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5 February 2024
On 23 January advice was sent out to all school members via eNews regarding Directives to SSTUWA members from the Executive Committee in relation to the 2023 EBA negotiations.
5 February 2024
As the latest generation of Western Australian children start their education journey it is time to stop talking and start acting to address the problems facing public education. The announcement of a new funding agreement bringing $1.6 billion into WA public schools is a good start but there is more to do.
5 February 2024
The Getting Organised 2024 pack will assist and support you to organise the SSTUWA school/college branch at your worksite and nominate for State Council Conference and union committees.
5 December 2023
A new report calls for an end to the school funding crisis that has left public schools in every state and the NT underfunded while private schools are overfunded by hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
5 December 2023
The 2023 Women’s Conference was held recently at the SSTUWA. This conference provided an opportunity for women educators to share, connect, learn and be inspired by each other.
5 December 2023
According to the federal government’s 2023 Closing the Gap report, 34.3 per cent of Indigenous preschoolers were starting school developmentally on track, compared to almost 55 per cent of non-Indigenous Australian students as of 2021.
5 December 2023
In June this year, SSTUWA coordinator of the schools organiser team, Natalie Swinbourn, joined 275 young leaders from Commonwealth countries in Banff, Canada for a life-changing experience.
5 December 2023
Climate change education is increasingly seen as an essential part of schooling.
5 December 2023
Have you noticed a difference to the packaging of your Western Teacher magazine? Introducing biobased, biodegradable and home-compostable bio-film – a greener alternative to petroleum-based mail wrap, supplied by local Perth company, Vanguard Media Group.
5 December 2023
Australian unions have had a long history of supporting environmental issues.
5 December 2023
The creation of Education International (EI) in 1993 was a critical advance for global education trade unionism.
5 December 2023
You’re nearly there! Whether this has been your first year of teaching or your fifth, reaching this point in the school year is a massive achievement.
5 December 2023
The Australian Education Union has welcomed the recruitment campaign launched by the Prime Minister in late October, but said a far greater investment in the teaching profession and public schools was needed to end chronic shortages and ensure teachers have the time and support to meet the needs of every child.
5 December 2023
Last year, the SSTUWA wrote to the Teacher Registration Board of WA (TRBWA) outlining several member concerns regarding workload implications around providing new copies of documents already previously provided to the TRBWA with regards to renewal of registration.
4 December 2023
Principals and school leaders are overwhelmingly reporting they are burnt out from workload, and more than half said in the SSTUWA State of our Schools Survey that they had concerns about their personal health and wellbeing.
4 December 2023
Delegates at November 2023 State Council Conference voted unanimously to bestow SSTUWA life membership upon former president and long-time member, Pat Byrne. The following is Matt Jarman’s report to delegates.
4 December 2023
Bestowal of life membership on former SSTUWA President Pat Byrne, a pledge from the Premier to fully consult with unions before announcing salary rises for the public sector and a promise from the education minister that both state and federal Labor governments are committed to working to deliver full funding for public schools were among the highlights of State Council.
4 December 2023
Read the full version of SSTUWA President Matt Jarman’s address to November State Council Conference, held on 10-11 November.
30 November 2023
31 October 2023
We asked members to share their stories about the impact of class sizes and what smaller class sizes would mean for them and their students.

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