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

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.

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.

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

In October this year, the federal government released its rapid review into school bullying.

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.

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

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

November State Council Conference was held again at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre last month. See the photos.

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.

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.

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

The SSTUWA has honoured those who have held a long-standing commitment to the union.

Government must be more ambitious on climate target; Unions call for stop on work from home rights swap; Higher wages growth means it pays to be in a union

Safety rules failing to tackle climate change risk to workers; New data reveals a third of jobs driving Australia’s serious injury claims; AEU Victorian branch welcomes statewide treaty.

Although the global majority of teachers are women, the Gender Report of the 2025 Global Education Monitoring Report, Women lead for learning, confirms that the “glass ceiling” still blocks women from top positions in education.

The Australian government has released regulatory guidance on the social media minimum age law, which comes into effect on 10 December. The law will restrict individuals under 16 from holding accounts on many social media platforms.

Under the WA TAFE Lecturers’ General Agreement, you can accrue up to 37.5 hours of approved professional development each year and use it as paid time off during non-teaching weeks.

The federal government’s announcement of a $10 million package to support schools in tackling bullying is an important step forward, but support for teachers must not be overlooked, according to the Australian Education Union.

In 2022, Western Australia and the rest of the nation were still dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on everyone’s lives.