News Archive by Topic

2005 Annual School Reports 28 October 2005
2006 Annual Conference 02 July 2006
AEU election - Branch Council 19 September 2005
Address by Nicholas Cowdery QC 02 July 2006
Annual Report 02 July 2006
Annual School Report Trial 22 July 2005
Boys in the Boardroom 30 March 2007
Celebrate 30 years of union activism 22 August 2002
Delegates meeting 27 May 2005
ESSA trial -Schools nominated 30 August 2005
Federal Government’s Anti-Terrorism Bill 03 November 2005
Headhunting when all is not equal 31 August 2005
Howard’s tax rebate for school fees 12 November 2007
Launch of a new campaign website 31 August 2007
New TV Ads Launched 28 September 2005
OHS videocast 19 June 2007
Public Education and Unionism 03 July 2005
Quality Teaching Council Election 07 November 2005
Student Reports 14 March 2006
TAFE needs funding 30 September 2005
Teacher education 08 November 2005
Teachers and the Law Conference 22 September 2005
Teachers shortchanged by minister 06 November 2003
Teachers: The Heart of Learning 28 October 2005
That Was Me - Documentary 13 October 2006
USA losing ground in education 30 September 2005

AMEP

Minority Award Win 17 March 2005

Aboriginal Education

A Plan for Aboriginal Education 24 June 2005
A critical year to vote 06 February 2007
Aboriginal Members Conference 31 March 2006
Apology a historic moment 08 February 2008
Convergence on Canberra - 12 February 04 February 2008
EI opposes NT incursion 17 October 2007
Indigenous Studies for Teachers -survey 15 October 2005

Annual Conference 2001

Eric Pearson Study Grant Report 10 July 2001

Annual Conference 2003

2003 Annual Conference 06 July 2003
Conference theme 07 July 2003
Defeating the Howard agenda 07 July 2003
Eric Pearson Study Grant 08 July 2003

Annual Conference 2005

2005 Annual Conference opens 03 July 2005
Aboriginal Education Review 05 July 2005
Annual Conference 01 July 2005
Conference Develops Education Plan 04 July 2005
IR campaign 'critical' for TAFE 05 July 2005
Ignorance is Howard’s ally, Combet says 04 July 2005
Life Membership 03 July 2005
Motions from associations 04 July 2005
Teachers have 'vital' human rights role 04 July 2005
The value of the work of teachers 03 July 2005
Women’s co-ordinator report 05 July 2005

Annual Conference 2006

Training needed for special education 04 July 2006
Address by Greg Combet 04 July 2006
Greetings from the AEU 03 July 2006
Life membership ceremony 02 July 2006
Phillip Adams 03 July 2006
Special presentation 04 July 2006
Staff welfare and bullying 03 July 2006
Statement on Aboriginal Affairs 03 July 2006
Student Reports 04 July 2006
Supporting Beginning Teachers 02 July 2006
TAFE, AMES, ACE and Corrective Services 02 July 2006
Women's Report 04 July 2006

Annual Reports

Annual School Reports 30 June 2005
Ban on Annual School Report format 07 December 2005
Schools Told To Report Staff 14 June 2005

Assessment

A to E grades state government decision 05 June 2006
Computer Skills Assessment Test 16 March 2006
Computer Skills Assessment Test banned 13 March 2006
Dear Minister 03 June 2006
Defer Computer Skills Assessment Test 05 April 2006
Minister justifies pen and paper test 30 March 2006
National testing announcement 24 July 2007
School Certificate threatened 13 March 2006
Student Reports 30 June 2006
Student reports 16 July 2006
Student reports - members to vote 22 August 2006
Student reports - opposition grows 21 August 2006
Teaching profession rejects reports 03 June 2006

Attacks on teachers

Education Legislation(staff) Bill 12 May 2006
Public School Teachers Care for Students 09 June 2005
Teachers not involved in student action 30 May 2006

Beginning Teachers

Beginning teacher conditions lagging 19 February 2007
Beginning teachers need help 11 February 2006
Beginning teachers research welcomed 12 February 2007
Exodus of beginning teachers alarming 02 February 2006
Federation Win for Beginning Teachers 13 March 2007
National beginning teachers’ survey 17 November 2005
Reduction in teacher resignations 10 April 2006
Trainee teacher scholarships awarded 04 June 2007

Bullying

Teachers Work To Create Safe Schools 30 March 2005

Campaign, other

Federation Supports PSA bans 18 July 2000
Federation condemns cuts to ABC services 05 August 2003
Teacher Housing 02 April 2001

Campaigns

2007 State and Federal elections 22 January 2007
30 November - National Day of Action 02 November 2006
ACTU/Unions NSW National Week of Action 24 May 2006
Anti-Terrorism Bill Senate Inquiry 11 November 2005
Ban on the CSA10 test 20 March 2006
Citizenship does not need barriers 17 November 2006
Community languages leaflets for 30/11 22 November 2006
Computer test ban lifted 05 April 2006
Eastern Creek defers industrial action 19 September 2006
Extensive publicity campaign launched 14 May 2006
Federation's major claims for 2008 21 January 2008
High Court turns down casual teachers 13 April 2006
Industrial Action for Library 01 September 2005
Join Friends of NUS 08 December 2006
Major campaign issues for 2008 11 February 2008
NSW Minister to address State Council 10 August 2007
National Day of Action - 21 days to go 09 November 2006
National Day of Action - 7 days to go 23 November 2006
New TAFE ads commence this week 25 September 2007
New radio ads start today 17 September 2007
Nothing to celebrate on this anniversary 27 March 2007
Protecting human rights 10 November 2005
Return David Hicks to Australia 20 July 2006
Rockin for Rights' 17 April 2007
Sky Channel meetings - 8 April 2008 01 April 2008
Student Reports 31 March 2006
Switch to direct payment of union fees 24 April 2006
Teachers rally against AWAs 01 June 2005
UNICEF Day for Change - 25 October 19 September 2006
Wollongong TAFE teachers to stop work 17 October 2005
World AIDS Day – 1 December 20 November 2007
Your Rights at Work - Regional Rallies 29 June 2006

Central Schools

Police sent into The Rock Central School 01 June 2007

Child Protection

20 August 2000

Children in detention

Children in Detention 31 May 2005

Class Sizes

Government won't guarantee class sizes 10 April 2008

Conference 2000

The Politics of Public Education 03 July 2000

Conferences

Annual Conference opens 01 July 2007
82nd Annual Federation Conference Begins 02 July 2000
AEU Federal 2006 Conference Statement 17 January 2006
Agenda for day two 02 July 2007
Bill Greenshields addresses Conference 02 July 2007
Building Country Communities 27 August 2001
Building Great Communities 30 June 2006
Cornerstones Communique launched 24 September 2006
Cornerstones Conference 17 July 2006
Cornerstones registration closes soon 07 August 2006
Illusions of prosperity 02 July 2007
Last chance to register for Cornerstones 18 August 2006
Life membership 01 July 2007
Linda Burney addresses Conference 01 July 2007
New Teacher Conference 24 July 2006
New Teachers Conference 18 August 2005
Senator Nettle speaks at Conference 02 July 2007
Stand Up! Speak Out! EmbRACE Diversity 05 April 2007
Women's Conference 2008 27 February 2008

Corrective Services

Corrective Services election commitments 15 March 2007
Corrective Services stoppage deferred 05 May 2004

Council

Young people’s rights at work 04 May 2007

Equity

ESL forum well supported 30 August 2005
Over 40 000 students at risk 29 August 2005
Priority Action Schools Program Saved 02 September 2005
Saving - Priority Action Schools Program 24 August 2005
Saving Priority Action Schools 31 August 2005

Event

Back to School Day 17 May 2005
Constructing Fear 17 October 2007
Exhibition celebrates stand against war 27 January 2005
Friday Forum – Quentin Beresford 09 November 2006
Friday Night Forum - Charles Firth 22 October 2006
May Day Rally - Sunday 7 May 03 May 2006
Public Education Day 16 May 2005
Public Forum 22 August 2005
School Spectacular Highlights on ABC 29 November 2006
Schools Spectacular November 24 to 25 18 August 2006
Workers Out! forum 22 February 2006

Federal Election 2001

Federal election mailout 15 October 2001
TAFE hotline -23rd October 23 October 2001

Federal Government

90 percent want public schools funded 09 May 2006
Angelo Gavrielatos invited to summit 01 April 2008
Citizenship and learning English 18 September 2006
Citizenship test condemned 01 October 2007
Federal government funding scandalous 25 June 2007
Federal pay scheme “harebrained” 21 February 2007
Howard Government fails public education 10 May 2006
Howard government's funding policy wrong 20 November 2006
New citizenship test a barrier 12 December 2006
Teachers reject curriculum hijack 08 October 2006
Teachers welcome Julia Gillard 29 November 2007
The Howard decade 02 March 2006

Federal election

A promise to all Australians 25 November 2007
ACTU thanks workers 15 December 2007
Australia's most valuable asset 13 November 2007
Australian Education Union TV Campaign 11 April 2007
Better Federal funding solutions needed 17 May 2007
Demonstration at Ultimo TAFE tomorrow 10 October 2007
Federal Election - letter to all members 23 November 2007
Federal Labor's "Education Revolution" 11 May 2007
Greens TAFE funding commitment welcome 01 November 2007
Greens public schools policy welcomed 20 November 2007
Joe Hockey greeted by unions protest 11 October 2007
Labor policy on ATCs welcomed 09 November 2007
Make public education national priority 27 April 2007
New public education ad this week 30 October 2007
New radio ads launched 09 October 2007
Petition delivered to Kevin Rudd today 20 November 2007
Pledge for public education 26 October 2007
Politicians put to the test 03 July 2007
Rudd’s education revolution falls short 14 November 2007
Sharan Burrow addresses forum 01 November 2007
The Last Word Federal election forum 22 October 2007
Voters want public schools put first 17 May 2007

Federal schools funding

Federal budget 14 May 2008
Federal government fails OECD test 19 September 2007
OECD results underline funding needs 05 December 2007
Private schools funding inquiry needed 05 January 2008
Private schools funding review announced 12 February 2008
Real national students' test is budget 12 May 2008

Funding

ALP President's statements offensive 05 May 2006
ALP federal schools funding policy 06 April 2006
Australian Technical Colleges 15 July 2005
Budget betrays public school students 09 May 2007
Federal ALP takes running on preschools 29 January 2007
Federal Labor initiative worth exploring 27 October 2006
Kim Beazley's address to Press Club 03 May 2006
New low reached in Federal program 28 February 2006
New schools funding policy is needed 17 March 2008
Private privilege preserved under Labor 19 March 2007
Productivity Commission on schools 01 February 2007
Public/private integration no answer 11 April 2006
Rudd calls for high quality of education 09 December 2006
Schools in Partnership Plan launched 07 September 2005
State Budget shortfalls 19 June 2007
State budget must deliver 15 May 2006
Teachers give state budget a ‘D’ 06 June 2006
Teachers welcome Labor’s commitment 23 January 2007
What has Federal Minister got to hide? 09 August 2006

General

AEU - NSW Branch Executive 23 February 2007
AEU Branch Council Election 07 October 2007
AEU Election Notice 31 August 2007
AEU Election notice 22 November 2007
AEU NSW Branch Council 17 December 2007
AEU election- NSW Branch Executive 28 March 2006
An Inconvenient Truth about Australia 10 May 2007
Annual School Reports 15 February 2006
Bill to defer CSA Test defeated 05 April 2006
Constructing Fear - Friday forum 27 September 2007
Educational writers needed for survey 12 December 2007
Election Notice - AEU NSW Branch 05 August 2005
End incarceration of David Hicks 11 January 2007
Federation re-opens for 2008 05 January 2008
Federation welcomes African refugees 29 October 2007
Friday Forum - 9 March 2007 at 5pm 22 February 2007
Holidays 20 December 2005
Hunter schools and colleges closed 11 June 2007
Kelso High School 22 August 2005
March on May Day 03 May 2007
National anthem announcement 23 January 2006
Opening of Mike Dwyer Reserve 17 October 2007
Punished Not Protected video available 23 March 2005
Save the ABC 10 September 2003
Schools continue to be closed in Hunter 12 June 2007
Stop the Sell-off 19 December 2007
Students @ Work website publicity 11 May 2008
TAFE news 12 November 2004
Teachers Federation elections 05 September 2005
Teachers' 2-day Service Centre 06 February 2007
The Quality Teaching Awards 08 March 2006
Vale Bernie Banton 27 November 2007
Welcome to the start of the new year 25 January 2001

HSC

Axing of HSC advice line condemned 16 March 2008
Federation President misquoted in SMH 06 May 2006

Human rights

2005 Raffle 21 April 2005
Amnesty International 22 September 2005
Anti-discrimination Programs Valid 06 June 2005
Anti-discrimination/homophobia Programs 07 June 2005
Detention policy condemned 21 July 2005
Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2005
Human rights of Indigenous peoples 04 July 2007
International Day against Homophobia 17 May 2007
Mardi Gras Festival Event 07 February 2005
Raids on Schools = Children in Detention 16 March 2005
Release of children and families 29 July 2005
The Sinking of the SIEV 'X' 28 October 2006

Industrial Relations

Careers Advisers briefed on WorkChoices 23 February 2007
Carr's letter 02 August 2005
Concealing the truth 11 July 2005
Day of Action - bigger than expected 15 November 2005
Howard's WorkChoices Bill condemned 14 November 2005
National Day of Action - 30 November 27 November 2006
National Day of Action - 13 days to go 17 November 2006
National Day of Action on 28 June 26 June 2006
National Day of Action – 30 November 28 November 2006
National Week of Action 25 June 2006
Sky Channel meetings 15 June 2005
Sky Channel venues 24 June 2005
Young workers and women losing out 23 February 2007
Your Rights at Work -Letter to parents 22 June 2005
Your Rights at Work Rally – April 22 30 March 2007

International

Anti-Poverty Week 20 October 2005
Conflict in the Middle East 14 August 2006
Schools celebrate UNICEF Day for Change 25 October 2006
TAFE Students are Winners 08 June 2005
Tsunami appeal 04 January 2005
World AIDS Day 23 November 2005
World Teachers Day 27 October 2006

Library

Rooty Hill High School breaks through 08 September 2005

Maintenance

Additional school maintenance funds 28 May 2006
Maintenance Backlog 16 May 2005

Media Attacks

Another attack on public schools 05 February 2006
Defending the work of teachers 08 December 2005
League tables condemned 27 December 2005
Remarks on 2GB Breakfast Show today 13 December 2006

NSW Government

Director-General of Education & Training 11 April 2007
John Della Bosca new Education Minister 02 April 2007
Ministers 'fail' public education 20 January 2005
New Education Minister 19 January 2005
Premier Carr's resignation 27 July 2005
Teachers condemn job losses 23 February 2006

OH&S

DET fined $220,000 in OHS prosecution 15 September 2006
Message for TAFE members 03 February 2003
OH&S prosecution successful 31 March 2006

Opportunities

Teachers needed to volunteer overseas 17 January 2005

Professional Issues (Testing, Curriculum)

Annual School Reports 03 November 2005
Council decision on student reports 08 May 2006
Educational leadership 15 April 2005
Strong local public schools 29 September 2005

Professional issues

Beginning Teacher Standards Not Enough! 22 February 2005
Howard owes public schools an apology 09 February 2005
Inquiry disquiet on performance pay 14 September 2007
Institute of Teachers 23 May 2003
Leadership & Teaching for 21st Century 24 May 2006
Pre-selection -Quality Teaching Council 21 July 2005
Stand up! Speak out! Embrace diversity 08 March 2007
Student Reports - Podcast and Forum 05 July 2006
Student report cards 23 February 2006
Student report requirements inflexible 15 August 2005
TAFE teacher Annual Review 12 May 2001
Teacher Education Review seminar 05 June 2001

Public Education campaign

Report of the Public Education Council 05 April 2005
Election campaign 31 October 2001
Inquiry kit 29 August 2001
Keynote Speech - Lindsay Connors 04 August 2006
Poll shows 86% support public education 30 April 2004
Public Education -'Worth the Investment' 10 May 2005
Public Education Alliance 08 September 2005
Public Education Campaign 25 June 2001
Public Education Campaign bulletin 14 May 2002
Public Education Council Echoes Vinson 02 April 2005
Public Education Day 21 May 2002
Public Education Day -- 22 May 22 May 2003
Public Education Day is May 23 13 March 2002
Public Education Day – Action 29 April 2005
Public Education Day – Thursday 17 May 04 May 2007
Public Education Day, 15 March 2001 26 March 2001
Public Education Day, 23 May 2002 11 April 2002
Public Education Day-TAFE 20 May 2002
Public Education Forum 27 June 2001
Public Education TV Advertisements Begin 06 February 2004
Public Education TV commercials 30 January 2007
Public Education promotion -Sydney Swans 22 June 2005
Public Education radio advertisements 26 May 2007
Senator Brown addresses convention 08 September 2001
Statewide promotion of Public Education 29 March 2006
Students and teachers feel the heat 11 February 2004
The Public Education Convention 03 August 2001
Turn the tide - bike ride 05 September 2001
Vinson Booklet to 800,000 housholds 20 December 2002
Vinson Launches Preschool Report 18 May 2006

Public education campaign

Public Education – Australia’s Future 17 July 2006
Students move back to public schools 19 March 2006

Recruitment

Survival training for new teachers 23 May 2001

Restructuring of DET

DET Restucture 23 October 2003
DET delays announcement - again 20 September 2003
Register of Close Relationships ban 29 April 2008
TAFE action and bans 15 August 2003

Salaries

23 July 2003
Angry teachers walk out 13 May 2004
Basis of Settlement 02 July 2000
Congratulations to members 17 September 2003
DET imposes highest tax rate 31 August 2000
Extracts from the proceedings in the IRC 10 November 2003
Federation Seeks Backpay by August 29 June 2000
Federation's salaries claim 25 January 2008
Latest TAFE hotline 14 December 2000
More schools take action 17 May 2004
No Pay Increase, No Marks In TAFE 24 November 2004
Parents receive leaflet from teachers 15 September 2003
Salaries - Director General’s letter 24 October 2005
Salaries - Settlement offer 23 October 2005
Salaries Campaign Bulletin 14 11 November 2003
Salaries Sky Channel meeting 13 October 2005
Salaries consultation meetings 07 April 2005
Salary Justice for all teachers in NSW 14 March 2006
Sky Channel Venues - 26th October 21 October 2005
Sky Channel voting results 26 October 2005
Special Salaries Bulletin No. 21 - 26 July 2000 26 July 2000
Stopwork cancelled 23 June 2004
TAFE salaries 26 July 2004
TAFE teachers to stopwork over Salaries 30 May 2003
The 'Vinson' 5% and teacher shortage 20 December 2002
Tony Vinson's evidence in the Commission 04 December 2003
Unfunded government initiatives banned 16 September 2003
Wollongong TAFE Stopwork 01 December 2004

School Counsellors

90% of schools face counsellor shortage 04 March 2007
Funding school chaplains misguided 30 October 2006
More funding for school counsellors 30 September 2007
Police liaison officers 21 March 2006

School Funding

Driving public schools into disrepair 24 May 2005
Education Priorities Wrong 10 May 2005
Govt. funding surge to private schools 23 February 2006
Grimshaw Review a sham 07 November 2005
Howard Government's deceit exposed 13 February 2004
Prime Minister Howard - long on rhetoric 26 January 2006
Public Private Partnerships 04 December 2002
Public Private Partnerships 29 April 2005
Public Private Partnerships in schools 09 March 2006
Tutorial Voucher Initiative 08 June 2005

School Staffing

E A Southee Public takes action 27 March 2008
Executive restructuring 16 October 2000
Executive Restructuring - Consultation 26 October 2000
Executive Restructuring- High Schools and Central Schools 06 September 2000
Good news for small schools 16 June 2006
Headhunters highlight problem 19 February 2001
Retaining and recruiting teachers 16 January 2008
Stop work at Goulburn South Public 26 March 2008
Teachers vote for strike action 08 March 2008

School Structures (Collegiates)

"Building the Future" proposal 05 July 2001
Federation submission 28 May 2002
Hotline Message 28 May 2001
Organisation of Public Education 18 May 2001
Vinson Inquiry launches website 11 September 2001

Sky Channel

Teachers Across NSW Stop Work 07 April 2008
Teachers Endorse 24 Hour Stop Work 08 April 2008
Teachers Support UnionsNSW 29 June 2005
UnionsNSW Sky Channel Meeting 30 June 2005

Small Schools

Small School Newsletter 17 October 2001
Small Schools Newsletter 18 May 2001

Special Education

2006 Special Education classes cuts 08 September 2005
Breakthrough made on Special Education 11 November 2005