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Membership Trends: from the Branch Secretary

Strong and Steady Growth Your IEU(SA) Branch continues to grow steadily. So far in 2025, 386 new fee-paying members have joined, demonstrating the strong appeal of our reinvigorated collective response to organising. This growth reinforces the relevance of belonging to a union that stands together …

Cost-of-living-crisis makes no difference to CESA

  When educators are battling a cost-of-living crisis, with their living standards plummeting, Catholic Education South Australia’s (CESA) response to our salary claim is blunt and uncaring: “It’s non-negotiable.” At our latest bargaining meeting, the IEU again raised the critical issue of salary. Despite the …

Enterprise Bargaining Update around the sectors

Progress, Wins, and Next Steps Enterprise bargaining continues across the sectors, with mixed results and ongoing negotiations shaping the future of pay, conditions, and workload for our members. Below is a salary snapshot of selected schools and the Catholic sector, with explanatory notes thereafter. School/Sector …

Build a future that matters with NGS Super

For over 35 years, NGS Super has proudly partnered with the IEU to support teachers and education professionals in building a future that truly matters to them. Your super is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make — but knowing where to start can …

Graduate teaching – realising the dream or encountering a nightmare?

When Graduate Teachers start in schools as Early Career Teachers (ECTs), they face many challenges in their first three years of teaching. However, their ability to adapt to classroom, workload and time management – as well as the challenges of the school, colleagues, students and …

Your Union. Your Health Fund.

As an IEU(SA) member, you and your family can join Teachers Health and be part of the only health fund in Australia dedicated to supporting the education community. Whether it’s greater choice and control in Hospital treatment or generous Extras for everyday healthcare, our health …

Work Email in South Australian Schools: What You Need to Know

Email is part of everyday life in schools, but it’s important to pause and think about what it means to use an employer-provided account. In South Australia, there is no specific workplace surveillance law. Instead, staff emails are covered by the federal Privacy Act 1988 …

IEU Speaks on 2025 workplace reform agenda

3 September 2025 IEU Federal Council delegates from across the nation have come together to develop a bold reform agenda to deliver safer, fairer and more equitable schools and workplaces. The IEU Federal Council is the governing body of our national union, made up of …

Wear It Purple Day – IEU solidarity

On Friday 29 August the IEU stood in solidarity both virtually, across social media, and physically at the National Officers Forum in Coogee Beach, NSW. Showing solidarity helps celebrate and support young people in our school communities who are LGBTQIA+. We know that when students …

2025 IEU Officer Forum: Innovate. Lead. Grow.

Every 2 years, the IEU Officer Forum is held to bring together staff and elected officials from all IEU branches around Australia. The forum is an important event for the IEU as it involves the Federal Council meeting, professional learning through Plenary Sessions and Workshops, …