After months of negotiations and hard work from delegates, a collective agreement for Sydney's Company B, who this week scored a Helpmann Theatre Award for their hit musical Keating!, is close to being finalised. Pay parity, a company principle important to members (all crew, front of house and administration staff receive the same hourly rate of pay) will remain.

All employees received a wage increase of 4% last week after the Alliance and Opera Australia finalised negotiations for a new 2008-2011 agreement last month. The total increase achieved for Alliance members over the course of the agreement is 15.3% with CPI catch-up in 2011 for any lag over the whole agreement.

After months of negotiations the collective agreement for performers and crew working at Australia's national opera company, Opera Australia, is nearly finalised. Members unanimously endorsed the new agreement last week which includes a wage increase of 14.5% over a four year agreement, CPI catch-up in the fourth year for any lag over the entire agreement, and 10% superannuation increase to be phased in by the end of the agreement. After a final vote, the new agreement will be lodged with the Workplace Authority and pay increases will flow through in following pay period.

Just Super, the industry super fund for media, entertainment and arts professional merges with Print Super on July 1 to become Media Super. The new fund will manage assets of close to $3 billion and will have over 110,000 members across the printing, media, entertainment and arts industries. Full information on the merger is available here.

The Musicians’ Alliance wants to clarify the key issues that professional musicians want to see addressed in the NSW music industry. All NSW musicians are invited to complete the Alliance survey here... Information provided is confidential. 

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001 G and T Time - Matt Golding

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002 Looking for a Rabbit - David Pope

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003 The Political Spectrum - Bill Leak

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004 Bang BANG - Brett Lethbridge

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005 The Daily Truth - Reg Lynch

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006 Spurs - Paul Newman

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007 After 6 - Toshiko Nishida

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008 Downer at Lunch - John Kudelka

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009 The Man in the Boat - Rocco Fazzari

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010 Essential Tasks - Judy Horacek

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011 Outlaws - Matt Davidson

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012 Mirror Man - David Rowe

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013 Reserve Bank - Andrew Weldon

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014 China and Kyoto - Peter Sheehan

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015 New Idea blow Prince Harry\’s cover - Mark Knight

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016 Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau [ORIGINAL]

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017 Understanding the Stockmarket - Alan Moir [ORIGINAL]

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018 Underbelly - Lindsay Foyle [ORIGINAL]

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019 Ginger Meggs Tribute - Jason Chatfield

Cartoons and artwork are set behind glass, with a white border in a black frame measuring approximately 35cm x 30cm.

Drawn from the entrants to the 2007 Walkley Awards these exclusive cartoons and artwork represent some of the best political commentary from the year.

Thank you to all our donating artists and Epson for providing the prints.

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Auction Item      001 G and T Time - Matt Golding 002 Looking for a Rabbit - David Pope 003 The Political Spectrum - Bill Leak 004 Bang BANG - Brett Lethbridge 005 The Daily Truth - Reg Lynch 006 Spurs - Paul Newman 007 After 6 - Toshiko Nishida 008 Downer at Lunch - John Kudelka 009 The Man in the Boat - Rocco Fazzari 010 Essential Tasks - Judy Horacek 011 Outlaws - Matt Davidson 012 Mirror Man - David Rowe 013 Reserve Bank - Andrew Weldon 014 China and Kyoto - Peter Sheehan 015 New Idea blow Prince Harry’s cover - Mark Knight 016 Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau [ORIGINAL] 017 Understanding the Stockmarket - Alan Moir [ORIGINAL] 018 Underbelly - Lindsay Foyle [ORIGINAL] 019 Ginger Meggs Tribute - Jason Chatfield

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