Women’s Action Committee (WAC) Due to COVID-19 closing down the National Office in March 2020, faceto-face meetings of the Women’s Action Committee (WAC) were replaced by two online meetings, which occurred in April and July.
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WAC 2019–20 Chair Alison Barnes A&TSIPC Rep Anna Strzelecki UniSA
Division Representatives ACT
General: Jo Washington-King UC
Academic: Blair Williams ANU
NSW General: Julia McConnochie UTS
Academic: vacant
NT
General: Sylvia Klonaris CDU
Academic: Amanda Brain CDU
Qld
General: Gwen Amankwah-Toa QUT Academic: Leonie Barnett CQU
SA
General: Cécile Dutreix UniSA
Academic: Katie Barclay Adelaide
Tas
General: Jenny Smith UTAS
Academic: Natalia Nikolova UTAS
Vic
General: Karen Lamb ACU
Academic: Virginia Mansel Lees LTU
WA
General: Corinna Worth Curtin
Academic: Suzanne Jenkins UNDA
The focus of these meetings centred primarily around the growing impact of the COVID-19 crisis on our universities, and the feminised nature of the mass job losses that have ensued.
NSW Rhianna Keen
Qld
Noeline Rudland
However, the NTEU proceeded with our annual Bluestocking Week, and the promotion of our women’s organising networks in supporting our national campaigns on opposing job cuts and the Federal Government’s plans to cut funding to higher education.
SA
Juliet Fuller,Cheryl Baldwin
Tas
Emma Gill
Key activities
Vic
Amelia Sully
WA
Donna Shepherdson
• Monitoring gender equity legislation and progress in the sector.
Staff Support National Office Terri MacDonald
• Ensuring that gender balance, equity and advancement of women are integral to all NTEU structures, policies and practices. • Coordinating the annual Bluestocking Week event.
Image (this page): From lockdown in Melbourne, National President Alison Barnes Zoomed into the NT Division’s Bluestocking Week live seminar hosted by Sylvia Klonaris; Kerrie Mellick (JCU) and Leah Winslow (GU) participating in the Anna Stewart Memorial project. Image (opposite page): Cheryl Baldwin, Cécile Dutreix, Juliet Fuller and Jess Jacobson at the University of Adelaide during Bluestocking Week.
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• Contributing feminist critique to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, industrial and higher education policy and research analysis, materials and campaigns. • Participating in trade union women’s activities. • Engaging with and, where relevant, supporting research projects, conferences NTEU ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ◆ Women’s Action Committee (WAC)
