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Read SSTUWA President Pat Byrne's address to November 2022 State Council Conference.

The Australian Education Union will consult with members across the country on the recommendations of the draft National Teacher Workforce Action Plan, released today.

Highlights of education funding allocated in the 2022-23 federal budget delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on 25 October 2022.

AEU media release

The SSTUWA has commissioned an independent review into public education in WA, to be chaired by Dr Carmen Lawrence.

Australia’s public education expenditure declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of only nine member nations to cut funding, according to the latest Education At A Glance report from the OECD.

The State School Teachers’ Union of WA has acknowledged the state government’s removal of its fixed $1,000 wages cap in the Mid-Year Economic Review. The move comes after intense lobbying by the union movement.

Public school principals and teachers continue to see NAPLAN as ineffective and outdated, according to a new survey conducted by the Australian Education Union.

SSTUWA members enthusiastically participated in the Give the Cap the Boot sticker day in October to increase awareness of the union’s General Agreement 2021 negotiations and the Give the Cap the Boot campaign.

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

The State School Teachers’ Union of WA is ramping up its campaign against the State Government’s public sector wages cap, as the current teacher shortage threatens to worsen.