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. …
$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…
Champions for fair funding will always be needed
4 May 2024
Section: News
Indeed, public education funding was discussed at Federation’s first annual conference in 1919. Effective class sizes, sufficient teaching resources and…
Preschooling campaign seeks equality
2 May 2024
Section: News
The NSW Government’s announcement of 100 new public preschools is a significant first step towards Federation’s campaign for universal, public…
Full funding will help every student with disability succeed
1 May 2024
Section: Columns
On 26 March, Federation gave evidence to the parliamentary inquiry into Children and young people with disability in NSW educational…
Students with disabilities deserve better
29 April 2024
Section: News
One of the easiest things both the federal and state governments could do to address increased student complexity and the…
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…
Government on notice: it will be held to its commitments!
18 May 2023
Section: Columns
It was prescient that Minister Prue Car should thank The Hon Dr Geoff Gallop in her speech at our recent…
Ministers sign on for 100pc SRS
5 May 2023
Section: News
The NSW and federal education ministers today signed a pledge to commit to funding public schools to meet the minimum…
Significant announcement on school funding by NSW Labor
30 January 2023
Section: Media Release
NSW Labor’s commitment to end the underfunding of public schools is a significant announcement that will be welcomed by teachers…
NSW Government cuts funding for catch-up school program
11 December 2022
Section: Media Release
Internal documents reveal funding for a COVID catch-up program has been cut by the NSW Government with schools instructed to…