Voices from the regions too loud for the government to ignore
1 July 2022
Section: News
Yesterday’s actions covered all corners of the state, from Tweed Heads to the ACT and all the way out to Broken Hill.
Teachers jam Sydney CBD as unified strike covers state
30 June 2022
Section: News
More than 20,000 teachers from NSW public and Catholic schools marched on NSW Parliament this morning to protest wages, workloads and staff shortages in a united front not seen for 26 years.
Tens of thousands of teachers send Premier a strong message on workload and salaries
30 June 2022
Section: Media Release
Teachers from Government and Catholic schools in NSW took strike action across NSW and the ACT today, calling on the NSW Government to urgently act on the teacher shortage and its underlying cause – uncompetitive salaries and unsustainable workloads.
Principals and teachers strike over shortages
30 June 2022
Section: Media Release
Principals and teachers from government and Catholic schools in NSW are striking today over the worsening teacher shortages which are affecting the education of children across the state.
HSC students stuck in classes of over 50 students due to the teacher shortages
26 June 2022
Section: Media Release
Teachers and principals have reported mass disruptions to student learning in NSW public schools due to worsening teacher shortages.
Federation welcomes Opposition Leader’s commitment to build more public preschools
23 June 2022
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has today welcomed Opposition Leader Chris Minns’s announcement that a Labor State Government will provide a preschool for every new public primary school as well as building 100 extra public preschools in its first term.
When you fail teachers, you fail children
22 June 2022
Section: Columns
We are in serious danger of burning out a generation of teachers, lost through overwork and disenchantment with the way their focus is constantly taken from their students to a mind-numbing amount of administration and compliance work. They also see a government in denial, unwilling to stand up for the profession or address the root causes of the shortages: the uncompetitive salaries and crippling workloads that are turning people away from teaching.
Public and Catholic school teachers to strike on 30 June
21 June 2022
Section: Media Release
The decision to take 24-hour joint strike action on 30 June was made after a historic joint meeting between the executives of the NSW Teachers Federation and the Independent Education Union of Australia (NSW/ACT).
A time for healing: Refugee Week 2022
21 June 2022
Section: News
While most of the world ground to a halt under the closures, lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID pandemic, the misery and danger for refugees mounted unabated.
Federation welcomes NSW Government’s commitment to universal pre-kindergarten for all children
16 June 2022
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has today welcomed the Government’s announcement to invest more than $5.8 billion over 10 years to introduce universal pre-kindergarten for all children in NSW by 2030.
NSW Government given a week to act on teacher shortage crisis
14 June 2022
Section: Media Release
An extraordinary meeting of the NSW Teachers Federation Executive has today called on the NSW Government to immediately revise its wages policy and to urgently negotiate an outcome that will put an end to the teacher shortage crisis facing NSW schools.
Greens and Labor oppose Government’s Inclusive, Engaging and Respectful Schools policy
7 June 2022
Section: News
Federation has welcomed formal written support from the Greens and NSW Labor to oppose the Perrottet Government’s controversial Inclusive, Engaging and Respectful Schools policy.
Federation says paltry wage cap raise ‘adds insult to injury’
6 June 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation has said the NSW Government’s announcement to lift the wages cap policy from 2.5 per cent to three per cent is not good enoughâ€.
Tweed Shire Council objects to Murwillumbah mega-school plan
3 June 2022
Section: News
The Tweed Shire Council has formally objected to the development application for the controversial Murwillumbah Education Campus.
Federation begins bargaining agreements for TAFE employees
3 June 2022
Section: News
Returning TAFE to being the preeminent provider of vocational education and training is integral to this State’s future productivity and prosperity.
Federation campaign seals Connected Community staff gain
2 June 2022
Section: News
After a robust Federation campaign, the Department has confirmed much-needed additional staff for the state’s 33 Connected Communities schools are in the process of being actionedâ€
Reconciliation is everyone’s business
30 May 2022
Section: News
Students and staff across NSW are learning that it is OK to be the brave individual who stands up and fights for change, to ensure greater opportunities for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
Federation members off to Harvard
27 May 2022
Section: News
Two principal members of Federation have been awarded Harvard scholarships — from just three presented nationally by the Public Education Foundation — in recognition of their dedication and academic leadership.
Governments yet to take action
26 May 2022
Section: Columns
The recommendations from a landmark report on Australia’s First Nations women and girls from 2020 have yet to be realised.
Summit heralds Public Education Day
26 May 2022
Section: News
A special summit is being held in Melbourne today to mark Public Education Day, with a commitment to steer the incoming Labor Government’s education agenda in its first 100 days in office.
Flood relief available for teachers, students
26 May 2022
Section: News
Financial support is now available to teachers in flood-hit areas after Federation’s representations to the Department of Education for emergency aid.
After the decision of March Council, Federation pursued with the Department the provision of ex-gratia payments to compensate teachers for losses resulting from the floods.