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IEU(SA) Branch Executive Election – Nominations now open

Nominations are called for: – Branch Secretary (1) – Deputy Secretary (1) – Ordinary Members (11) – Branch Delegates to Federal Council (3) Read the Election Notice in full – click here Nominations, which must be in writing and comply with the registered rules of …

Catholic EA – Term 2, 2022 Bargaining Report

COVID delayed our first negotiating meeting until August 2020 after which the project fell into a game of 2 halves. The negotiating of content with full teams around the table for 19 meetings and then hundreds of hours of drafting meetings involving rewriting, fine negotiations …

SA Labor Government’s attack on injured workers

It was with great shock and disappointment that not two months into a state Labor government—the same government which promised to be pro-worker and be transparent and consultative—that I write to you about their plan to undermine both these principles. The concepts around WorkCover and …

Vaccination Mandates Update

Members were updated Monday 2nd May as to our approach to schools wishing to install some form of COVID vaccination requirement into school policy in place of the now-rescinded health directives. The fundamental position was that we would not be challenging the basic health directions, …

6 school design tips to keep the peace at recess

Having presented her study on ‘Gender Equity in School Grounds’ in 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKQVOS-0Q1g) , Fatemeh Aminpour from University of New South Wales, discusses the issues of school recreation areas and how they may actually contribute to conflicts between genders and ages at schools, purely because …

IEU Professional Learning and Online Learning Centre – Free for members!

Our Term 2 Professional Learning Brochure is now available (click here) giving you access to a broad range of online professional learning – absolutely FREE for members! In addition, the IEU will offer FREE Inhouse Professional Learning Sessions for members in our Boardroom. Professional Learning …

Jasmine Meldrum from Immanuel College wins the IEU(SA) SACE Art Show Award

Congratulations to Jasmine, she wins a prize of $250 for her work entitled The Women Who Came Before Me. Image credit – SACE – https://www.sace.sa.edu.au/events/art-show/2022/gallery/jasmine-meldrum Jasmine said of her inspiration for her artwork: “The Women Who Came Before Me’ is a tribute to the women who …

It’s tax time – what can you claim?

It is Tax Time and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has specific deduction information (download here) for teachers or education professionals to help you work out what: income and allowances to report you can and can’t claim as a work-related deduction records you need to …

Officer and Related Party Disclosure Statement to IEU Members

OFFICER AND RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT in accordance with Section 293J Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 The Officer and Related Party Disclosure Statement must be provided to all members, and a copy lodged with the Registered Organisations Commission (ROC), within six months of the …

SACE Merit Award Ceremony

More than 1000 year 12 students who received exceptional results in 2021 were finally acknowledged and given their ‘right of passage’ to a SACE Merit Ceremony at Government House on Friday 19 May after the intervention of the newly elected state government. Education Minister Blair …