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Previous find of the month

November 2010

Tea Services Review 1987

Until the late 1980’s Tea Ladies were a common sight in the larger public service buildings.  This months find is the file '87/7646 – Support Services Branch – Tea Service Review 1987' that charts the last few years of the Public Service Tea Lady.

Folios 4 and 3 document the beginnings of this change from a fully subsidised tea service.  Users were to pay 25% of the tea ladies wages from the 1st of January 1983.  This change was as a result of a review carried out in 1982 that proposed transferring the functions of the Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Services (CACS) to the private sector (Folios 6 and 5).

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 4

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 3

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87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 6

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 5

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The process of reducing the Tea Service started during August 1987 after limiting it to areas with “a significant demand for a beverage service to conference facilities”. 

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 57

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A review was carried out during August 1987 to determine whether the Tea Service was necessary.  A copy of this review follows. 

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 83

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 82

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87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 81

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 80

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87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 79

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 78

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87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 77

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 76

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One impact identified in this review was the lack of tea making facilities for the staff in some buildings.

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 86

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This also impacted on staffing arrangements as staff were now required to make their own beverages.

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 99

87-7646 - Support Services Branch - Tea Services Review 1987 - folio 110

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