education reform

Terry Hogan - 01:16:07

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Terry Hogan
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01:16:07

Terry Hogan outlines education reforms that coincided with the early phase of the Smart State strategy. He recalls that some education initiatives of this period were proposed earlier during the Goss years. He adds that Smart State helped build stronger relationships between the government and universities.

Howard Guille - 00:34:44

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Howard Guille
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00:34:44

Howard Guille describes the amalgamation of the CAEs in 1981. He discusses how this affected the CAEs and how the CAU became involved.

Mary Kelly - 01:18:39

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Mary Kelly
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01:18:39

Mary Kelly reflects on the greatest regrets of her career including the lack of a needs-based funding strategy for schools.

Mary Kelly - 01:17:10

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Mary Kelly
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01:17:10

Mary Kelly reflects on her greatest achievements from her time in the Queensland Teachers Union including the permanent reduction in class sizes.

Mary Kelly - 01:11:01

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Mary Kelly
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01:11:01

Mary Kelly comments on the Smart State policy, and the economic approach to education under both the Bjelke-Petersen and the Goss governments.

Mary Kelly - 01:02:11

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Mary Kelly
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01:02:11

Mary Kelly reflects on 1989, the 100-year anniversary of the Queensland Teachers Union and dealing with the Goss Labor Government, and the changes they made to education.

Mary Kelly - 00:56:30

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Mary Kelly
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00:56:30

Mary Kelly discusses the collaboration between the Queensland Teachers Union and other teachers' unions in Queensland and other states, such as the New South Wales Teachers Federation (NSWTF). She describes her time as the Vice-President of the Australian Education Union, and working as a unionist on a national and international scale.

Mary Kelly - 00:44:42

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Mary Kelly
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00:44:42

Mary Kelly outlines her leadership of the Queensland Teachers Union through the time of the Goss government, and the successes that the Union had for teachers, up until the conclusion of her Presidential term in 1994.

Diane Zetlin - 00:57:15

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Diane Zetlin
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00:57:15

Diane Zetlin discusses education policy under both the Keating government and the Howard government.

Diane Zetlin - 00:32:10

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Diane Zetlin
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00:32:10

Diane Zetlin speaks about the amalgamation of two organisations to form the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in the late 1980s, and the issues associated with the union becoming affiliated with the ACTU.

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