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  Seven honoured as new Life Members

  July 02, 2017

  Seven teachers with an outstanding record of union activism have been inducted as Federation Life Members. This morning, on day one of the 2017 Annual Conference, held at the International Convention Centre at Darling Harbour, Life Membership was bestowed on:

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  Student need sacrificed over tax policy, Annual Conference hears

  July 02, 2017

  Frustrations over the disappearing support for teaching and learning in schools and the extraordinary obsession with data featured in Federation President Maurie Mulheron’s keynote address on the opening day of Annual Conference. Mr Mulheron said education was a casualty in the war against public provision, a consequence of 30 years of neoliberal economic orthodoxy.

• Annual Conference set to tackle big issues in education

  July 01, 2017

  A range of important issues for educators such as teacher workload, affordable housing, the Gonski schools funding campaign and the future of assessment and testing are to be tackled at this year’s Federation Annual Conference. The event will be held July 2-4 at the new International Convention Centre (ICC) in Sydney’s Darling Harbour.

• Schools Funding Campaign Update

  June 24, 2017

  In the early hours of Friday morning, the Turnbull Government pushed through its schools funding legislation. This new funding scheme will have very serious ramifications for all teachers and students in our public schools. KEY POINTS: No longer a sector blind, needs-based model

• Response to state budget

  June 21, 2017

  State budget builds new schools, cuts support and caps salaries Whilst providing increased investment in capital works and maintenance for public schools, the NSW budget fails to adequately and fairly support the teachers responsible for delivering public education by cutting support staff in head office and maintaining the salary cap, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said today. Capital works and maintenance spending For decades, NSW public schools have experienced shortfalls in capital works and maintenance funding.

• Turnbull and crossbench Senators to answer to electorate over education cuts

  June 21, 2017

  The Australian Education Union said schools across the country will miss out on billions of urgently needed funding in the next two years if the Turnbull Government’s plan passes through the Senate as predicted tomorrow. AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe said that despite the political spin, the Government’s plan was not a national needs-based funding model and will leave public schools across the country under-resourced for six years or more.

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  Teachers vote overwhelmingly to accept pay offer from NSW Government

  June 20, 2017

  Teachers vote overwhelmingly to accept pay offer from NSW Government

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  Pay increases won for HSC exam markers

  June 15, 2017

  Higher School Certificate (HSC) markers will receive a pay increase in 2017 and 2018.