Don’t be angry about schools funding. Be furious.
17 May 2024
Section: Columns
Federation recognises that the NSW Department of Education’s recent decision to pull back education funding from schools was hard felt. …
Action: an antidote for bad government policy
10 May 2024
Section: News
Overloaded with work and experiencing emotional and moral fatigue — the legacy of a government failing to value its teacher…
$9.9 billion capital funding divide in NSW
8 May 2024
Section: News
Pressure on the Albanese Government to end a decade of neglect and urgently invest in public school infrastructure has grown…
Doubling down on funding negotiations
6 May 2024
Section: News
More than a decade after governments determined the funding benchmark for a child to succeed at school as part of…
Casual teacher shortage
3 May 2024
Section: Columns
The teacher shortage has always been most acutely felt through a scarcity in the availability of casual teacher relief. According…
Temporary engagements
26 April 2024
Section: Columns
When must I be employed on a temporary engagement?If it is known that a teacher will be required to be…
The stakes are too high for complacency
19 April 2024
Section: Columns
The need to comprehensively overhaul the NSW public school system has never been more urgent. Our mandate, to provide a…
Billboard rolls into Hunter urging PM not to shortchange local kids
26 March 2024
Section: Media Release
The Prime Minister and local federal Labor MPs will be urged to fully resource public schools across the Hunter region…
Prime Minister urged not to shortchange Mid North Coast kids
15 March 2024
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation is ramping up its campaign to fully resource public schools in Coffs Harbour and the Mid…
Prime Minister urged not to shortchange Dubbo kids
13 March 2024
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation is ramping up its campaign to fully resource public schools in Dubbo and the Central West,…
Prime Minister urged not to shortchange New England-North West kids
12 March 2024
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation is ramping up its campaign to fully resource public schools in the New England-North West region,…
Prime Minister urged not to shortchange Northern Rivers kids
6 March 2024
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation is ramping up its campaign to fully resource public schools in Northern Rivers, encouraging the Prime…
Prime Minister urged not to shortchange Wagga Wagga kids
4 March 2024
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation is ramping up its campaign to fully resource public schools in Wagga Wagga, encouraging the Prime…
Teachers, principals and parents unite in funding push
8 February 2024
Section: Media Release
Teachers, parents and principals have united in a joint appeal to the Prime Minister to plug a $1.9 billion funding…
Investing in the future demands better resourced schools
1 February 2024
Section: News
Australia numbers among a small elite of the world’s most prosperous, stable and democratic societies. How is it then that…
Teachers back Minns and Car in fight for education funding
1 February 2024
Section: Media Release
NSW teachers have endorsed the strong determination of Premier Chris Minns and Education Minister Prue Car to secure full funding…
2024 School and TAFE planners available online
29 January 2024
Section: News
PDF versions of Federation’s 2024 school and TAFE planners are available for immediate download. Members can find the planners…
Parliamentary report links psychological injury to workload, teacher shortage
5 December 2023
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has strongly endorsed a NSW parliamentary committee’s recognition that crushing workloads are leading to more psychological…
Stand united for high-quality public education
14 November 2023
Section: Columns
We are at a crucial juncture in the fight for the provision of high-quality public education in NSW. The salary…
Private and secondary employment
13 November 2023
Section: Columns
Know Your Rights: Education Quarterly, Issue 8 2023 Teachers undertaking private and secondary employment have a responsibility to ensure that…
Government puts pen to paper, inking pay rises for teachers
20 September 2023
Section: News
It’s official. The Heads of Agreement poised to make beginning and top-of-scale school teachers the nation’s best paid – and…