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Tips for teaching overseas

Murray Lamshed taught at St Dominic’s Priory College for many years. He was one of our IEUSA originals and served as ATIS Secretary in 1984 and ANGEE Vice President in 1990. In 1998 he went teaching in the UAE, then to Georgia and finally finished …

The IEUA Women in Leadership Program

IEUSA’s BOLD women organised a very successful Women’s Professional Learning Day (on a Saturday!) for our IEUSA women members. The BOLDIES attended and played a significant part in helping to make decisions about the day including the name, which was ‘Strong women, may we know …

National Review of Teacher Registration

AITSL has produced its national review of teacher registration at the request of the COAG Education Ministers. It can be accessed here There are 17 recommendations which at first blush may appear innocuous, but when unpacked can have deep ramifications for the profession. The IEU …

School Funding Deal Fails to Deliver

Despite the effusive welcoming by employer organisations, the school funding announcement made by the federal government (Thursday 20 September) still fails to deliver. The model does not deliver the promise that this government made when it sought election in 2013.  It has not upheld the …

SACE Review – IEU Members Repeat 2012 Review Concerns

The IEU was asked to make a submission to the recent review of SACE Stage 2, instigated by the new Liberal government. We had made a submission the a 2012 review of the “new” SACE and sadly those concerns remain 6 years later. The 2018 …

Can my hours be changed?

Contracts of employment can be written, verbal or a combination of the two. That said, for obvious reasons, it is strongly recommended by the IEU that prior to commencing employment with a new employer an employee should receive (or insisting on receiving if they do …

Did you know that women retire with 47% less superannuation than men?

Recent research by Per Capita in partnership with the Australian Services Union (ASU) surveyed 4,000 workers and used data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to consider superannuation and women’s …

ACTU Congress 2018

Around one thousand delegates representing workers from every industry and sector in Australia attended the ACTU Congress at Brisbane Convention Centre on Tuesday 17th July 2018 & Wednesday 18th July 2018. This is the largest and most important gathering of Australian Unions and it sets …

BeyondBlue National Education Initiative

Mental health is not just an issue for teenagers and adults it is an issue for many children as early as preschool. According to a national survey, one in seven children between four and seventeen has had a mental health issue in the last year, …

NSW/ ACT Campaign for fairness in Catholic schools wins national award

Wednesday, 18 July 2018 IEUA NSW/ACT Branch awarded the 2018 ACTU Congress Campaign of the Year for its battle for fairness in Catholic schools. Teachers and support staff in Catholic schools showed great determination, keeping up an 18-month resistance to Catholic employers across NSW and …

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