Foster’s high-profile support for public education
12 June 2019
Section: News
He made his name representing Australia on the football field, and now former Socceroos player Craig Foster is kicking goals for teachers and students as a champion of public education.
Member of Federation family receives national honour
11 June 2019
Section: News
Federation congratulates Life Member Sharan Burrow, this week honoured as a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Pre-2016 Teacher Pay Inequity
11 June 2019
Section: News
The New South Wales Teachers Federation is actively addressing and prioritising the resolution of the pay disparity that has occurred as a result of the transition to Standards-Based Remuneration (SBR).
NSW Premier’s announcement of a new selective high school is an attack on comprehensive public schooling
4 June 2019
Section: News
The NSW Teachers Federation has condemned the Premier’s decision to establish a new selective high school in southwest Sydney.
Meeting sought over significant underpayment issues
31 May 2019
Section: News
The Department has agreed to meet with Federation over significant issues relating to the underpayment of a “large numbers of teachers”, after the union has been inundated with complaints.
Thousands of students to resit NAPLAN over online glitches
23 May 2019
Section: News
This year’s botched round of NAPLAN testing proved the examination “really is a dud”, Federation President Maurie Mulheron has declared.
Off to Harvard: Public School principals win awards
20 May 2019
Section: News
Congratulations to three public school principal’s granted scholarships at the Public Education Foundation’s Proudly Public Awards ceremony on 15 May held at Sydney Town Hall.
Public schools need $14 billion cut restored to close resource gap
13 May 2019
Section: News
When independent and Catholic schools are receiving more funding than public schools you know how unfair the system has become, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said today.
Billboards drive the message home for voters
7 May 2019
Section: News
Mobile billboards are cruising through several electorates in the lead-up to the federal election, to highlight to voters what is at stake for the nation’s children at the May 18 poll.
Today’s kids can’t wait any longer for schools funding cuts to be restored
6 May 2019
Section: News
“Every year in a child’s education counts — you can’t say we can wait another three years to do something for these kids; you can’t say that,” federal Labor’s shadow education minister Tanya Plibersek said in an address to Federation’s May Council meeting.
Significant lump sum hits bank accounts of rural and remote teachers
6 May 2019
Section: News
During the holidays members of rural and remote schools received their first payments under the new Rural and Remote Incentive packages, negotiated by the union.
Unions rally on May Day ahead of Sunday’s Family Fun Day
1 May 2019
Section: News
To chants of “union, power”, more than 20,000 union members gathered at Sydney’s Belmore Park, near Central station, to march to Hyde Park marking May Day for International Workers Day.
An understanding public commits to schools funding campaign activities
18 April 2019
Section: News
People from the far north coast of NSW have indicated they are ready to fight for what is right and just — true needs-based funding for every student in every public school.
Help grow union’s membership
17 April 2019
Section: News
As part of the continuing implementation of the Annual Conference Decision 2004, Recruitment and Activism and the Future of the…
Data spin and education cross-pollinisation
16 April 2019
Section: News
The need for teachers’ unions and the education research community to cross-pollinate is essential in an increasingly data-dense world if the best interests of public education are to be served, a summit held at Federation headquarters was told.
Change the rules, change the nation
14 April 2019
Section: News
A strong showing is needed at May Day Change the Rules rallies to indicate to politicians that inequity will be an important issue for voters at the federal election.
Student suspension and expulsion procedures need improvement
13 April 2019
Section: News
The Department is conducting a review of the suspension and expulsion procedures and the discipline policy but at this stage there are no terms of reference.
Funding choice is plain to see
8 April 2019
Section: News
What is at stake for every public school across Australia in the upcoming federal election was represented in a powerful visual statement on the lawns of Parliament House on Budget day.
Teacher housing: battle of the bush
8 April 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Accommodation has consistently been a problem for teachers in rural areas.
Vale Barry Manefield
5 April 2019
Section: News
Former Federation President Barry Manefield was remembered for his ability to portray to the public a logical, caring and acceptable image of Federation’s campaigns.
Religious education changes a step in right direction
5 April 2019
Section: News
Federation has successfully pursued a number of positive changes to Special Religious Education (SRE).