yarn issue 6, november 2010

New IPC elected The new members of the Indigenous Policy Committee (IPC) met for the first time on 28 September in Melbourne. At this meeting, members of the IPC elected the Chair and Deputy Chair for the next term of office. Congratulations to new Chair Jillian Miller and Deputy Chair Terry Mason.

Inside this issue:

New IPC elected 1

Welcome from Jillian Miller 1

Indigenous business at National Council 2

Indigenous bargaining update 3

Meet your new IPC reps 4

Memories of Wave Hill Walk Off 4

Health linked to education and employment 5

Clinton Grybas Indigenous Scholarship 5

NTEU Membership form 6

Contact detailsNational Indigenous Officer Adam Frogley [email protected]

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Nominations for three Indig-enous National Councillors and eight Division Indig-enous Councillors closed on the 16 June, with any con-tested elections conducted in August.

The following elected Indigenous members now comprise the IPC for 2010–2012. (NIC = National Indig-enous Councillor, DIC = Divi-sion Indigenous Councillor):

● Chair & DIC (SA) .........Jillian Miller (UniSA) ● Deputy Chair & NIC ....Terry Mason (UWS) ● NIC ................. Dr Bronwyn Frederick (QUT) ● NIC ............................... Frances Wyld (UniSA) ● DIC (VIC) ........ Celeste Liddle (Melbourne) ● DIC (NSW) ......Dr Maree Gruppetta (UWS) ● DIC (QLD) ................John Graham (Griffith) ● DIC (NT) .....Alma Mir (Batchelor Institute) ● DIC (WA) ................ Marilyn Strother (UWA)

Vacancies exist for Division Indigenous Councillors from Tasmanian and ACT. Can-didates for these vacancies will be sought in the coming months.

The IPC was established to formulate In-digenous policy for the NTEU and to advise the NTEU National Executive on Indigenous issues in the higher education sector.

Welcome from new IPC ChairWelcome to the sixth edition of Yarn and my first as the new chair of the Indigenous Policy Committee (IPC). Firstly I would like to thank the outgoing Chair Terry Mason, who is now Deputy Chair, for his advice and counsel in my new role and for the support of Adam Frogley, the Indigenous Officer and members of the IPC.

National Council has endorsed all the Indigenous motions meaning we have union support for:

● Ensuring Indigenous Employment Officer positions in the higher education sector. ● Indigenous Research and ERA. ● Addressing issues at Batchelor Institute. ● Tackling lateral violence. ● Stopping the NT Intervention and welfare quarantining.The IPC has discussed the Indigenous Forum 2011 and are considering ways of fur-

ther improving the structure to further benefit and strengthen the network of Indig-enous unionist working in the university sector.

NTEU represents one third of all Indigenous staff in the higher education sector and I invite you all to recruit just one more each to enjoy the benefits of Indigenous unity!

Yours in unity, Jillian Miller, IPC Chair

Above: John Graham and Jillian Miller with former IPC/ITEPC members Peter Pin-nington and Tracey Bunda at National Council. Left: Jillian Miller and Terry Mason

See p.4 for profiles of your new IPC representatives

YARNNATIONAL TERTIARY EDUCATION UNION − INDIGENOUS MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTER

ISSN 1836-8549 SIXTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 2010

Authorised by Grahame McCulloch, General Secretary, National Tertiary Education Union, PO Box 1323, South Melbourne VIC 3205

Indigenous business at National CouncilNTEU National Council was held from 30 September–2 October, with members of the Indigenous Policy Committee (IPC) debating a number of important motions pertaining to Indigenous employment, education and social justice issues.

A Welcome to Country, given by Aunty Joy Murphy-Wandin (below), opened National Council 2010 and set the scene for the work of Council members over the coming days. The Indigenous report and motions were the first items of business for National Council, with the outgoing Chair of the IPC, Terry Mason providing an overview of the

work undertaken by the Committee and Indigenous Unit over the previous twelve months.

Indigenous motionsCommittee members all spoke passion-ately about the need for the Union to con-tinue to advocate and support the impor-tant work of the IPC and Indigenous Unit. A range of motions were tabled for debate, including:

● NT Intervention & Welfare Quarantining. ● Batchelor Institute. ● Indigenous Research and the ERA. ● Indigenous Employment Officer posi-tions in the higher education sector.

● Lateral Violence. ● IHEAC Draft Indigenous Workforce Strat-egy.

● Compulsory Acquisition of Land.The outgoing Chair of the IPC, Terry Ma-

son and the Victorian Division Councillor, Celeste Liddle gave National Councillors an insight into the deplorable situation faced by communities in the Northern Territory, who live under the welfare quarantining regime imposed by the previous Federal Government.

Indigenous Policy Committee members opened debate on the need to support members, students and Indigenous com-munities in the campaign to save Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE). BIITE is currently negotiating a part-

nership with Charles Darwin University to ensure its ongoing future. It is feared that Australia’s main dedicated remote tertiary education provider for Indigenous com-munities, will lose its status and ability to provide educational opportunities and pathways to employment for remote Indig-enous communities.

Issues pertaining to the sphere of Gov-ernment were also debated, including In-digenous research and input to the Excel-lence in Research Australia (ERA) model and the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Councils (IHEAC) draft workforce strategy. These two motions are vital to en-sure a holistic approach to Indigenous re-search through the ERA and to see greater employment of Indigenous academic and general staff in the higher education sector.

The concept of, and issues related to lat-eral violence were raised for debate. This issue has received a greater level of impe-tus and importance across many branches of the NTEU and is a term that describes a form of bullying that includes gossip, sham-ing and attempts to socially isolate others. This form of bullying is having a great effect upon many Indigenous staff in the higher education sector and the NTEU will con-duct research into this issue to develop an effective policy on the National level.

The WA Division and the IPC jointly ta-bled a motion on the compulsory acquisi-

tion of land at James Price Point for the de-velopment of the Woodside Gas plan.

All motions tabled by the IPC were passed unanimously by Council delegates, with many Branch and Division representa-tives seeking further information on how they can assist with campaigning on the issues debated.

The IPC will continue to provide updates to members on the progress of the motions throughout the course of 2011.

Professor Steve LarkinAlong with the NTEU Indigenous business and motions, National Council delegates were given an insightful and astute pres-entation from Australia’s only Pro-Vice Chancellor–Indigenous Leadership and the Chair of the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council (IHEAC), Professor Steve Larkin from Charles Darwin University.

Professor Larkin gave a speech that pro-vided an analysis of the current levels of In-digenous staffing in higher education, and reflected upon the exclusion of Indigenous perspectives in higher education due to epistemological racism.

Professor Larkin also outlined IHEAC em-ployment initiatives; with a particular focus on the National Indigenous Higher Educa-tion Workforce Strategy (NIHEWS).

Adam Frogley, National Indigenous Officer

Left: Aunty Joy Wandin performs the Welcome to Country for National Council.Above: At National Council 2010 (L–R) John Graham, Professor Steve Larkin, Terry Mason, Jillian Miller, Carolyn Allport

(outgoing NTEU National President), Maree Gruppetta, Adam Frogley, Tracey Bunda, and Celeste Liddle.

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YARN – NTEU INDIGENOUS MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTER

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Indigenous bargaining claim updateThe current round of bargaining continues at universities across the country, with the NTEU achieving good outcomes for Indigenous members. These achievements include securing a numerical/percentage target for Indigenous employ-ment, a senior Indigenous appointment, instituting/advancing Indigenous employment committees, cultural and cer-emonial leave and university-wide Indigenous employment strategies. The table below provides an overview of what has been achieved. These bargaining outcomes are welcomed and provide effective measurable outcomes that give greater opportunities for current and future Indigenous staff members at these institutions; but the real work is only beginning.

The Union will continue to work to review the progress of the Indigenous employment strategies and targets for employment that have resulted from this current round. We congratulate the bargaining teams and look forward to working with other Branches currently in the process of finalising their Agreements.

NOTES1. Can be taken as part of 10 days per year paid Special Leave

entitlement.2. Representative nominated by the Union to be a member of

the Curtin Indigenous Policy Committee.3. Can be taken as part of 5 days per year paid Personal Leave

entitlement.4. Target increase of 25% of current 22 Indigenous Australian

staff at Deakin employed in full-time, ongoing positions.5. 5 days paid ceremonial leave per year.6. 5 days paid Family, Cultural Obligations and Other Special

Circumstances Leave.7. Target increase of 1% of total Murdoch Staff (FTE) over the life

of the agreement.8. NTEU nominee on Indigenous Consultative Committee.9. 3 days paid leave, plus 10 days unpaid leave.10. $1,386/$2,774 per annum depending on level

11. NTEU representation on Indigenous Australian Employment and Career Development Reference Group

12. $2,092/$3,490 per annum depending on level13. Targets to be in proportion to the distribution of Indigenous

people in the local community14. University will publish annual review of the strategy15. NTEU nominee on advisory working group16. Can be taken as part of 6 days per year Personal Leave entitle-

ment17. $1,386/$2,774 per annum depending on level18. One day paid leave per year for NAIDOC observance. Extra 5

days per year may be taken as part of Special Leave with pay19. Can be taken as part of 10 days Family and Personal Leave20. $1,595/$3,192 per annum depending on level and adjusted

with pay increases21. At least 50% Indigenous membership on recruitment panels

for new and existing position with the Oorala Aboriginal

Centre and for identified Indigenous positions across the University

22. 2 days paid cultural/ceremonial leave23. Targets to be in proportion to the percentage of Indigenous

Australians in the general population24. University will publish an annual review of the strategy25. Union representation on Indigenous Australian Employment

Strategy Consultative Committee26. 5 days paid leave, plus 10 days unpaid leave27. $1,386/$2,774 per annum depending on level28. Senior Staff position as Head of the Badanami Centre29. Indigenous staff to comprise at least 2% of UTS staff30. One day paid leave per year for NAIDOC observance31. Commitment to an identified position which has responsibility

for co-ordinating and monitoring Indigenous employment at UTS

Institution Indigenous Employment Target

Indigenous Employment Strategy

Representation on Indigenous Employment Committees

Cultural/ Ceremonial Leave provision

Language Allowance provision

Commitment to appoint senior Indig-enous Staff

Representation on Selection and Assessment Panels

Other

Charles Sturt ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔1 ✘ ✘ ✘

Curtin ✔ ✔ ✔2 ✔3 ✘ ✘ ✘

Deakin ✔4 ✔ ✘ ✔5 ✘ ✘ ✘

Griffith✔ ✔ ✘ ✔6 ✘ ✘ ✘

Staff consultative committee to review progress of Indigenous employment Strategy annually

Murdoch✔7 ✔ ✔8 ✔9 ✔10 ✘ ✘

All rent paid to the University is to be provided to the Murdoch University Foundation to be used for the purposes of an Indigenous scholarship(s)

QUT✔ ✔ ✔11 ✘ ✔12 ✘ ? Commitment to employing Indigenous staff as overwhelming

majority of staff in Oodgeroo Unit

Southern Cross ✔13 ✔14 ✔15 ✔16 ✔17 ✘ ✔

Mandatory cultural competency training for employees with supervisory responsibilities.Extended carer’s leave for Indigenous Australians

Tasmania ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔18 ✘ ✘ ✘

University of New England ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔19 ✔20 ✘ ✔21

Indigenous Access and Participation Committee to be established to set targets for the employment of Indigenous employees

University of Southern Queensland

✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘

UWA ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔22 ✘ ✘ ✘

University of Western Sydney

✔23 ✔24 ✔25 ✔26 ✔27 ?28 ✘University wide cultural awareness training program – Pro-gram of Indigenous Australian traineeships, scholarships and sponsorships relevant to career development

University of Technology, Sydney ✔29 ✔ ✘ ✔30 ✘ ✔31 ?

Wingara Management Committee to monitor staff turnover to ensure that the University maintains and improves Indigenous employment and meets its targets.Establishment of Indig-enous Australian staff support network relating to employment and professional development at UTS



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Special online article

Reflections on the Wave Hill Walk-Off 40 years on, an activist’s viewIn August 1966, Aboriginal pas-toral workers staged a walked off from Lord Vesteys’ cattle sta-tion at Wave Hill in the Northern Territory. Initially, the Aboriginal stockmen expressed their unhap-piness with their terrible working conditions and impertinent treat-ment. Momentum continued to build, fed by the injustice faced by the Aboriginal workers, lead-ing to the now famous walk off – known to the Gurindji as ‘Free-dom Day’.

The following year, with the assistance of Dexter Daniels, the North Australian Workers’ Union Aboriginal organiser, the stockmen and their families moved from Vesteys’ cattle station to Wattie Creek and claimed their land back. The strike and land rights struggle went on for about nine years. In 1975, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam poured a handful of soil into Vincent Lingiari’s hands, formally returning some of their land and ensuring the preservation of the Gurindji’s culture.

Yarn presents an online article by Dr Brenda Croft from the David Unaipon Centre at UniSA, with the assistance of Frances Wyld, that provides a reflec-tion on the Wave Hill Walk Off from an activist’s view point on what was achieved then and the path toward the future.

Read the full article online at: www.nteu.org.au/indigenous/yarn/wave_hill_40_years_on

Meet your new IPC membersJillian Miller Chair & Division Indigenous Councillor (SA)

Jillian Miller is a Mirning woman with family ties to the West Coast of South Australia. After 37 years employment with the SA Department of Education and Children’s Services, Jillian now works at the University of South Australia as Coordina-tor - Indigenous Student Services. In Jillian’s previous role as Superintendent Aboriginal Education, she had state wide re-sponsibility for Aboriginal Education in SA from 2000–2005 and was the inaugural chair of the Senior Officers Nation Net-work Indigenous Education.

Jillian has been a union member since her student teacher days and was on the AEU Na-tional ATSIEC for 8 years. She was the first Indigenous member of the AEU National Execu-tive and worked on a new model of representation of Indigenous members within unions with the late Arthur Hamilton. Jillian proposed the resolution on the Rights of Indigenous peoples at the World Congress of Educational International (EI) in 1995 after working with Maori members of NZEI and chaired the first Indigenous Caucus of EI in Washington DC.

Jillian led two recent national research projects for DEEWR initiated by the IHEAC: Good Practice Models of Leadership that Sustain Indigenous Participation, Retention and Success in Higher Education, and A Study of First Year Experiences of Indigenous Students in Australian Uni-versities. She is a member of the SA Certificate of Education Board and the ACER Indigenous Standing Committee.

Jillian still maintains her membership of the AEU as well being an active member of the NTEU and looks forward to her new role at the National level.

Maree Gruppetta Division Indigenous Councillor (NSW)

Dr Maree Gruppetta is a Guyinbaraay woman currently work-ing in the Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). Prior to her current po-sition as Senior Lecturer and AREP Education Course Advisor, Maree taught in the School of Education at UWS for eight years and prior to that was teaching in schools.

Maree has taught in both Primary and Secondary class-rooms, after completing a B.Tch (Primary), and a B. Ed (Hons), followed by a M.Teach in Special Education (Secondary). Ma-

ree has just been awarded a PhD; was nominated in the top 10 lecturers of the year at UWS in 2009, and was recently nominated for a Deadly Award.

Celeste Liddle Division Indigenous Councillor (Vic)

Born on the picturesque plateau known as Canberra, Celeste, a proud Arrernte/Collingwood woman, and her family moved to the land of endless winter (aka Melbourne) when she was 14. Celeste was accepted into La Trobe University where she studied science for two years before seeing the Light and be-coming a drama major. She completed her Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Theatre and Drama) in 2002

Celeste started work at the Wilin Centre, Faculty of the VCA, University of Melbourne, the week after she handed in her

honours thesis and worked there for 6 years before moving up to the Centre for Indigenous Education as the Senior Recruitment and Engagement Officer.

Celeste is also an out of practice actor, playwright and director. Her one-woman show “Not One Nation” played at La Mama in 2003. In the future, Celeste hopes to pursue her love of the theatrical arts by obtaining a PhD (sooner, rather than later!).

For profiles of all IPC members, see our website: www.nteu.org.au/indigenous/ipc



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Clinton Grybas Indigenous ScholarshipIn honour of one of Australia’s most gifted and promising young journalists, Clin-ton Grybas, the Red Dust Role Models foundation has established the Clinton Grybas Media Scholarship.

Clinton had an exceptional talent that earned the respect and admiration of some of the industry’s greats. His professional approach to commentating and reporting on all sports was second to none and his passion for his media work was an inspiration to all. Clinton’s sudden death in 2008 was a shock to all of those associated with the media industry. This scholarship is but one way of ensuring Clinton’s legacy lives on is through this Indigenous media scholarship.

Clinton’s Indigenous connection was through Red Dust where he had travelled to remote Indigenous communities to promote health and wellbeing. He was about to become a Red Dust role model when his sudden death meant an end to all his dreams.

The Scholarship is a prestigious award aimed at providing assistance to Indigenous students studying or completing work placements in numerous media fields including jour-nalism, radio broadcasting, television and production/pre-senting.

Scholarship recipients will receive $5,000 and the opportu-nity to connect with media opportunities through the schol-arship organisers, Red Dust. The scholarship also encourages the recipients to then use their developed skills and attrib-utes within their community so as to profile unique and posi-tive community stories and inspire the next generation of media students.

For further information on Red Dust, visit www.reddust.org.au or email [email protected]

Health linked to education and employment When compared with other women in Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are considered the most socially and economically disadvantaged and have the poorest health status. As research on the social determinants of health shows, socio-economic disadvantage is strongly associated with poor health outcomes. The social determinants of health include education, employment, housing, income, racism and many other issues.

The new National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Health Strategy launched on 20 May at the National Wom-en’s Health Conference specifically speaks to education and employment: two central issues for the NTEU. Bronwyn Fredericks, Karen Adams and Sandy Angus led the de-velopment of the Strategy. The work was funded by the Department of Health and Ageing to undertake consultations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wom-en and to provide input into the new Na-tional Women’s Health Policy (AWHP).

Over 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women participated in consulta-tions to identify their priorities and needs. The Action Areas and Recommendations presented in this Strategy were raised and discussed by the women who contributed through the consultation process.

Employment strategies and designated positions are discussed. So too, is the need for employers to work out whether they want an Indigenous worker just to ‘fit in’ within the work environment and who will organise a NAIDOC display once a year and canvas Indigenous people or whether they want to challenge the way their or-ganisation functions and their core values or whether they want to do both. Some of this information could be utilised to make employment strategies within Australian universities more effective.

The Strategy also explains that a number of women expressed concerns regarding superannuation, early retirement provi-sions and Centrelink entitlements along with how dependent status was recog-nised. It is stated that the rules need to be changed to reflect chronic disease patterns

and disability as experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the classifications of who and who is not a de-pendent. This also supports the work that the NTEU is doing in this area for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Strategy is available online at www.awhn.org.au

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