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So Who Was Muriel Matters?

Muriel Matters was an Australian born teacher and courageous activist. She campaigned fiercely for the right of women to participate fully in society by having the right to vote. She also championed women and children’s rights and living standards more broadly, but was largely forgotten …

School Leaders Wear Multiple Hats

There is a commonly encountered myth, particularly amongst Catholic Principals and Deputies, that they either cannot or should not belong to the union. Nevertheless we do have a Principal & Deputies sub-branch and from time to time our Principal members do need our industrial assistance …

Farewell to Carly Dale

In March we said farewell to a dear colleague and friend Carly Dale. Carly joined the IEU 18 years ago, she is our longest serving staff member. She worked in our administration team and what she did not know about membership was not worth knowing. …

Teacher Certification in Catholic Schools

The Catholic Education Office SA is committed to increasing the number of CESA teachers seeking HAT and LEAD certification in 2018 and 2019.  For teachers seeking HAT and LEAD certification in 2018 CEO of CESA will waive the $500 application fee for teachers wishing to …

Teachers Health Strengthen their Commitment to South Australia

Created by teachers (for teachers) over 60 years ago, Teachers Health now looks after 310,000 people throughout Australia. As the only private health insurance fund exclusively for people who work in education (and their families), Teachers Health is proud to work in partnership with the …

Restorative Justice in our Schools. Is it really just?

It appears that Restorative Justice or Restorative Practices are the new buzz words in our schools. The concept itself isn’t new. A psychologist working with incarcerated people in the 1970s defined three approaches to justice. He had been providing distributive justice to people who had …

Do you know what the IEU can do for you?

Our aim is simple. The IEU is all about better jobs which brings about better schools, which builds better societies. The complicated part comes in the how. Last year the IEU attended non-government schools no less than 457 times in both metropolitan and country areas. We …

Anna Stewart Memorial Project 2018

Anna Stewart worked passionately and tirelessly to involve women directly in deciding on principles and priorities to put before unions and government in order to achieve real quality of status and opportunity for women. Her efforts achieved more in less than a decade working in …

Education International 3rd Women’s Conference

    Education International is the voice of teachers and other education employees across the globe. A federation of 396 associations and unions in 171 countries and territories, it represents some 32.5 million educators and support professionals in education institutions from early childhood to university. …

Notice of application to change IEU(SA) Branch Rules – 11/12/17

Today an application to change a number of IEU(SA) Branch rules was lodged with the Fair Work Commission. The changes will align the IEU(SA) Branch rules with the IEU(SA)Inc rules and is a necessary part of the transition from Inc to Branch that occurred earlier …

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