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Six in 10 large Australian employers made no progress in closing the gender pay gap over the year to March 2021, with 85 per cent paying men more on average than women, according to the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s Gender Equality Scorecard.

The 2022 Report on Government Services (ROGS) released by the Productivity Commission shows the extent of the Morrison Government’s failure to fairly and adequately resource public education.

An urgent investment in public school funding is required now more than ever to ensure students are not educationally disadvantaged as a result of COVID-19, the AEU has recommended in their pre-budget submission.

The Australian Education Union has welcomed Federal Labor’s commitments to invest in education during the COVID-19 recovery, with new targeted funding for public schools

We (have passed) the nation’s annual ritual of celebrating the arrivals, while not formally recognising the ancient peoples who were dispossessed.

Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time, which is why it is also a central theme in education.

Armand Doucet is a Canadian award winning educator, leader, speaker and author on perspective, innovation and bridging gaps in the classroom and field of education.

International Women’s Day (IWD) will be marked on 8 March, with people globally being asked to take up the challenge of breaking the gender bias.

A new school year is well underway and 2022 has started like no other.

Exmouth District High School branch delegate Heather Gerrard has sent this message to the union, fellow members and to all public educators across WA. We agree with Heather’s sentiments and it reiterates why we do what we do for our members and public education in this state.

The management of COVID-19 with the ever-changing advice and the daily impact on schools and TAFEs threatens to overwhelm every other aspect of our working days.

Australia’s youngest children are at risk of being left behind due to the ongoing failure of the federal and some state governments to invest in three-year-old preschool.

New data from the AEU shows that public schools do not have the resources required to meet the needs of students with disability.

In awarding the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2021, the Prize Committee has said that there is strong empirical proof that money matters in education.

At the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow last year, more than 40 countries pledged to phase out coal-fired power.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has extraordinary status and influence.

So, you have gained a contract or even a permanent position for 2022. You are totally focused on your classroom and there is a lot to do to get organised for Term 1. But it is also important to understand what you are entitled to as a graduate teacher.

The hard work and commitment that occupational safety and health (OSH) representatives are displaying in state schools was recognised recently when Mt Lawley Senior High School teacher and OSH rep Bruce Atkinson was named one of WA’s top OSH reps.

The following is the transcript of a speech given by 2021 SSTUWA Reconciliation in Action (RIA) award winner Clare Stack (pictured right), of Broome Senior High School, at November State Council last year. The RIA award celebrates the work of SSTUWA members who are making positive contributions towards reconciliation.