Federation welcomes announcement of Sydney Peace Prize 2025 winner
22 May 2025
Section: News
Dr Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and eminent international jurist, will receive the 2025 Sydney Peace…
Apply for Federation’s Tree Levy grant
14 May 2025
Section: News
Applications are currently closed. Are your school grounds looking a little bare? Could your students use some shady spots to…
March for peace and refugees on 13 April
11 April 2025
Section: News
Our children and young people are experiencing the greatest number of wars and conflicts since World War Two. The politics…
Prize pool for peace-based creative arts competition worth $5400
18 March 2025
Section: News
Applications are now open for the 2025 Sam Lewis Peace Prize, with a $500 gift card on offer as the…
Sydney Peace Week wraps up with celebration of diversity and shared humanity at Cabramatta High School
27 November 2024
Section: News
Representatives of the 2024 Sydney Peace Prize recipient — the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement — were honoured…
Hiroshima Day marked with Association Peace Contacts course
6 August 2024
Section: News
As Federation recognises Hiroshima Day today (6 August), Federation is hosting its first day of Trade Union Training for elected…
Creative arts competition with $4000 in prizes
1 April 2024
Section: News
Entries are now being accepted for Federation’s Sam Lewis Peace and Environment Competition 2024. Students in all public education settings,…
Education has an important role in saving the planet, conference hears
11 March 2024
Section: News
Students walk through knee-deep water at high tide to get to school, the result of climate change induced sea level…
NSW Teachers Federation Executive Statement on Middle East Conflict
17 October 2023
Section: News
All wars are fought against children Federation is deeply saddened and concerned at the level of human suffering and pain…
AUKUS makes Peace Contacts a priority
4 July 2023
Section: News
Associations will be encouraged to elect a Peace Contact who will be guided by a comprehensive role statement as a…
One nuclear sub could fund SRS to 2040: Garrett
3 July 2023
Section: News
For the cost of one AUKUS submarine, the federal government could fully fund the schooling resource standard for public schools…
No Place for a Nuclear Base, Port Kembla
12 May 2023
Section: News
The clear message to the Albanese Government from the South Coast May Day rally on Saturday, 6 May, was: Nothing…
Rally for refugee rights and peace this Sunday
29 March 2023
Section: News
Federation is proud to endorse and support the 2023 Palm Sunday rally and march, to be held this Sunday, 2…
Federation opposes AUKUS
20 March 2023
Section: News
It is a deep commitment to peace that guides the NSW Teachers Federation’s opposition to militarism and belief that war…
Passionate about our environment? Your association needs you
9 December 2022
Section: News
Climate change is already affecting teachers’ health and safety and the physical and mental health of the students we teach.…
Powerful video message wins peace prize
7 December 2022
Section: News
“We need peace as much as we need air, as much as we need water.” Sindy Zhang from Sydney Girls…
Failing on climate fails Australian students
15 October 2021
Section: News
Australia’s education unions have thrown their support behind the School Strike for Climate movement, as students and supporters prepare for a national protest in advance of the Glasgow COP26 climate summit.
Civilians in Afghanistan need our support
24 August 2021
Section: News
As the world continues to watch the distressing images from Afghanistan, we feel a mix of horror, distress and even anger, as we try to comprehend the extent of the crisis and the emerging ramifications of the Taliban seizing control of the country.
Support students striking for climate action
17 May 2021
Section: News
School students, angry at the devastating effect of climate change, are once again taking to the streets and striking for change.
Global body puts climate in classroom
22 April 2021
Section: News
Education International, representing 32.5 million teachers and education support personnel worldwide, has launched a global campaign to ensure climate education becomes as fundamental as teaching reading and writing.
Federation members demand Australia backs UN nuclear ban treaty
19 January 2021
Section: News
Just months after the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the relentless pursuit of a global ban on nuclear weapons by peace activists across the world will shortly come to fruition.