Volume 54.6 September 2025

The announcement by the state government of a trial of full-service schools delivers yet another win from the process the State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia began with Facing the Facts.

With the commencement of trials for complex behaviour support coordinators and small group tuition, SSTUWA members have now secured implementation of 37 items of the 2023 General Agreement.

Jobs and Skills Australia recently released several papers as part of its Gender Economic Equality Study.

The School Education Act (1999) Review, announced by then Education Minister Tony Buti in 2023 sparked both hope and concern.

The Productivity Commission has recommended the wrong solution with its suggestion in a newly released report that off-the-shelf lesson plans should be developed for teachers to help them save time and teach outside their area of expertise, according to the Australian Education Union.

As a new educator member, it is important that you know your union is here to support you with advice, protection and advocacy.

WA has taken out the AEU national TAFE photography competition for the second year running.

The Western Australian TAFE Lecturers’ General Agreement 2023 states that “lecturing hours may be averaged over periods of up to 21 calendar weeks in a semester.”

Australian schools are seeing a growing number of incidents in which students have created deepfake sexualised imagery of their classmates. The eSafety Commissioner has urged schools to monitor the situation.

At the Albanese Government’s Tertiary Productivity Roundtable last month, the AEU highlighted the critical role of fully funded high-quality public education in driving national productivity and long-term economic growth.