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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.

Earlier this year, the Australian Education Union welcomed the announcements that the Commonwealth and state and territory governments would be making historic investments in TAFE under the National Skills Agreement.

SSTUWA TAFE members have overwhelmingly voted to accept the Agreement in Principle (AIP) 2023, negotiated on their behalf by the TAFE negotiating team.

North Metropolitan TAFE student Samin Zare has been named the winner of the 2024 TAFE national photography competition. Samin’s winning entry was titled Enjoyable Time (pictured above) and wins $5,000, as well as having their work published in the Australian TAFE Teacher magazine. 

The SSTUWA has received a second offer from the Department of Training and Workforce Development in regard to the 2023 General Agreement (TAFE Lecturers).

Earlier this year, the SSTUWA learned that following advice from the Department of Training and Workforce Development, WA TAFE colleges were not recognising pro-rata long service leave entitlements for members who started work directly after working for an interstate TAFE.

The SSTUWA recently discovered that a regional TAFE college had been unlawfully demanding repayment of the initial cost of moving to the regional location from employees who resigned prior to completing two years of service.

The state government has announced a one-off Temporary Regional Incentive for eligible new and existing regional TAFE lecturers in the Pilbara, Kimberley and Kalgoorlie for the 2023 academic year.

To ensure members fully understand the application of the Western Australia TAFE Lecturers’ General Agreement, this month’s article will discuss clauses from part 3 – employer and employees’ duties, employment relationship and related arrangements, specifically clauses concerning modes of employment (permanent, fixed-term contract and casual) and part-time work.

Keeping workloads down for members is one of our top priorities. TAFE members may have noticed instructions in their eNews lately as part of our campaign to reduce workloads and help ensure current entitlements are respected and implemented.

This month’s article will be explaining Part 5 - Hours of Work of General Agreement 2019

TAFE General Agreement 2021

The Australian Education Union (AEU) welcomes Labor’s commitment to guarantee at least 70 per cent of all public funding for vocational education to TAFE.

Colleges sometimes bulk book leave periods for lecturing staff. The Western Australian TAFE Lecturers’ General Agreement 2019 requires lecturers to apply for leave as per Part 6 – Leave of Absence and Public Holidays.