by fisho mcspaz » Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:26 am
by Psyber » Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:36 am
Jeez, it's beginning to sound like Mike Rann is turning into Jeff Kennett isn't it..fisho mcspaz wrote:I haven't read the details yet, but I heard that the government is going to sell off the Wittunga botanic gardens - is this true?
by Jimmy_041 » Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:57 pm
oldfella wrote:Perhaps the Premier and the treasurer do not talk or what ever -- Bit hard to argue with a written letter one would think?
http://www.cpsu.asn.au/commitment.pdf
I still wait to see how they get around this signed legal document that is in force until 2012?
http://www.industrialcourt.sa.gov.au/in ... 38D90EE57D
Perhaps bully boy tactics again
by redandblack » Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:09 pm
by Psyber » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:22 pm
From the Editor’s Desk
Orphan interns and blundering bureaucrats
Martin B Van Der Weyden
MJA 2010; 193 (6): 313
By all accounts, our health system is in chaos. We need more money, more hospital beds, more doctors and more nurses. General practitioners and some specialists are either in short supply or inappropriately distributed. Strategies to remedy this parlous state have been proposed, but the will to institute these policies remains frustrated by political hesitancy or bureaucratic ineptitude.
A case in point is the uncertainty surrounding the training of junior doctors. In the past decade, we have seen an unprecedented increase in new medical schools and the number of domestic medical students. The latter is projected to increase to 2920 in 2012, from 1544 in 2007. Add to this the estimated numbers of international medical graduates (517) and Australian Medical Council graduates (146), and by 2012 the number of doctors seeking internships (some 3500) will easily exceed the number of positions available — currently about 2200.
This blatant mismatch is symptomatic of a lack of integrated forward planning, as interns are a state concern and tertiary education a federal responsibility. Could it be that the bureaucrats are clinging onto fragments of the blame game? However, there are other players: our universities! Increasing medical student numbers has meant the kudos of a new medical school for some, while others have enjoyed increased revenue flowing into the faculty coffers.
But what has been done about the looming internship gap? Very little, it would seem, beyond committees and reports. We are now confronting a tsunami of medical graduates, but with no tangible national action to boost the capacity of our hospital system to absorb them.
There are rumours that the first to bear the brunt of the lack of intern positions are international medical graduates, followed by domestic fee-paying students. We may well see a repeat of what happened with the Modernising Medical Careers training program for junior doctors in the United Kingdom, when medical students and doctors marched in the streets in protest.
Someone is responsible for the mess we find ourselves in, and heads should roll within the ranks of our prevaricating and blundering bureaucrats.
The Medical Journal of Australia
Martin B Van Der Weyden, Editor.
by dedja » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:35 pm
by GWW » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:50 pm
by Squawk » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:14 pm
GWW wrote:Does anyone know when the leave loading is going to be removed?
I believe the changes to long services leave are changing July 1 2011, but i haven't found a starting date for the leave loading removal..
by BenchedEagle » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:11 pm
GWW wrote:Does anyone know when the leave loading is going to be removed?
I believe the changes to long services leave are changing July 1 2011, but i haven't found a starting date for the leave loading removal..
by Ian » Fri Sep 24, 2010 7:07 am
duncs wrote:Im sort of torn here. Im goin against the union im a member of by believing the public service can be reduced in numbers, i know of a few crap jobs on ASO 3,4 levels within my department that sit in Riverside and really do nothing. But i do support fighting against losing our benefits.
by Squawk » Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:38 am
by dedja » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:54 pm
by Squawk » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:37 pm
dedja wrote:The security of tenure isn't worth anything?
by gossipgirl » Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:22 pm
Squawk wrote:dedja wrote:The security of tenure isn't worth anything?
Yes it is - a salary which the PSA quotes as being 30% below equivalent roles in the private sector.
Of course, that PSA figure is a sweeping generalisation but in general terms, it would apply to more senior staff than junior staff because comparatively, junior classifications are typically well remunerated compared to the private sector yet the opposite applies to more senior staff.
So in essence, the trade off that tenure brought with it was a salary that is intended to be below that of a similar private sector role.
In truth, it is the PSA who should be copping a fair bit of blame for the Budget outcomes, notably the way in which salary outcomes for public servants have been well below those of other awards over the last decade. They have been weak as p*** in pursuing claims - especially wage claims - and equally weak when it comes to representing the comparatively low percentage of members they have left.
Ironically, ask Jan McMahon about her personal tenure arrangements should she be turfed out of the PSA. She has a sweet deal of her own to fall back on. I have no doubt she can also produce a letter for that deal too.
by Psyber » Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:23 pm
Unfunded Superannuation Liabilities.
Budget Papers show that at June 2001, the General Government unfunded liability stood at $3.2 billion.
Under Labor, the unfunded superannuation liability has blown out to $9.5 billion.
by Psyber » Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:28 pm
Clinical training has been given a shot in the arm with funding for up to 12,000 additional undergraduate places announced by the Federal Government...... Commonwealth agency Health Workforce Australia has allocated 37% of the new training to rural and remote areas of need, while nursing and midwifery will share in a large slice of the funding pie.
The AMA welcomed the announcement, but said it would only achieve the desired future medical workforce results if it were complemented with extra training places for medical graduates once they have finished their university courses.
“Long-term planning is needed for the medical workforce training required for students graduating from medical school to ensure that they have a seamless journey on their way to becoming fully trained doctors,” AMA president Dr Andrew Pesce said. [Yesterday’s] announcement addresses the start of the training process for the larger numbers of medical students, and we now need to see co-operation between governments to guarantee intern, prevocational, vocational training for these students after they graduate.”
by Bat Pad » Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:40 am
redandblack wrote:mick wrote:The best thing this government has ever done. At nearly 55 I was thinking of leaving anyway, I'll be applying for a package ASAP This will decimate our unit a large number of experienced people will be out the door and there has been no succession planning to cover the losses. Well done Mike and Kev, thanks for the two years salary..... ain't socialism grand
That's capitalism, mick, not socialism.
Socialism is what capitalists ask for when they stuff things up.
by Psyber » Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:07 pm
The trick in private industry is that for most people the senior jobs are harder to get, as there are less of them as a percentage of staff total.Squawk wrote:Yes it is - a salary which the PSA quotes as being 30% below equivalent roles in the private sector.dedja wrote:The security of tenure isn't worth anything?
by fish » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:07 pm
fisho mcspaz wrote:I haven't read the details yet, but I heard that the government is going to sell off the Wittunga botanic gardens - is this true?
by GWW » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:57 pm
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