Inquiry calls for urgent action on teachers’ working conditions and salaries
20 February 2021
Section: Media Release
An independent inquiry has recommended major changes to the salaries and working conditions of teachers to address a crisis caused by rapidly escalating workloads, uncompetitive salaries and significant teacher shortages.
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of change to teachers’ work since 2004 has outstripped any other era since 1970, at the same that the Department has withdrawn support and resources from the profession, the chair of the teaching inquiry told a schools summit in Sydney.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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Welcome back
27 January 2021
Section: Columns
Welcome back to school year 2021. I hope you’ve had a restful break.
Teachers condemn NSW Government over Scone TAFE sale
27 January 2021
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has condemned the NSW Government’s bid to sell off the state-of-the-art Scone TAFE campus in Australia’s equine capital.
Teachers avert student bussing ‘nightmare’ in Sydney’s north-west
27 January 2021
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation remains concerned about inadequate buildings and infrastructure at Northbourne Public School and Marsden Park Public School in Sydney’s north-west.
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.
Thought-provoking entries received for Sam Lewis Peace Prize
12 January 2021
Section: News
A distance education student with limited access to power and technology has won the grand prize in the 2020 Sam Lewis Peace Prize Awards.
Auditor General Report highlights funding and policy failures
18 December 2020
Section: Media Release
This week’s Auditor General Report into the One TAFE modernisation program has concluded that “Commercial objectives of the program conflicted with legislated social objectives.”
Sea Life and Wild Life member offer
15 December 2020
Section: News
Members can access both SEA LIFE and WILD LIFE this year for FREE.
Treat yourself in your well-earned downtime
15 December 2020
Section: News
Even when you’re on holidays, your Federation membership is working for you.
Union sides with people and the planet over profits
12 December 2020
Section: News
Federation supports the campaign against the 850-well coal seam gasfield approved for development and operation in the Pilliga State Forest and on grazing land south-west of Narrabri.
Books and videos to look out for
11 December 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Books and videos to look out for