Podcast interview raises key issues
25 September 2019
Section: News
Federation President Maurie Mulheron used the platform of Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott’s Every Student podcast to express the need for improvements in the areas of staffing and system-wide support for the work of teachers.
Stories to inspire action
25 September 2019
Section: News
The opportunity to be part of a community of teachers where you can express your point of view and have a say in shaping your profession is an uplifting experience, a new book profiling women Federation activists conveys.
Bi+ Visibility Day
23 September 2019
Section: News
Bisexuality Day, also known as Bi+ Visibility or Bi Pride Day, is celebrated on 23 September, and aims to provide bisexual people with recognition and to celebrate bisexual history, community and culture.
Teachers’ voice to drive negotiations
23 September 2019
Section: News
The collective voice of school members — who want enhancement of their profession’s status and support for their work — will be taken into upcoming Award and Staffing Agreement negotiations with the Department of Education.
Be inclusive every day
22 September 2019
Section: News
any schools, workplaces and organisations recently celebrated Wear It Purple Day in order to demonstrate their support for LGBTIQ or rainbow young people.
Week of action gets traction
21 September 2019
Section: News
We came, we saw … they responded. It could be the catchcry that sums up Federation’s week of action over pay inequity for pre-2016 teachers.
Five-star building
21 September 2019
Section: News
Federation’s head office in Sydney’s Surry Hills has been recognised for its green credentials with a 5-star rating.
Department hoses down threat of asbestos
20 September 2019
Section: News
The Department of Education’s asbestos register lists 2185 schools as being contaminated with the hazardous building material, with 109 identified as having the worst category of the substance.
Falling GDP spend on education magnified in new OECD figures
20 September 2019
Section: News
New figures released this month in a snapshot of education jurisdictions around the world underline the grim extent of the Morrison Government’s cuts to public school funding.
Leading your Workplace Committee
19 September 2019
Section: News
When a Fed Rep’s first act is to call in the union Organiser to address an everyday issue in their workplace, it’s very likely vital steps have been missed along with the opportunity to develop the capacity of the Workplace Committee.
Incentives must not drain funding
18 September 2019
Section: News
Scholarships and pay increases recommended by the Grattan Institute to attract high-achieving HSC students to the teaching profession were worthwhile but should not be allowed to skim money from already-scarce current funding for the public system, Federation has stated.
Compliance paperwork means less teaching
17 September 2019
Section: News
TAFE Teachers Association members across NSW have been holding union branch meetings to oppose the “Next steps in demonstrating your VET currency and competency” proposal, initiated by acting TAFE NSW managing director Kerry Penton.
Vale TAFE activist Ray Goff
17 September 2019
Section: News
Career-long Federation member and activist of some 39 years, Ray Goff passed away on 22 August aged 81 years.
Teachers signal their support for an inclusive society
13 September 2019
Section: News
Members have been volunteering to work on Federation stalls at several local LGBTIQ-related celebrations, including Newcastle Pride’s recent Fair Day.
Politicians unfairly banishing TAFE from vocabulary and funding
10 September 2019
Section: News
TAFE should not be dismissed by governments, as it has in the Council of Australian Government’s recent statement on Vocational Education and Training (VET).
Rowdy chorus of commonsense required
5 September 2019
Section: News
It’s never been more important for people with commonsense to start using their voices at full bore, writer and social commentator Jane Caro said.
Learning conditions should not be determined by a popularity contest
4 September 2019
Section: News
Public schools desperate for capital works funding have resorted to applying to a community grants program.
Enabling Equity
3 September 2019
Section: News
It’s Time to act for equality for students with disability
Quality education for all requires us all
2 September 2019
Section: News
Federation has launched a statewide campaign aimed at achieving tangible improvements and equitable resourcing for students with disability in public education.
Drop in VET students at odds with National Skills Week message
2 September 2019
Section: News
The continued decline in the number of students enrolled with nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) makes a mockery of the government’s National Skills Week, Australian Education Union Federal TAFE Secretary Maxine Sharkey said.
Women’s Conference: ‘The Power of our Voices’
1 September 2019
Section: News
The theme for this year’s Federation’s Women’s Conference was “The Power of our Voices”, with the aim to develop women’s activism and feminism through relevant keynote speakers, a panel session and workshops.