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Oct 18, 2026
LivHOST
Yes.
LivHOST
So the first one we've got is with Jeff Sparrow, who's an NTEU member and a senior lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne Uni.
LivHOST
He's talking to us about the strike that happened last week at Melbourne Uni.
LivHOST
They're striking for better conditions, better pay.
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LivHOST
So earlier or later last week, I spoke with National Tertiary Education Union or NTEU member and senior lecturer in the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne, Jeff Sparrow, about last week's strike and teaching ban at the University of Melbourne.
LivHOST
They had the strike on Monday and then for the rest of the week they were on teaching ban so there were no lectures, seminars or tutorials throughout that period.
FatimaPANELIST
Teachers from the University of Melbourne have gone on a 24-hour strike, followed by a four-day strike since Monday for better pay and working conditions.
FatimaPANELIST
Members of the National Tertiary Education Union, NTEU, have gone on strike after negotiations between the university and staff members broke down, meaning lectures, tutorials and workshops at Melbourne University are expected to be cancelled.
FatimaPANELIST
The strike is set to finish on Friday.
ZoeHOST
It's true.
Joe HildebrandPANELIST
But no, there's a lot of great kids I've spoken to, and we've got a great cadet program here at News.
Joe HildebrandPANELIST
But anyway, um, so here's a, a quote from, um, the National Tertiary Education Union, which is a, uh, great union that was founded in that other great union, uh, the Soviet Union.
James MacPhersonHOST
[laughs]
Joe HildebrandPANELIST
Uh, new research from the National Tertiary Education Union shows fees for students in communication, society, and culture courses have jumped 113%-
James MacPhersonHOST
Mm
Joe HildebrandPANELIST
... uh, since the Job Ready Graduate scheme was introduced in 2021.
Joe HildebrandPANELIST
The scheme aims to push students toward public benefit fields such as science and technology by making them cheaper while raising the cost of other more generalist degrees.
Joe HildebrandPANELIST
So everything is doing exactly what it was supposed to do.
Amanda CohnGUEST
respect.
Rick McCourtGUEST
Today, I was part of an all-Aboriginal bargaining team for the enterprise agreement that was bargaining with an all-Aboriginal university, sorry, a National Tertiary Education Union to decide for Aboriginal people what our working conditions should be.
Rick McCourtGUEST
And that was only possible because our non-Indigenous brothers and sisters respected our self-determination enough to stand aside, to recognise that the power that they have must be shared with those who are impacted by our decisions, and they let us have our own safe space to negotiate.
Rick McCourtGUEST
So today, as part of this debate, I call on you not just to acknowledge country, but to respect country, to use the influence, the positions and the power that each of you have, particularly our elected representatives, at your disposal to create real outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, not simply to acknowledge that we must do better.
Amy CiarraHOST
The findings in this report were supported by Unions New South Wales, with them calling for the implementation of the recommendations by the New South Wales Government, including, quote, "Calling on the government to commit to a standalone licensing scheme with legislation this parliamentary term and the scheme operating by 1st of July 2027.
Amy CiarraHOST
The scheme should cover all industries, screen operators through a fit and proper person test and a financial viability requirement, and be run by an independent authority funded by license fees." [typewriter clicking] In Queensland, three universities rallied as one with the National Tertiary Education Union members of Griffith University- Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland took action in Brisbane CBD.
Amy CiarraHOST
They condemned senior executives that are rejecting their reasonable demands in bargaining and reclaimed their universities for staff and students.
Amy CiarraHOST
Five hundred workers showed up with support from the community, other unions, and politicians.
Jeff SparrowGUEST
I suspect that's what, what it's going to take in the future.
Xue ShiCORRESPONDENT
A National Tertiary Education Union member, Rory Mullen, who participated in the university's recent strike, told me that the reality workers face is even harder.
Rory MullenGUEST
What I do think is labor rights at the University of Melbourne or our ability to act as a union or to engage industrial campaigning, this, this system has been built up, the industrial relations system has been built up over many years and it has resulted in a range of basically some, I would say in some ways, some quite oppressive re- constraints on us to organize and to do industrial campaigning.
Xue ShiCORRESPONDENT
In 2023, staff at the University of Melbourne went on a week-long strike.
Jonathan HopperCORRESPONDENT
The Coalition has vowed to block the legislation in the Upper House, meaning Labor needs the support of the Greens for the bill to pass.
Jonathan HopperCORRESPONDENT
The National Tertiary Education Union has released findings showing 68% of university staff in WA are against the State Government's plans for a university merger.
Jonathan HopperCORRESPONDENT
Thank you, Belinda.
Jonathan HopperCORRESPONDENT
Thank you for that update, Jonathan.
Fatima SohalHOST
It provides greater retirement savings and financial security and ensures casual staff have access to some of the most competitive employment benefits in the sector.
Fatima SohalHOST
National Tertiary Education Union, NTEU, ACT Division Secretary Dr. Lachlan Covey said the pay rise of three point six point two-- two five percent annually was the best achieved at universities so far in this bargaining round.
Fatima SohalHOST
It's a fifteen point three five percent cu-cumulative pay rise across the life of the agreement.
Fatima SohalHOST
UC is the first university to agree to seventeen percent superannuation for casuals in an agreement, Dr.
Michael TerrenHOST
Welcome to the NTU ECU podcast.
Michael TerrenHOST
Uh, I am Dr. Michael Terren, branch committee member of the ECU branch of the National Tertiary Education Union.
Christine CunninghamHOST
Yes, and I'm Dr. Christine Cunningham, and I have the pleasure of being your union president.
Michael TerrenHOST
Excellent, and we love to have you.
Amy SiaraHOST
And we acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
Amy SiaraHOST
In today's episode, we speak with Brendan Keogh, Workplace Rep with the National Tertiary Education Union about the current bargaining dispute with Queensland University of Technology and their demands for 20% wage increase, protection from AI, workload protections and improvements to leave.
Amy SiaraHOST
Following that, we travel back in time to February 2005, where we hear an archive recording of this show stick together with former host John Davies, a segment on former Prime Minister John Howard's workplace reforms.
Amy SiaraHOST
But first, let's hear some union news.
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Amy SiaraHOST
We now turn to our feature story for the week.
Amy SiaraHOST
The National Tertiary Education Union's Queensland branch is engaged in several bargaining disputes with universities across the state at the moment.
Amy SiaraHOST
Today we chat with Brendan Keogh, Workplace Rep at Queensland University of Technology.
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