More unions down tools in Labor’s Victorian election campaign as ‘trust broken’ Exclusive: multiple sources sound the alarm after a messy week that has seen a rump of party’s union base abandon it The Guardian - AU · Oct 30
Victorian teachers are to be the best paid in Australia. A union rebellion helped seal the deal Salaries will rise 28.3% to 32.4% over four years, an outcome partly shaped by a rank-and-file revolt within the Australian Education Union The Guardian - AU · Aug 17
Victoria teachers strike: warning of further action as 35,000 rally and hundreds of schools cancel classes Union leaders say Tuesday’s protest in Melbourne’s CBD was among state’s ‘biggest’ in years The Guardian - AU · Mar 23
Funding for Australian school students with disabilities ‘woefully inadequate’, principals say Exclusive: Schools have reallocated as much as $1bn from other areas to support children with disabilities in past year, survey finds The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2024
‘Deliberate lie’: education lobby group says ‘landmark’ school agreement falls short of 100% funding Federal and WA state governments’ public school funding deal dismissed as ‘not good enough’ by Australian Education Union The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2024
Public schools to remain underfunded: education union The Australian Education Union says the federal government must do more to ensure public schools are fully funded to provide every opportunity to Australians. AAP · Jan 22, 2024
Australian Education Union SA state secretary Leah York caught on CCTV allegedly stealing from Mount Gambier boutique South Australia's teachers' union will hold an urgent meeting on Thursday, after a Mount Gambier business accuses the organisation's state secretary of shoplifting. ABC News · Mar 15, 2023
The NT's controversial 'effective enrolment' school funding model to be scrapped in wake of independent review An independent review into the Northern Territory government's "effective enrolment" school funding model found there is little evidence it acts as an "accountability mechanism" to improve attendance rates. ABC News · Dec 7, 2022
SA Premier rules out longer Easter school holidays to counter COVID-19 outbreaks at schools Premier Peter Malinauskas quickly shuts down any talk of public schools finishing term 1 a week early due to the pressures of COVID-19. ABC News · Mar 24, 2022
Call to cut SA school term over virus The Australian Education Union has called for an early end to the school term- in South Australia because of surging COVID-19 cases. AAP · Mar 24, 2022
Tas students prepare for classroom return The Australian Education Union has raised concerns about staffing levels in Tasmania ahead of the return of public school students this week. AAP · Feb 7, 2022