is on Saturday 7 September and that still work to be done and although there were still some funded positions we ultimately budgeted for a deficit, available. The conference would he was pleased to report that we will also be livestreamed to members balance the budget pending a few from other IEUA branches ie those hundred new members before the branches who cover early childhood end of the year. teachers. 5.1.5 The following motion was put: 6.6 The good outcome on an allegation ie ‘Not Sustained – Insufficient Evidence’ THAT COUNCIL NOTES THE was reported on; the final outcome FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO 31 JULY was worth the persistence from the 2019 AND THE COMMENCEMENT member and the IEU Officers involved. OF THE BUDGET FOR 2020 6.7 The Union has had success in Moved Carolyn Collins overturning a decision to suspend a Seconded Helen Templeton member’s teacher accreditation. The Carried Union was pleased with the outcome and the fact that we tested NESA’s 6.0 SECRETARY’S REPORT internal disputes procedure. 6.1 The Secretary acknowledged Vinnie 6.8 The final three days of the ERO case Cooper’s Acknowledgement to which commenced in 2013 were Country noting the 44th anniversary scheduled for last week but of the pouring of a handful of red unfortunately, the Union was informed soil by Gough Whitlam into Vincent by Senior Counsel representing the Lingiari’s hand on 16 August 1975. Union that he had come down with The Secretary tabled a written report pneumonia and was unlikely to be (Annexure B) and gave a detailed able to represent the Union in the report on items contained therein. Commission. Accordingly, the Union sought a deferral of the submission 6.2 The Support Staff Conference dates for approximately four weeks. on 13 September was referred to and that registrations were still available. 6.9 A significant report on the IEU Zone which was launched at June Council 6.3 The pleasing result for a member was included the report. The under the Educational Services Secretary drew attention to the graph (Teachers) Award was reported on on members who have registered with which shows the value of being a the IEU Zone. union member. 6.10 The Secretary reported that in June 6.4 As part of the Union’s ongoing 2018, the Daily Telegraph made Recruitment and Retention initiatives, accusations that APHEDA was a number of Officers have been diverting money from a DFAT funded involved in looking at various ways to project in Palestine to unauthorised communicate online with members projects which resulted in its and potential members. A report funding being suspended and an on a recent seminar was included in audit commissioned. There was Council papers. The ‘Join in June’ no evidence of wrongdoing found initiative was reported on which and the suspension was lifted. overall was a success and one that This has had a negative impact of the Union would do again, possibly APHEDA’s fundraising.