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The President writes

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  Teachers vindicated and validated

  March 29, 2021

  It was a privilege, on behalf of all Federation members, to be presented with the final report of the “Valuing the teaching profession” inquiry by its chair The Hon Dr Geoff Gallop.

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  Welcome back

  January 27, 2021

  Welcome back to school year 2021. I hope you’ve had a restful break.

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  A year to reflect upon

  December 01, 2020

  At about this time 12 months ago, years of drought and environmental mismanagement were culminating in a perfect storm that would bring loss, damage, fear and pain as large swathes of NSW terrifyingly burned out of control.

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  It’s time for the Government to make wellbeing in schools a priority

  October 15, 2020

  ​A long period of drought, catastrophic fires and a disrupted school year amid the uncertainty, fear and anxiety attached to the COVID-19 pandemic has made for a perfect storm as far as the mental health of young people is concerned.

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  Why teachers have ordered an independent inquiry into the value of their work

  September 04, 2020

  If there is a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be the lessons we learn. Many of them will be about ourselves — our ability to adapt, endure and make sacrifices for the common good.

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  Edtech and COVID-19

  July 28, 2020

  Almost as insidious as the disease itself, multinational corporations, international coalitions and education technology businesses have seized the opportunity of the COVID-19 disruption to extend their tentacles into public education systems.

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  Black lives and what really matters

  June 10, 2020

  “We shouldn’t be importing the things that are happening overseas to Australia.” Such was Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s response to a question about a Black Lives Matter protest march in Sydney on 2 June.

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  R-E-S-P-E-C-T

  May 20, 2020

  These are indeed unprecedented times. Your days and weeks have blurred into one, as you’ve turned yourselves inside out and delivered over and above the call of duty. Your dedication and commitment to the cause of public education has been truly remarkable.