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Family Friendly Workplaces movement expands internationally with the introduction of Global Work + Family Standards

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SYDNEY, Australia, Tuesday 11th March 2025 – After four years of successfully driving policy change in Australia and helping over 650 organisations assess and enhance their family-friendly work practices through benchmarking, the Family Friendly Workplaces movement is now expanding internationally. In partnership with the UK’s leading national charity, Working Families, this pioneering initiative will now offer … Continued

SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS SET FOR 2025 NAPLAN TESTS

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MEDIA RELEASE   11 March 2025   SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS SET FOR 2025 NAPLAN TESTS   The annual NAPLAN assessments begin tomorrow (12 March 2025), with almost 1.3 million students expected to take the tests in more than 9,400 schools and campuses across Australia.   NAPLAN is the only national assessment that helps teachers, parents … Continued

Australian Transgender Speaker Bobbi Barrington Calls Out Imported Culture Wars & Political Fearmongering Over Trans Issues.

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An Imported Attack on Trans Australians   Australian trans speaker and authenticity advocate Bobbi Barrington is calling out the fear-based rhetoric being imported from the U.S. into Australia – rhetoric that does nothing but harm trans people while distracting from real issues.   “We don’t need to borrow America’s culture wars,” Bobbi says.  “Trans people in … Continued

La Trobe takes action to solve Australia’s numeracy crisis

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A new initiative by La Trobe University aims to tackle Australia’s mathematics crisis, training teachers how to break down concepts into clear, logical steps to replace the commonly used methods that have left many students struggling with basic numeracy.  The Science of Mathematics Education (SOME) Lab is the University’s latest step in evidence-based learning, following … Continued

Percentage of women in steel continues to grow

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MEDIA RELEASE 07/03/2025 Percentage of women in steel continues to grow The percentage of women in the local Australian steel industry continues to grow. Across the local steel industry more generally, changes in parental leave, STEM and flexible work are encouraging more and more women into the industry. An ASI poll of founding members shows a … Continued

New chapter begins for Brindabella Christian College

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Friday 7 March 2025  The union representing staff in non-government schools met with Brindabella Christian College and a representative of the College’s administrators at the Fair Work Commission this afternoon. Staff have today received back pay for the pay period ending 21 February. Regular wages that are due today were processed at midday today. “Today’s … Continued

Union celebrates hard-won pay rises on International Women’s Day

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Friday 7 March 2025 On the eve of International Women’s Day 2025, the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch continues to fight for equity for women in salaries and conditions. With a total membership of almost 32,000, three-quarters of whom are women, the IEU is proud to have achieved substantial pay rises for teachers and … Continued