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The NSW Government must honour its agreement to lift teacher salaries amid a damning Auditor General report into regional, remote and rural education, the Teachers Federation said today. The report finds: There were 922 permanent teacher vacancies in regional and remote schools in January Only 52 per cent of regional and remote students … Continued
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Media release | Wednesday 9 August 2023 The release of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report into the derailment of an XPT passenger train at Wallan again highlights the urgent need to review and reform Australia’s rail safety regime. Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) Assistant National Secretary Shayne Kummerfeld said the ATSB report … Continued
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The federal Government has been accused of a stunning betrayal after it signed off on a Labour Migration Agreement that will see 400 temporary visa workers brought into the country to work on renewable energy transmission infrastructure at cut price wages, jeopardising the existing workforce. The Electrical Trades Union is vowing to bring the issue … Continued
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Union members at seven of Victoria’s eight universities could target open days with industrial action, including strikes, in a fresh push for fairer pay and conditions. Progress on enterprise bargaining at the University of Melbourne, Monash, Deakin, La Trobe, Swinburne, RMIT and VU has been slow, with no agreement yet on reasonable NTEU claims … Continued
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The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU), together with its fellow Australian unions, the Plumbing and Pipe Trades Employees Union (PPTEU), the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), and the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), stands firmly in support of our brothers and sisters from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) in America, who are currently … Continued
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The CFMEU has urged the Albanese Government to solve Australia’s housing crisis with a super profits tax to fund the rapid construction of social and affordable housing. The union commissioned independent research from Oxford Economics Australia to investigate whether a super profits tax could fund Australia’s social and affordable housing needs. The report … Continued
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The NTEU has welcomed the Universities Accord’s focus on badly needed governance reform as an important first step in addressing the sector’s crises, noting that insecure work and wage theft need urgent attention. Education Minister Jason Clare today released the Universities Accord interim report. NTEU National President Dr Alison Barnes said: “Today … Continued
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The unions representing teachers and school leaders in both state and non-government Queensland schools have developed an innovative traffic light rating system to guide teachers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The Queensland Teachers’ Union (QTU) and the Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory Branch (IEU-QNT) have jointly published a set … Continued
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A damning new report has revealed a deep crisis in higher education, with the vast majority of Australians concerned about the sustained decline of the sector. The Australia Institute’s Centre For Future Work has released new research detailing the corrosive impact decades of funding cuts and corporatisation have had on critical issues facing universities. … Continued
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Australian National University (ANU) has made a $17 million land purchase despite claiming it cannot afford to give staff a fair pay rise. ANU will on Thursday announce it will buy land between the existing campus in Canberra and Marcus Clarke Street. The decision has been made while staff are being denied a pay rise … Continued
