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Articles from Western Teacher
5 December 2024
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.
5 December 2024
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.
5 December 2024
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.
5 December 2024
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”.
5 December 2024
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.
5 December 2024
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.
5 December 2024
The SSTUWA’s annual Women’s Conference was held in October. This year’s theme, Count her in, invest in women, accelerate progress, was based on the United Nations International Women’s Day theme and one we commemorated earlier on in the year.
5 December 2024
The Growth Team have once again had a busy and productive year. From 1 January to 30 September, across 189 events and online interactions, the SSTUWA’s Growth Team recruited 492 financial members and 305 student members.
5 December 2024
Public schools funding, the state of education in WA, nationally and globally and the honouring of two SSTUWA stalwarts headlined November State Council Conference for this year.
5 December 2024
Read the full speech given by SSTUWA President Matt Jarman to November State Council Conference 2024.
