New federal campaign set to make public education funding a top election issue
23 March 2021
Section: News
Teachers and principals have had enough of federal political parties failing to take their share of responsibility for public school funding and intend to make it a major issue at the next election, Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos said today.
All aboard, ARTEXPRESS is coming to town
20 March 2021
Section: News
Outstanding student artworks created for the 2020 HSC examination in Visual Arts will feature in a series of dynamic exhibitions across the state this year.
Offer helps you introduce colleagues to union
20 March 2021
Section: News
For a short time, Federation will be offering one term of free membership in a bid to encourage new members and build union density within workplaces.
Harmony Week 2021
14 March 2021
Section: News
Harmony Week celebrates multiculturalism and diversity in Australia – a time to share our cultural heritage, practices, beliefs, identities and languages.
Start term 1 with your JPL
4 March 2021
Section: News
Your Journal of Professional Learning (JPL) is ready to read now, with more than 100 articles across 12 editions there is something of significance for everyone.
Racing NSW approached TAFE to buy Scone campus
3 March 2021
Section: News
Racing NSW had offered to buy the Scone TAFE campus six months before it was even listed for sale, a NSW parliamentary hearing was told today.
More teacher walkouts over staffing issues
2 March 2021
Section: News
Teachers from Coomealla High School and Gol Gol Public School have today walked off the job protesting the reduction in staffing incentives and continued teacher shortages in rural and remote areas of the state.
Walgett teachers walk over staff crisis
25 February 2021
Section: News
Teachers at a school in Walgett in northern NSW have taken industrial action and walked off the job on Wednesday over drastic staff shortages.
Let’s beat One Nation’s bigoted Bill
23 February 2021
Section: News
Submissions to One Nation’s Education Bill close this Sunday and Federation encourages members to make an online submission “via survey” before the opportunity is gone.
Gallop report release highlights teaching crisis
20 February 2021
Section: News
Escalating workloads, uncompetitive salaries and significant teacher shortages had combined to create a crisis in NSW public education, according to the findings of an eminent panel’s inquiry into the profession released today.
Crisis point – Gallop unveils findings of independent inquiry
17 February 2021
Section: News
The “scale and intensity” of change to teachers’ work since 2004 has outstripped any other era since 1970, at the same that the Department has withdrawn support and resources from the profession, the chair of the teaching inquiry told a schools summit in Sydney.
Penguin partners lead Mardi Gras message
10 February 2021
Section: News
Who better to tip a bouquet of ice on a discriminatory policy against diversity than a pair of loved-up penguins?
Rebuilding: Bega and better!
3 February 2021
Section: News
There was one group of students at Bega High School looking forward to returning to school after the holidays – to see how their special project is bearing fruit, or vegetables.
Private school funding shows ‘neglect’ of public students
3 February 2021
Section: News
A new report has shown that federal funding for private schools continues to grow at a faster rate than for public schools.
Vale John Hennessy
1 February 2021
Section: News
Former Federation General Secretary John Hennessy – remembered as a champion of workers’ rights as a fundamental human right – died at home late last week.
Wiyi Yani U Thangani—(Women’s Voices)—Securing Our Rights, Securing Our Future Report 2020
28 January 2021
Section: News
A landmark report on Australia’s First Nations women and girls has been released by June Oscar AO, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.
From the Heart Week of Action
27 January 2021
Section: News
We are at a critical time in our history and YOU can make a difference. Join us in a Week of Action for the next step in the journey of recognition for Australian First Nations peoples in a voice on constitutional change.
Scone TAFE sale: victim of Government’s own policies
27 January 2021
Section: News
Federation has slammed the NSW Government’s sale of the state-of-the-art Scone TAFE campus in Australia’s equine capital as the nation battles a skills crisis and rebuilds from the COVID pandemic.
School staffing neglect reaches crisis point
26 January 2021
Section: News
Recent media coverage has reported major teacher shortages across the state. 1250 permanent positions remain unfilled on the eve of the new school year. This is on top of any unfilled temporary and casual teacher vacancies. While alarming, it is hardly surprising.
A reminder about the benefits of your Federation membership
22 January 2021
Section: News
You stand with 60,000 fellow teachers, all seeking a better working life
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.