Media Release Archive

For media enquiries call President Kevin Bates or Media Advisor Nicole Mathieson on (07) 3512 9000 or email qtu@qtu.asn.au.

Student journalists please email qtu@qtu.asn.au attention Julie Brown.

20 Mar 2012 : Promises, promises – QTU releases party report card

6 Mar 2012 : Teachers and principals give Newman "F"

30 Jan 2012 : Data misuse halts school audits

18 Jan 2012 : Queensland teachers have a new advocate

12 Jan 2012 : Teachers' tips on easing back to school

2012 Qld Election Report Card

23 Nov 2011 : Education Trust an investment in Queensland’s future

21 Nov 2011 : School support is key to making local ideas work

QTU President Steve Ryan said the discussion paper had avoided many of the populist but ill-conceived “local autonomy” notions that would treat principals as ‘business managers’ and leave them struggling to do ever more with ever less, taking them away from their key roles as school curriculum leaders.

18 Sep 2011 : Harmonising school terms makes sense

9 Sep 2011 : School investment pays off

14 Jun 2011 : Teachers urge government to keep the future in sight

9 Jun 2011 : Year 7 move can work – if teachers kept in the loop

11 May 2011 : Not my problem principal ...says Julia Gillard

8 Mar 2011 : Teachers vital to flood recovery

28 Oct 2010 : Letter to Editor - from QTU President

26 Oct 2010 : Letter to the Editor of The Courier-Mail re teachers' awards

3 Aug 2010 : Letter to the editor of The Courier Mail re. Leading Schools

17 Jun 2010 : Letter to the editor of The Courier Mail

8 Jun 2010 : State Budget: barely treading water while the education tide rises…

5 May 2010 : My School issue reaching 11th hour – moratorium remains

30 Apr 2010 : Queensland Teachers’ Union vows to continue My School campaign

30 Apr 2010 : Queensland Teachers’ Union vows to continue My School campaign

20 Apr 2010 : Teachers and principals to continue campaign against My School

20 Apr 2010 : Media alert re My School/NAPLAN

13 Jan 2010 : Back-to-school tips

24 Nov 2009 : Teachers vote to accept EB settlement package

8 Nov 2009 : Teachers to vote on EB settlement package

27 Oct 2009 : They teach and they vote – MPs to feel teachers’ wrath

17 Sep 2009 : Tuesday, a pat on the back; Thursday, a slap in the face for teachers

8 Sep 2009 : Teachers’ poll points to ballot box battering for Bligh survey results

4 Aug 2009 : Media reminder - teacher EB rally tomorrow

29 Jul 2009 : Education workers betrayed by Labor government

27 Jul 2009 : Teachers’ strike reinstated after pay offer rejected

22 Jul 2009 : Teachers' EB action suspended

30 Jun 2009 : Time for Bligh to solve teacher pay crisis

30 Jun 2009 : Announcement on further industrial action by Queensland teachers

26 Jun 2009 : Conference to put spotlight on teachers'pay and conditions

16 Jun 2009 : What part of "good faith bargaining" does Anna Bligh not understand?

3 Jun 2009 : Government inaction prompts ballot for teacher action

18 May 2009 : Striking teachers to rally tomorrow

15 May 2009 : Principals to refuse to solve Minister’s chaos

11 May 2009 : Teachers commit to state-wide strike

1 May 2009 : Teachers to march for fair pay

8 Apr 2009 : teachers demand fair pay

5 Mar 2009 : LNP hatchet threatens teachers’ jobs

3 Mar 2009 : QLD's new teachers – overworked, underpaid and likely to leave

23 Feb 2009 : Election a chance for parties to reveal how they value education

5 Feb 2009 : Queensland teachers ask Coalition: which schools will miss out?

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For more information contact: 
Steve Ryan (President) 07 3512 9000 
Nicole Mathieson (Media Officer) 07 3512 9000 29 October 2008

Teachers take action over inaction

15 Oct 2008

Teachers to stop work after pleas ignored

1 Oct 2008

Letter to the Editor, The Australian

27 August

Teachers betrayed by "Kevin Howard" and "Julia Bishop"

5 August

Teachers suspend action - no thanks to Minister Welford

25 July

Teacher strike to put some home truths before government

4 June

letter to newspaper editors post-Budget announcement

3 June

Bligh budget abandons teachers, kids

14 May

Education ball now in the state's court

2 May 2008

Teachers to take funding message to the streets on Labour Day

1 May

More stop-work action by teachers? It's up to the government to decide.

 24 April

 Teachers confirm stop-work action over housing

17 April

Remote housing neglect forces teachers to stop work

2 April

Torres Strait, Cape and Gulf teachers to vote on action over housing

19 March

Teachers warn about consequences for remote schools

4 March

New survey - lack of resourcing fuels teacher exodus

25 February

Investing in Logan kids - now that's smart

  • 4 December: OECD report highlights policy pitfalls
  • 14 November: Rudd plans give hope for future
  • 12 November: Teachers, parents, students betrayed by Howard's choices
  • 12 November Parents, teachers join in day of celebration and warning
  • 08 November: State schools kids denied millions
  • 01 November: Teachers' grave concerns about Coalition policy
  • 24 September   : Indigenous Educators Conference
  • 19 September: OECD report confirms Howard
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