Election result a massive win for public education
5 May 2025
Section: News
“It’s official – we’ve stopped Peter Dutton becoming Prime Minister,” Federation President Henry Rajendra said today (Monday). “The weekend’s election…
Parents and teachers unite across The Central West to protest public school funding crisis
18 November 2024
Section: Media Release
Dozens of crisis meetings will be held between teachers and parents at schools across the Central West this week to…
Parents and teachers unite across The Hunter to protest public school funding crisis
18 November 2024
Section: Media Release
Dozens of crisis meetings will be held between teachers and parents at schools across the Hunter this week to highlight…
School hall meetings to urge Albanese to fund public schools
7 November 2024
Section: News
Parents, teachers, principals and local communities across NSW will hold school hall meetings this month urging the Albanese Government to…
Majority of NSW private schools get more public funding than comparable public schools
6 September 2024
Section: Media Release
The extent of inequity in Australia’s school funding has been revealed in new research, showing that more than half of…
Time for government to step up
21 July 2024
Section: Columns
Enabling Equity: Education Quarterly, Issue 10 2024 The recent State of Our Schools survey results revealed that only five per…
Members act to overcome adversity in small schools
16 July 2024
Section: News
Teachers feeling the burden of inadequate staffing entitlements in their school setting are campaigning for improved conditions. The Small Schools…
The latest State of Our Schools survey is another sober reminder of the urgent need to rebuild public education.
12 July 2024
Section: Columns
The survey paints a dire picture of severe teacher shortages, unsustainable workloads, and concerning declines in student wellbeing and engagement.…
Funding is the fix
10 July 2024
Section: News
Survey highlights effects of under-resourced schools Acute teacher shortages, unsustainable workloads and alarming declines in student wellbeing and engagement, reported…
Survey reveals Hunter public schools stretched to breaking point
26 June 2024
Section: Media Release
A survey of public school teachers and principals in Newcastle and the Hunter reveals how the combined impact of the…
Survey reveals Northern Rivers public schools stretched to breaking point
25 June 2024
Section: Media Release
A survey of public school teachers and principals in the Northern Rivers reveals how the combined impact of the $1.9…
Survey reveals Illawarra and South Coast public schools stretched to breaking point
24 June 2024
Section: Media Release
A survey of public school teachers and principals in the Illawarra and South Coast reveals how the combined impact of…
Don’t be angry about schools funding. Be furious.
17 May 2024
Section: Columns
Federation recognises that the NSW Department of Education’s recent decision to pull back education funding from schools was hard felt. …
NSW public schools urgently need full funding new research shows
15 May 2024
Section: Media Release
The urgent need for the full funding of NSW public schools is demonstrated in new research that reveals acute teacher…
$9.9 billion capital funding divide in NSW
8 May 2024
Section: News
Pressure on the Albanese Government to end a decade of neglect and urgently invest in public school infrastructure has grown…
Doubling down on funding negotiations
6 May 2024
Section: News
More than a decade after governments determined the funding benchmark for a child to succeed at school as part of…
Champions for fair funding will always be needed
4 May 2024
Section: News
Indeed, public education funding was discussed at Federation’s first annual conference in 1919. Effective class sizes, sufficient teaching resources and…
Preschooling campaign seeks equality
2 May 2024
Section: News
The NSW Government’s announcement of 100 new public preschools is a significant first step towards Federation’s campaign for universal, public…
Full funding will help every student with disability succeed
1 May 2024
Section: Columns
Enabling Equity: Education Quarterly, Issue 9 2024 On 26 March, Federation gave evidence to the parliamentary inquiry into Children and…
Students with disabilities deserve better
29 April 2024
Section: News
One of the easiest things both the federal and state governments could do to address increased student complexity and the…
The stakes are too high for complacency
19 April 2024
Section: Columns
The need to comprehensively overhaul the NSW public school system has never been more urgent. Our mandate, to provide a…