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The Australian Education Union has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that a re-elected Albanese Government would deliver three days [per week] of subsidised early education, describing it as a major step forward in ensuring all Australian children receive the best possible start in life.

It’s just over two years since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022.

As the new year begins and students and staff return to their educational settings, we welcome the Bunuru season.

Welcome to 2025! I hope you managed to take some time out for yourself over the break, resting and recharging those batteries in preparation for another school year.

Starting your teaching career can be both challenging and rewarding.

The SSTUWA invited the following parties to send submissions answering key questions about their education policy platform for the upcoming state election. Find The Nationals WA statement here.

The SSTUWA invited the following parties to send submissions answering key questions about their education policy platform for the upcoming state election. Find the WA Labor Party statement here.

The SSTUWA invited the following parties to send submissions answering key questions about their education policy platform for the upcoming state election. Find the Greens WA statement here.

The SSTUWA is not affiliated with any political party. We are calling on all candidates in the forthcoming state election to face the facts, consider our position and the ample evidence to support it – and commit to action on nine key education issues that affect our public schools and TAFE colleges.

The SSTUWA has welcomed the Premier’s announcement on increased funding for Government Regional Officer Housing.

In its submission to the Senate Committee Inquiry into the Free TAFE Bill, the AEU has outlined its strong support for the legislation, noting the commitment of the Albanese Government to ensure that TAFE, as the public provider, is at the heart of vocational education in Australia.

It may well be that we come to look back on 24 January 2025 as the most significant day in Australian public education – the day that over a decade of tireless campaigning by the Australian Education Union and the State School Teachers’ Union of WA finally paid off.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered an historic commitment for full funding of Australia’s public schools.

The AEU’s pre-election campaign has been launched with a spectacular drone show above Sydney’s skyline, urging the Albanese Government to fully fund public schools.

November State Council Conference was held again at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre last month. State Council is the highest making decision body for the SSTUWA and more than 130 delegates met for two days to discuss union activities and direction.

The AEU has welcomed the Albanese Government’s announcement to establish Fee-Free TAFE as an enduring feature of the national vocational education and training system, funding 100,000 Fee-Free TAFE places a year from 2027.

Public education in Argentina is under threat from a political agenda that has made its way into the national government and aims to – in the words of President Javier Milei himself – “destroy the state from within”.

The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Our community needs strong public schools. Our schools need a capable public education system. Recent years have seen a drift that needs to be dealt with and our schools cannot wait.

If you are already thinking ahead to 2025 then now is an excellent time to explore key resources available to you as a Department of Education teacher.