He has had to look for work elsewhere

It is these roles the managerialists seem to resent and seek to starve of resources or cut adrift. It is proper, as with schools, that the state and industry bear most of the cost for such work, as the benefits accrue to the economy and society, not just to individual students. Unions have recently protested against the casualisation of university academics, claiming a decline in standards. TAFE has been run on the cheap by parttime casual teachers forever. These parttimers have slowly and painfully achieved small increments in their terms and conditions, only to have them torn away recently by managerial edict. For a great many, TAFE is their main or sole source of income. A colleague who is a gifted and inspiring teacher has worked parttime for more than 20 years. Having finally qualified for long service leave, he took an overseas trip, only to return and be told that parttime teachers must now work 10 hours a week or less, so that they would not qualify for paid preparation time. He has had to look for work elsewhere. It is astonishing that this situation can exist under the same ministerial umbrella as the school system, in which longserving parttimers have a recognised claim to what most workers want and need a permanent position. TAFE works for you? It could, but only with a radical rethink on what it is for. Craig Forbes Lewisham Don't be palmed off with the bad oil It is disappointing that Food Standards Australia New Zealand does not require palm oil identification in packaged foods (Letters, October 2). Those concerned about the proliferation of Indonesian palm oil plantations and consequent habitat destruction may wish to follow my rule of thumb. If a product's ingredients include vegetable oil, take note of the saturated fat content. If it is half or more of the total oil content, it is a fairly safe bet that the ''vegetable oil'' is palm oil. If enough consumers shun palm oilbased foods such as biscuits and instant noodles, food manufacturers may feel compelled to use other oils with less environmental impact, with the bonus for Canada Goose Chilliwack consumers of a reduction in saturated fat intake. Anne Ackroyd Melba (ACT) Bitter irony What an irony that the James Hardie directors should obtain an accelerated timetable for their appeals against disbarment for purveying misleading information (''Accelerated appeals for banned directors'', October 2). As Matt Peacock's book Killer Company points out, it was normally James Hardie policy to protract litigation against them by mesothelioma and asbestosis sufferers as long as possible, in the hope that the complainant, and their case, would die. Geoff Mullen McMahons Point Only joking Magda Szubanski's rant was ''performed'' on a comedy show with the intention of being entertaining it succeeded with flying colours (Letters, October 2). She was ranting about cyclists who choose to ride on a busy freeway in Melbourne, a few feet from a purposebuilt cycle track. A justified rant, I would say, with or without the comedy. Melisa Brown Rosebery Playground tactics No no, Mike Phillips (Letters, October 2). Do you really believe the US has the capability or intelligence to infiltrate a group it cannot even identify? What better way to instil suspicion and mistrust in alQaeda ranks than to tell them that some of them are spies? Look in your local playground you'll see fiveyearolds doing this all the time. Matthew Adams St Ives I expect it is now me letting the cat out of the bag, but Mike Phillips might like to consider the consternation and suspicion sown by news that there are US spies in alQaeda. I would guess there aren't. Or maybe there are. Alan Taylor Earlwood Funny peculiar No, Judith Ridge, (Letters, October 2), it's not that feminists lack a sense of humour, but rather that you have a sense of humour that is different.

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