Volume 54.9 December 2025

It was my great pleasure at November State Council Conference to successfully seek support for the conferral of life membership on Anne Gisborne.

The backstories and legacies of being part of the union movement were a major highlight of the November State Council Conference, held recently at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The work of an SSTUWA senior officer is varied and all-encompassing. We directly manage multiple portfolios, participate proactively in a wide range of meetings, including with Department of Education executives and government ministers, and of course, we work directly with and for members.

UnionsWA, including the SSTUWA, has joined the union movement and ACTU in the It’s For Everybody campaign.

For Simon Joachim and Ellie Aldred, 2025 has been a busy year.

Read this TAFE Know Your Right sheet on "Activities Related to Delivery Time" to find out more about how much time TAFE lecturers should dedicate to preparation, marking and planning, as outlined in Clause 37 of the WA TAFE Lecturers’ General Agreement 2023.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has released the Investing in Australia’s Future (2025) report, alongside new WA specific findings from the AEU State of Our Schools survey, revealing increasing student complexity, escalating workloads and critical shortages of counsellors and wellbeing staff across WA public schools.

The 2025 State of Our Schools survey was conducted throughout August and September. A total of 561 surveys were completed by 34 principals, 495 teachers and 32 support staff across Western Australia.

Australian teachers are more likely to be using artificial intelligence than their counterparts around the world, according to a new international survey.

Reports of teacher shortages in many countries around the world raise questions about teachers’ wellbeing and job satisfaction.