News Archive by Date

May 2008

Media blitz against Staffing changes 16 May 2008
Nirimba TAFE teachers stop work 15 May 2008
NSW TAFE fees higher than other states 15 May 2008
Mt Druitt TAFE stopwork 15 May 2008
Federal budget 14 May 2008
Jobs Advertised at Jobs@det -14th May 14 May 2008
24 Hour 'Staffing and Standards' Strike 13 May 2008
Real national students' test is budget 12 May 2008
OTEN TAFE teachers stop work 12 May 2008
Statewide strike on Thursday 22 May 11 May 2008
Students @ Work website publicity 11 May 2008
Moruya teachers stop work 09 May 2008
Keep TAFE professional 09 May 2008
Jobs Advertised at Jobs@det on 7th May 08 May 2008
TAFE teachers protest rally today 08 May 2008
Batlow teachers stop work over staffing 05 May 2008
Seaforth TAFE 02 May 2008
Condobolin teachers stop work 02 May 2008
Students@Work website launch 01 May 2008
DET's new ads cut teachers' pay rates 01 May 2008

April 2008

Department uses misleading statistics 30 April 2008
Register of Close Relationships ban 29 April 2008
Recall of Rural Teachers Handbook 29 April 2008
Tuncurry teachers stop work 28 April 2008
Schools staffing dispute 28 April 2008
Minister takes strong stand on TAFE 24 April 2008
Federation will meet at short notice 24 April 2008
School staffing problems begin 20 April 2008
Letter To Coutts-Trotter 11 April 2008
North Shore teachers support campaign 11 April 2008
Government won't guarantee class sizes 10 April 2008
Teachers Endorse 24 Hour Stop Work 08 April 2008
Teachers Across NSW Stop Work 07 April 2008
TAFE Teachers take stopwork action 07 April 2008
D-G receives lesson on public education 05 April 2008
DET Head Office condemns staffing plans 04 April 2008
Mount Druitt High Schools to stop work 03 April 2008
D-G feels teachers' anger in Mt. Druitt 03 April 2008
Sky Channel meetings - 8 April 2008 01 April 2008
Angelo Gavrielatos invited to summit 01 April 2008
Stop-work action continues 01 April 2008

March 2008

Bourke High Teachers take action 31 March 2008
Federation launchesTV campaign- Staffing 30 March 2008
Broken Hill High stopwork 28 March 2008
Jerrabomberra Public School takes action 28 March 2008
Stewart House school stops work 28 March 2008
E A Southee Public takes action 27 March 2008
Goulburn East Public school's stop work 27 March 2008
Stop work at Goulburn South Public 26 March 2008
Cobar teachers angry at staffing changes 26 March 2008
Federation responds to DET 26 March 2008
Staffing campaign radio ads 25 March 2008
Tumut teachers walk off the job 25 March 2008
Bradfordville Public School stopwork 20 March 2008
Karabar High teachers walk off the job 19 March 2008
Keep TAFE Professional 19 March 2008
Griffith teachers take stopwork 18 March 2008
Staffing dispute - an update 17 March 2008
Braidwood teachers take action 17 March 2008
New schools funding policy is needed 17 March 2008
Axing of HSC advice line condemned 16 March 2008
Federation's reply to Director-General 14 March 2008
Wiley Park Girls High staffing protest 14 March 2008
Director-General's email to teachers 13 March 2008
Letter to Director-General 12 March 2008
SMH article - Race and class segregation 10 March 2008
Sky Channel Meetings -Tuesday 8th April 10 March 2008
Teachers vote for strike action 08 March 2008
NSWTF Council to vote on strike action 07 March 2008
Faxstream - Best Start program 04 March 2008

February 2008

Teachers begin advertising campaign 28 February 2008
Women's Conference 2008 27 February 2008
New Facebook Federation 27 February 2008
Letter to D-G seeking negotiations 21 February 2008
Staffing Campaign - vodcast 15 February 2008
Government's staffing approach a hoax 13 February 2008
Private schools funding review announced 12 February 2008
Major campaign issues for 2008 11 February 2008
Apology a historic moment 08 February 2008
Rain does not deter teachers 07 February 2008
NSW Government's Education Revolution 05 February 2008
New staffing arrangement bad policy 05 February 2008
Convergence on Canberra - 12 February 04 February 2008

January 2008

Federation's salaries claim 25 January 2008
Federation's major claims for 2008 21 January 2008
AEU Election notice 17 January 2008
Retaining and recruiting teachers 16 January 2008
Federation re-opens for 2008 05 January 2008
Private schools funding inquiry needed 05 January 2008

December 2007

Stop the Sell-off 19 December 2007
AEU NSW Branch Council 17 December 2007
ACTU thanks workers 15 December 2007
Educational writers needed for survey 12 December 2007
OECD results underline funding needs 05 December 2007
TAFE student fees campaign launched 03 December 2007

November 2007

Teachers welcome Julia Gillard 29 November 2007
Vale Bernie Banton 27 November 2007
A promise to all Australians 25 November 2007
Federal Election - letter to all members 23 November 2007
AEU Election notice 22 November 2007
Greens public schools policy welcomed 20 November 2007
World AIDS Day – 1 December 20 November 2007
Petition delivered to Kevin Rudd today 20 November 2007
TAFE fee action to continue in 2008 16 November 2007
Rudd’s education revolution falls short 14 November 2007
AEU National Beginning Teachers’ Survey 13 November 2007
Australia's most valuable asset 13 November 2007
Workers who help our children grow day 13 November 2007
Howard’s tax rebate for school fees 12 November 2007
Labor policy on ATCs welcomed 09 November 2007
TAFE stop work action continues 04 November 2007
Sharan Burrow addresses forum 01 November 2007
Greens TAFE funding commitment welcome 01 November 2007

October 2007

TAFE student fee hike provokes stopwork 30 October 2007
New public education ad this week 30 October 2007
Federation welcomes African refugees 29 October 2007
World Teachers Day 26 October 2007
Pledge for public education 26 October 2007
Australia's most valuable asset 22 October 2007
The Last Word Federal election forum 22 October 2007
Opening of Mike Dwyer Reserve 17 October 2007
EI opposes NT incursion 17 October 2007
Constructing Fear 17 October 2007
New TAFE Federal election site launched 13 October 2007
Joe Hockey greeted by unions protest 11 October 2007
Make public education national priority 10 October 2007
Demonstration at Ultimo TAFE tomorrow 10 October 2007
New radio ads launched 09 October 2007
TAFE students at work 08 October 2007
AEU Branch Council Election 07 October 2007
Citizenship test condemned 01 October 2007

September 2007

More funding for school counsellors 30 September 2007
Constructing Fear - Friday forum 27 September 2007
New TAFE ads commence this week 25 September 2007
Federal government fails OECD test 19 September 2007
New radio ads start today 17 September 2007
Inquiry disquiet on performance pay 14 September 2007
TAFE student fees increase condemned 03 September 2007

August 2007

AEU Election Notice 31 August 2007
Launch of a new campaign website 31 August 2007
National TAFE claim launched 31 August 2007
NSW Minister to address State Council 10 August 2007

July 2007

National testing announcement 24 July 2007
Human rights of Indigenous peoples 04 July 2007
"You're gold if you're 15 years old" 03 July 2007
Politicians put to the test 03 July 2007
Illusions of prosperity 02 July 2007
Senator Nettle speaks at Conference 02 July 2007
Bill Greenshields addresses Conference 02 July 2007
Agenda for day two 02 July 2007
Annual Conference opens 01 July 2007
Linda Burney addresses Conference 01 July 2007
Life membership 01 July 2007

June 2007

Federal government funding scandalous 25 June 2007
UNICEF Day for Change 2007 launch 25 June 2007
OHS videocast 19 June 2007
State Budget shortfalls 19 June 2007
Schools continue to be closed in Hunter 12 June 2007
Hunter schools and colleges closed 11 June 2007
Trainee teacher scholarships awarded 04 June 2007
Police sent into The Rock Central School 01 June 2007

May 2007

Student reports 29 May 2007
Public Education radio advertisements 26 May 2007
International Day against Homophobia 17 May 2007
Better Federal funding solutions needed 17 May 2007
Voters want public schools put first 17 May 2007
Liberals fail TAFE. Will Rudd too? 11 May 2007
Federal Labor's "Education Revolution" 11 May 2007
An Inconvenient Truth about Australia 10 May 2007
Budget betrays public school students 09 May 2007
TAFE walkers reach Canberra 09 May 2007
TAFE cavalcade arrives in Canberra 8 May 07 May 2007
Young people’s rights at work 04 May 2007
Public Education Day – Thursday 17 May 04 May 2007
March on May Day 03 May 2007
TAFE walkers meet enthusiastic response 01 May 2007

April 2007

Make public education national priority 27 April 2007
Rockin for Rights' 17 April 2007
Director-General of Education & Training 11 April 2007
Australian Education Union TV Campaign 11 April 2007
Stand Up! Speak Out! EmbRACE Diversity 05 April 2007
John Della Bosca new Education Minister 02 April 2007
Women's Conference great success 02 April 2007

March 2007

Boys in the Boardroom 30 March 2007
Your Rights at Work Rally – April 22 30 March 2007
Nothing to celebrate on this anniversary 27 March 2007
State election - the Federation's view 23 March 2007
Private privilege preserved under Labor 19 March 2007
Corrective Services election commitments 15 March 2007
Public sector jobs rally great success 15 March 2007
A good direction for TAFE 14 March 2007
Federation Win for Beginning Teachers 13 March 2007
Learn or Earn offers limited choices 12 March 2007
Stand up! Speak out! Embrace diversity 08 March 2007
International Women's Day 08 March 2007
90% of schools face counsellor shortage 04 March 2007

February 2007

Young workers website launched 28 February 2007
Postcodes of disadvantage in Australia 27 February 2007
Special Education campaign site launched 26 February 2007
AEU - NSW Branch Executive 23 February 2007
Careers Advisers briefed on WorkChoices 23 February 2007
Young workers and women losing out 23 February 2007
Friday Forum - 9 March 2007 at 5pm 22 February 2007
Federal pay scheme “harebrained” 21 February 2007
Beginning teacher conditions lagging 19 February 2007
TAFE is the answer 19 February 2007
Premier's election announcement today 18 February 2007
Student Reports - bans still in place 16 February 2007
Solutions to skills shortages 14 February 2007
Register for Women's Conference 13 February 2007
Beginning teachers research welcomed 12 February 2007
Teachers' 2-day Service Centre 06 February 2007
A critical year to vote 06 February 2007
Productivity Commission Report on TAFE 01 February 2007
Productivity Commission on schools 01 February 2007

January 2007

Public Education TV commercials 30 January 2007
Exodus of beginning teachers alarming 30 January 2007
Federal ALP takes running on preschools 29 January 2007
Teachers welcome Labor’s commitment 23 January 2007
2007 State and Federal elections 22 January 2007
The Cooney Report 18 January 2007
Student Report campaign - webcast 13 January 2007
End incarceration of David Hicks 11 January 2007
Trainee teacher scholarships - 2007 02 January 2007

December 2006

TAFE ban lifted 18 December 2006
Careers seminar 18 December 2006
IPART Report calls for more TAFE funds 15 December 2006
Student reports stand vindicated 14 December 2006
Remarks on 2GB Breakfast Show today 13 December 2006
Student reports phone survey 13 December 2006
New citizenship test a barrier 12 December 2006
Rudd calls for high quality of education 09 December 2006
Join Friends of NUS 08 December 2006

November 2006

School Spectacular Highlights on ABC 29 November 2006
Australian update on student reports 29 November 2006
Student Reports - Radio Commercials 28 November 2006
National Day of Action – 30 November 28 November 2006
National Day of Action - 30 November 27 November 2006
TAFE election demands launched 24 November 2006
A TAFE for our future 23 November 2006
National Day of Action - 7 days to go 23 November 2006
Community languages leaflets for 30/11 22 November 2006
TAFE teachers want permanent jobs 21 November 2006
Student reports - a letter to parents 20 November 2006
Howard government's funding policy wrong 20 November 2006
National Day of Action - 13 days to go 17 November 2006
Citizenship does not need barriers 17 November 2006
Student Reports 15 November 2006
Student Reports 14 November 2006
Student report campaign 10 November 2006
Friday Forum – Quentin Beresford 09 November 2006
Federation witnesses articulate concerns 09 November 2006
National Day of Action - 21 days to go 09 November 2006
Student reports - IRC decision 06 November 2006
Student Reports dispute - IRC decision 03 November 2006
Student reports issues 03 November 2006
Federation witnesses eloquent in the IRC 03 November 2006
30 November - National Day of Action 02 November 2006

October 2006

Day two - Student Report case in IRC 31 October 2006
The afternoon in the Commission 30 October 2006
Today In the Commission 30 October 2006
Teachers defend ban on student reports 30 October 2006
Funding school chaplains misguided 30 October 2006
Student reports hearing in the IRC 30 October 2006
The Sinking of the SIEV 'X' 28 October 2006
World Teachers Day 27 October 2006
Federal Labor initiative worth exploring 27 October 2006
Teachers oppose simplistic reports 26 October 2006
Schools celebrate UNICEF Day for Change 25 October 2006
Professional ban on new student reports 23 October 2006
Friday Night Forum - Charles Firth 22 October 2006
Urgent Need for Action on TAFE 18 October 2006
Student Reports - a message 16 October 2006
That Was Me - Documentary 13 October 2006
Teachers reject curriculum hijack 08 October 2006

September 2006

Student Reports - Faxstream to schools 27 September 2006
Cornerstones Communique launched 24 September 2006
Eastern Creek defers industrial action 19 September 2006
UNICEF Day for Change - 25 October 19 September 2006
Citizenship and learning English 18 September 2006
Student Reports - fax to schools 18 September 2006
DET fined $220,000 in OHS prosecution 15 September 2006
Student Report Campaign 14 September 2006

August 2006

Permanency for temporary school teachers 28 August 2006
Student reports - members to vote 22 August 2006
Student reports - opposition grows 21 August 2006
Schools Spectacular November 24 to 25 18 August 2006
Last chance to register for Cornerstones 18 August 2006
Reports - Parents and Teachers Speak Out 17 August 2006
Student Reports - Live Web Forum 14 August 2006
Conflict in the Middle East 14 August 2006
What has Federal Minister got to hide? 09 August 2006
Cornerstones registration closes soon 07 August 2006
Keynote Speech - Lindsay Connors 04 August 2006
Student Reports 01 August 2006

July 2006

TAFE Futures Inquiry in NSW 25 July 2006
New Teacher Conference 24 July 2006
Student Reports 24 July 2006
Return David Hicks to Australia 20 July 2006
Cornerstones Conference 17 July 2006
Public Education – Australia’s Future 17 July 2006
Student reports 16 July 2006
Student Reports - Discussion Forum 06 July 2006
Student Reports - Podcast and Forum 05 July 2006
Women's Report 04 July 2006
Student Reports 04 July 2006
Special presentation 04 July 2006
Training needed for special education 04 July 2006
Address by Greg Combet 04 July 2006
Phillip Adams 03 July 2006
Statement on Aboriginal Affairs 03 July 2006
Greetings from the AEU 03 July 2006
Staff welfare and bullying 03 July 2006
TAFE, AMES, ACE and Corrective Services 02 July 2006
Address by Nicholas Cowdery QC 02 July 2006
Annual Report 02 July 2006
Supporting Beginning Teachers 02 July 2006
Life membership ceremony 02 July 2006
2006 Annual Conference 02 July 2006

June 2006

Student Reports 30 June 2006
Building Great Communities 30 June 2006
Your Rights at Work - Regional Rallies 29 June 2006
National Day of Action on 28 June 26 June 2006
National Week of Action 25 June 2006
Good news for small schools 16 June 2006
Teachers give state budget a ‘D’ 06 June 2006
A to E grades state government decision 05 June 2006
Dear Minister 03 June 2006
Teaching profession rejects reports 03 June 2006

May 2006

Teachers not involved in student action 30 May 2006
Additional school maintenance funds 28 May 2006
Leadership & Teaching for 21st Century 24 May 2006
ACTU/Unions NSW National Week of Action 24 May 2006
“Trade schools” rejected 22 May 2006
Vinson Launches Preschool Report 18 May 2006
Teachers Highlight Great TAFE Stories 18 May 2006
Vinson Preschool Report 18 May 2006
State budget must deliver 15 May 2006
Extensive publicity campaign launched 14 May 2006
Education Legislation(staff) Bill 12 May 2006
Your Rights at Work campaign 11 May 2006
Howard Government fails public education 10 May 2006
90 percent want public schools funded 09 May 2006
Council decision on student reports 08 May 2006
Federation President misquoted in SMH 06 May 2006
ALP President's statements offensive 05 May 2006
May Day Rally - Sunday 7 May 03 May 2006
Kim Beazley's address to Press Club 03 May 2006
Teaching Services Act Amendment Bill 02 May 2006
Teachers condemn State Government 02 May 2006

April 2006

Switch to direct payment of union fees 24 April 2006
High Court turns down casual teachers 13 April 2006
Public/private integration no answer 11 April 2006
Reduction in teacher resignations 10 April 2006
ALP federal schools funding policy 06 April 2006
Defer Computer Skills Assessment Test 05 April 2006
Bill to defer CSA Test defeated 05 April 2006
Computer test ban lifted 05 April 2006
Tony Vinson's preschools tour 04 April 2006

March 2006

Student Reports 31 March 2006
OH&S prosecution successful 31 March 2006
Aboriginal Members Conference 31 March 2006
Minister justifies pen and paper test 30 March 2006
Statewide promotion of Public Education 29 March 2006
Call for computer test delay 29 March 2006
AEU election- NSW Branch Executive 28 March 2006
Police liaison officers 21 March 2006
Ban on the CSA10 test 20 March 2006
Students move back to public schools 19 March 2006
Computer Skills Assessment Test 16 March 2006
Student Reports 15 March 2006
Letter to Minister - Student reports 15 March 2006
Salary Justice for all teachers in NSW 14 March 2006
Student Reports 14 March 2006
School Certificate threatened 13 March 2006
Computer Skills Assessment Test banned 13 March 2006
Year 10 computer skills test banned 11 March 2006
Public Private Partnerships in schools 09 March 2006
The Quality Teaching Awards 08 March 2006
TAFE protected from WorkChoices 08 March 2006
The Howard decade 02 March 2006
Victorian Student Report Cards 01 March 2006

February 2006

Student Report Cards – what’s the rush? 28 February 2006
New low reached in Federal program 28 February 2006
Principals' research on student reports 24 February 2006
Govt. funding surge to private schools 23 February 2006
Teachers condemn job losses 23 February 2006
Student report cards 23 February 2006
Workers Out! forum 22 February 2006
Annual School Reports 15 February 2006
Beginning teachers need help 11 February 2006
Use of e-mails in schools 10 February 2006
Another attack on public schools 05 February 2006
Exodus of beginning teachers alarming 02 February 2006

January 2006

Prime Minister Howard - long on rhetoric 26 January 2006
National anthem announcement 23 January 2006
AEU Federal 2006 Conference Statement 17 January 2006

December 2005

League tables condemned 27 December 2005
Holidays 20 December 2005
Defending the work of teachers 08 December 2005
Ban on Annual School Report format 07 December 2005

November 2005

Web Services is over - ban lifted 23 November 2005
World AIDS Day 23 November 2005
Year 10 Computer Skills test ban lifted 22 November 2005
NZ industrial relations experience 21 November 2005
National beginning teachers’ survey 17 November 2005
Day of Action - bigger than expected 15 November 2005
Howard's WorkChoices Bill condemned 14 November 2005
Breakthrough made on Special Education 11 November 2005
Anti-Terrorism Bill Senate Inquiry 11 November 2005
Wollongong college closed on 15 November 10 November 2005
Protecting human rights 10 November 2005
National Day of Action - Venues 09 November 2005
Teacher education 08 November 2005
AWAs-funding link 07 November 2005
Grimshaw Review a sham 07 November 2005
Quality Teaching Council Election 07 November 2005
Annual School Reports 03 November 2005
Federal Government’s Anti-Terrorism Bill 03 November 2005

October 2005

World Teachers' Day 28 October 2005
Teachers: The Heart of Learning 28 October 2005
2005 Annual School Reports 28 October 2005
Sky Channel voting results 26 October 2005
Salaries - Director General’s letter 24 October 2005
Salaries - Settlement offer 23 October 2005
Sky Channel Venues - 26th October 21 October 2005
Anti-Poverty Week 20 October 2005
Wollongong TAFE teachers to stop work 17 October 2005
Indigenous Studies for Teachers -survey 15 October 2005
Salaries Sky Channel meeting 13 October 2005
World Teachers' Day 05 October 2005

September 2005

USA losing ground in education 30 September 2005
TAFE needs funding 30 September 2005
Strong local public schools 29 September 2005
New TV Ads Launched 28 September 2005
Teachers and the Law Conference 22 September 2005
Amnesty International 22 September 2005
AEU election - Branch Council 19 September 2005
Marrickville by-election 13 September 2005
Teachers shortages poll and survey 13 September 2005
Rooty Hill High School breaks through 08 September 2005