Student free days needed sooner – urgent call to Peter Gutwein
While we welcome the Tasmanian Government’s recognition of some of the concerns of teachers, more is needed urgently – with student free days starting on Monday, 30 March 2020, and to continue for the remainder of Term 1.
Chaos and confusion must not continue for preschools, schools and TAFE
Last night’s statement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison has caused major confusion for principals, teachers, education support staff and parents.
AEU to meet with Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan about COVID-19 concerns
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan will meet with the leadership of the Australian Education Union (AEU) on Tuesday 24th March 2020. The meeting is agreed following the concerns expressed by the AEU in a letter to the Prime Minister on Thursday 19th March, 2020. “AEU members are at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. Not only…
Union says schools need clarity and support to combat COVID 19
The Tasmanian Government must urgently provide additional support and clear advice to schools trying to implement a range of social distancing and hygiene measures, some of which are impossible in a school setting, the AEU said today.
Union welcomes withdrawal of education cuts
The Australian Education Union today welcomed the Gutwein Government’s withdrawal of their planned $109 million of cuts to education. “It shouldn’t take widespread outrage from parents and educators and a global pandemic to stop a government slashing Tasmanian kids’ education, but we welcome the decision,” said AEU President Helen Richardson. The AEU has been running…
Budget cuts advert launch – kids sing for school funding
The Australian Education Union is launching a new advert featuring the voices of Tasmanian students set to suffer from proposed education budget cuts.
NAPLAN must go
The national report into the debacle behind the 2019 NAPLAN online testing regime has shown that after a decade of NAPLAN it is time for it to go, and be replaced by an assessment mechanism that puts teaching and learning at its heart. Today’s NAPLAN 2019 National Report confirmed earlier criticisms that the data from…
Education cuts entrench Tasmanian poverty and bad health
The Australian Education Union today condemned $109 million of cuts to education confirmed in today’s Revised Estimates Report. “Cutting education funding when the health and wellbeing of many Tasmanian children and young people is in decline makes a bad situation worse,” said AEU Tasmania Acting State Manager Adam Clifford. “Teachers and support staff have just…
Private school funding per student growing three times as fast as public school funding under Morrison Govt
The Productivity Commission’s annual Report into Government Services (ROGS) into childcare, education and training has shown that per-student total government recurrent funding to private schools has grown at 3.3 times the rate of public school funding over the last decade. The Report into Government Services (ROGS) showed that annual per-student growth in total government funding…
Violence against teachers demands budget response
Teachers have been facing unacceptably high levels of violence for years and deserve an urgent budget response from the government to deliver more professional support staff, according to their union, the AEU. “The Australian Education Union has been demanding more professional support staff such as psychologists and social workers in schools in response to high…
TAFE essential for a strong economy
The Morrison Government’s policy objectives which strip funding from TAFE and privatise vocational education is causing lasting damage to the Australian economy which will take decades to fix. A Mitchell Institute analysis of vocational education funding has shown that investment in the sector has dropped to its lowest level since 2008, leaving Australia short of…
