Book Reviews
20 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
One careless night, Playing with collage, Failing Nature: the Rise and Fall of the Wilderness Society and So you want to talk about race
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.
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.
Your workplace contacts
19 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Michelle Millard, Wauchope Public School
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.
Theatre Review
19 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Regular readers will know I like all sorts of theatre, which does not mean I like it all, although it must be said that I mostly do as I choose what I see.
Your Workplace Contacts
19 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The resolution of a dispute at Narraweena Public School on the northern beaches inspired Federation Representative Pierre-Yves Dejean to coin a new union catchcry: “Divided we beg, united we bargain!”
Retired Teachers Association news
18 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Sydney Town Hall tour, More news on Warragamba Dam, Australian Free Trade and Investment Network, Female pioneers, CRUMA report and Upcoming events
Council Report: 7 September 2019
18 September 2019
Section: Administration
As we approach term 4 and near the end of the current Award and Staffing Agreement, there has never been a more important time to recruit new members to the union.
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.
The pathology of NAPLAN
17 September 2019
Section: Columns
Let’s be clear: no child fails NAPLAN, but NAPLAN fails all children.
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.
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.
Association Spotlight: Moree Teachers Association
17 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Our community Moree has a population of a little under 10,000 people. We have a transient population at times and our numbers change depending on the strength of the local agricultural industry of cotton and wheat.
Film review
17 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Red Joan, Danger Close: the Battle of Long Tan and Happy as Lazzaro
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.
Election of Relief Professional Officers for 2020
11 September 2019
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for the election of Relief Professional Officers for 2020.
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