After years of campaigning by Australia’s education unions, and despite the introduction of a new education funding model in 2013, funding inequity in Australian schools continues.

Response to changes to NAPLAN testing released by ACARA

The Department of Education and QTU are currently finalising the good faith bargaining guidelines for the commencement of EB negotiations. QTJ 11 Mar 2022

New Professional Experience Partnership Agreements (PEPAs) have been developed to support the hosting of preservice teacher placements across all three education sectors: state schools, catholic schools and independent schools.

The enterprise bargaining process is underway. Here's an update on what's happened so far and the next steps. - QTJ , 11 February 2022,

The new P-12 Curriculum and Reporting Framework (P-12 CARF), which includes a number of changes around reporting, is now being implemented.

2022 key dates and reminders | Respectful relationships and DFV | Staffing and timetabling | Sexual harassment - making a complaint | Anti-discrimination in Queensland | Equity provisions underway |

A summary of two May 2021 National Primary Prevention Hub events hosted in partnership with Ending Violence against Women Queensland 1. A webinar with panel discussions situated primary prevention in the Queensland context. It included a local primary prevention case study (Men4Respect), as well as a best practice primary prevention initiative in Victoria (Preventing Violence Together). 2. An interactive discussion forum was held with practitioners from Queensland to reflect on challenges and opportunities in their work specific to the local context. Participants engaged in breakout rooms to discuss opportunities for primary prevention in Queensland including: – integrating a primary prevention approach in their work – ideas for the future – what needs to change in the Queensland context to enable progress on primary prevention. This paper summarises the case studies and key themes that emerged during both events to promote information and knowledge sharing across the sector

Following consultation with the QTU, the P-12 Curriculum and Reporting Framework (P-12 CARF) was released at the start of Term 3 for implementation in 2022.