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<DIV>The message below has been circulated by Geoff Capelin the Postgraduate
Advocate at UNSW. It reflects a serious attack on NTEU members at UNSW, which
has unfortunately been launched by a supposedly left-wing student
association.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris</DIV>
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<DIV>President of UNSW Student Guild announces full support for
Workchoices and AWAs<BR><BR>(please distribute as widely as
possible)<BR><BR>UNSW Student Guild President, Xavier O'Halloran today announced
his full support for Workchoices and AWA's.<BR><BR>He told staff today that he
was in full support of Workchoices and that AWA's would be the only form of
agreement in the new student organisation at UNSW.<BR><BR>He also stated that he
thought the whole workforce should be on AWA's and that giving current staff one
days notice that they were to be made redundant as he has done today is entirely
reasonable and in keeping with his philosophy of individual
responsibility.<BR><BR>When queried why he had spent tens of thousands of
dollars on legal advice to investigate cutting staff entitlements and
implementing AWA's he responded by stating that AWA's give employers appropriate
control over their staff.<BR><BR>He also stated that he did not believe that
collective agreements were appropriate in Australia.<BR><BR>In addition, he
indicated that the Student Guild would be fully supporting the implementation of
AWA's for all academic staff at the University next year.<BR><BR>When confronted
with the fact that the Howard government will be delighted with his position he
responded:<BR><BR>"Well they won't know if you don't tell them"<BR><BR>Do you
agree with Xavier O'Halloran? If not why not drop him a line and let him know
what you think of his 'Workchoices/AWA' roll out on:<BR><A
href="mailto:president@guild.unsw.edu.au">president@guild.unsw.edu.au</A><BR><BR>Yours
Sincerely<BR>Geoff Capelin<BR>Postgraduate Advocate x9385
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