New Award talks to commence later this year
17 June 2019
Section: News
Negotiations for a new award – the enforceable industrial document that sets out your salaries and conditions – will commence later this year.
Fair funding campaign driven by grassroots
15 June 2019
Section: News
At June Council, Federation placed on the record its heartfelt thanks to the thousands of members, officers, staff, parents, community activists and allied organisations for their commitment and work over a long period to sustain the Fair Funding Now! campaign.
All in the family
15 June 2019
Section: News
Dedication to Federation activism is a common bond for father and son David and Callan Eccleston
Uncle Vic recognised for lifetime of enlightening
14 June 2019
Section: News
The first Aboriginal public school principal in NSW, Uncle Vic Chapman, has been recognised on the Queen’s Birthday honours list for a lifetime of working to improve opportunities for our First Peoples.
Time to bolster permanent roles
14 June 2019
Section: News
Staffing every public school throughout NSW with appropriately qualified and accredited permanent teachers remains one of the greatest challenges facing the NSW public school system.
CPL keeps Veronica coming back
14 June 2019
Section: News
A rural head teacher’s dedication to English has seen her attend every Secondary English Stage 6 Conference in Sydney since the Centre for Professional Learning began conducting them in 2013.
Vocational education policy failure
13 June 2019
Section: News
For many years, Federation has warned all levels of government about the flaws in the private vocational education market.
Here’s to centenary of activism
13 June 2019
Section: News
Councillors, Life Members and guests of the TAFE Teachers Association came together to celebrate 100 years of activism at the TAFE Teachers Association Centenary Anniversary AGM and dinner on 31 May.
Union asserts support for journalists and media freedom, following police raids
12 June 2019
Section: News
Federation has expressed its solidarity with journalists and other media workers following recent raids on journalists and media organisations by the Australian Federal Police.
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.
A matter of pride
12 June 2019
Section: News
June is Pride Month, an international celebration of the LGBTIQA+ community. Originally beginning in remembrance of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York – a tipping point in the gay liberation movement in the US
Early career teachers in regions put in the picture
11 June 2019
Section: News
Are you a beginning teacher living in regional NSW?
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.
New state and federal ministers for women
3 June 2019
Section: News
After the March 2019 NSW election, the Premier announced that the NSW Minister for Women would be Bronwyn Taylor MLC (NSW Nationals).
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.
Stolen Generations kit increases knowledge and understanding
29 May 2019
Section: News
Students at Trangie Central School have started a valuable conversation — to understand the truth and progress the collective healing journey of the Stolen Generations, and acknowledge and correct the past.
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.
IDAHOBIT Day provides an opportunity to promote justice and protection for all
16 May 2019
Section: News
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT Day) is an internationally recognised day of significance that aims to draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by LGBTIQ people.