
Issue No 60		30 June 2000

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NSW School Staff Ban GST Work

Public Service Association members in Government School staff have banned all GST work because of the Government's paltry offer of financial assistance to cover the huge extra workload and responsibilities inflicted by the GST.

Administrative staff in schools have to manage large and complex budgets. Many schools have an annual turnover well in excess of $1 million. Administrative Staff will have to tread the minefield of multifarious GST rulings for the education sector.

The Department of Education says that "the correct interpretation of procedures and requirements by school staff is essential to ensure the accounting treatment of financial transactions is appropriate in terms of GST requirements".

Yet the Government won't pay for this work. It didn't even upgrade Schools' computer equipment to make ready for the GST.

PSA Acting General Secretary Maurie O'Sullivan said, "For years and years DET has relied on the goodwill of administrative staff to keep schools going. It has never been prepared to pay them for extra work - they just work unpaid overtime.

"The GST is the last straw. Our members in Schools are outraged that a Government, which is prepared to bail out SOCOG to the tune of $140 million, will only eke out a miserly $11.42 a day to help the biggest schools cope with the GST burden."

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Interview: Turning Tides
ACTU President Sharan Burrow reflects on the disappearance of the middle class and what the union movement can do about it

Unions: Fear and Loathing in Wollongong
For four days this week, too much unionism was barely enough. We bring you the highs and lows from behind the scenes and inside the bars of this week’s ACTU Congress.

Politics: The Group Hug
Opposition leader Kim Beazley came, saw and conga-ed. Here's what he said to the ACTU Congress.

History: Unions and Family Trees
Trade union records may not be the first port of call for a beginning family historian, but down the track a little, these records could bring to life an ancestor who previously was just a name printed on the page.

International: Fiji Bans Lifted
Fiji employers are expected to start reinstating all their workers over the next week, now that Australian union bans have been lifted at the request of the local union leadership.

Review: Room to Manoeuvre
Full employment with a highly skilled well-paid workforce is a realistic goal for Australia, despite the supposed constraints of globalisation.

Satire: Satan Subpoenaed To Cricket Inquiry
The King Commission of Inquiry into cricket match-fixing yesterday heard evidence from Satan that he never influenced Hansie Cronje to accept bribes.

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