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Richest schools get cream of government funding
August 13, 2019The gaping divide between Australia’s four biggest-spending schools and the poorest 1800 schools has graphically exposed the Morrison Government’s handouts to rich non-government schools at the expense of the public system, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said.
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NSW Government’s unjust wages transition motivates unified member response
August 12, 2019Federation members are taking collective action to fight pay inequities inflicted upon their public school teacher colleagues by the NSW Coalition Government.
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Festival and Federation celebrate young talent
August 05, 2019Folk music is gaining a growing following among young performers, who will be supported by Federation at the Sydney Folk Festival in August.
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Collectivism kicks goals for justice, says former Socceroos captain Craig Foster
July 19, 2019There were calls for former Socceroo captain Craig Foster to be named Australian of the Year, even prime minister, after he saved the life of a young refugee footballer from Melbourne detained in Bangkok on trumped-up charges laid by the country he fled, Bahrain.
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Music to the ears
July 17, 2019Teachers’ work to foster performing arts talent was lauded by Talent Development Project artistic director Peter Cousens during Federation’s Annual Conference.
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All changes to assessment and reporting must be led by the teaching profession, Conference declares
July 09, 2019The recent NAPLAN outages revealed the “fiasco” the “flawed and corrupt” national testing tool had become, NSW Teachers Federation Annual Conference was told yesterday.
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Additional permanent teachers will boost quality teaching and learning
July 08, 2019Increasing the number of permanent teaching positions in the state’s public schools was the surest way to provide adequate classroom relief for teachers, address the high number of temporary teachers in the system and address the increasingly complex nature of student needs, Federation’s Annual Conference was told today.
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The profession must claim its rightful place in education discussions
July 08, 2019Teachers need to take the lead in debate on education policy, Australian Education Union Federal President Correna Haythorpe told delegates at Federation’s Annual Conference on Monday.
