National Close the Gap Day (NCTGD) is a national day of action to pledge support for achieving Indigenous health equality by 2030.

The Labour Day public holiday has its origins in one of the union movement’s most momentous victories.

Important educational research can’t be done through randomised controlled trials alone.

The #SafetyRespectEquity campaign was launched on the eve of IWD 2022 by a dozen female leaders including Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins with the release of a letter and video to the nation.

The IEU has helped streamline evidence collection for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) as part of its campaign to reduce the impact of non-teaching tasks upon members.

The Mind Your Head campaign gives workplaces the resources they need to identify and address workplace mental health hazards.

When surveyed about why teachers leave, salary did not feature in the top ten reasons. A loss of passion for teaching, stress and burnout, struggling to cope with their roles and a lack of connection with students were the most common reasons.

The final report of Quality Initial Teacher Education Review concludes that lifting top pay by $30,000 to $130,000 would make young high achievers 13 percentage points more likely to choose teaching as a career.

Important changes to COVID settings in Victorian schools have been announced by the state government.

This new Agreement does not cover our workplaces but sets a new benchmark in our bargaining with Victorian Catholic and independent school employers, so it’s important to understand what’s in it!

Flawed law bites the dust for now, after strenuous opposition.

Catholic schools in Tasmania have not ruled out the possibility of sacking or not employing teachers who openly identify as LGBTIQ+ if proposed changes to the Religious Discrimination Bill are passed.

In this news wrap, we’re concentrating on the big issues of the moment, because they’re too important to ignore. Religious Discrimination Bill, COVID. Workload and teachers shortages.

The IEU has recorded another major legal victory, with Peninsula Grammar agreeing to pay the wages of non-teaching staff who were stood down during the first COVID lockdown in 2020.

Binged Succession and searching for viewing options? Try this award-winning documentary about the historic 14-year fought by women to gain the right to work at the Wollongong steelworks.

A new survey, soon to be published in the Journal of Sociology, shows a majority of Australians do not think religious organisations that provide government-funded public services should be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.

Today, the AEU announced an in-principle deal with the Victorian Government for the next Agreement covering staff in Victorian government education.

College’s ‘contract’ proposal proved that the Religious Discrimination Bill will enable discrimination against LGBTIQ+ kids under the cover of religious beliefs.

The workloads of education staff have been an issue since long before the pandemic, and must be addressed now for the good of the entire education system.

One stop site for crucial resources, from vaccination advice to the latest government information.