I’ve been reading a fair bit of rhetoric lately about the need to set a percentage claim for salaries if we are to address the allegedly too small increases from the current and previous agreements.
The first meeting of State Council for 2025 commenced with a Statement of Values, which emphasises the QTU’s commitment to improving members’ working conditions, salaries, and entitlements.
Dudley Cowan was the 83rd member of the QTU to be awarded life membership for long and outstanding service to the Union and its members. When awarded life membership, he was described as staunch, reliable, enthusiastic, calm, sincere, and dedicated.
The QTU’s longstanding position is that the voice of the teaching profession needs to be heard in the corridors of power. That is why the QTU supports politicians who are teachers themselves and who have demonstrated their commitment to the profession.
As I write this, I am sitting here in Canberra airport waiting for my flight home, pondering my life as a teacher, activist and union official.
As the 2025 Federal Election rolls around, QTU members and their families deciding who to cast their important vote for might be thinking about what issues will impact on them.
The QTU has a proud history. It is more than 136 years since that day on 9 January 1889 when 23 teachers and principals from schools across the colony of Queensland met in Brisbane to establish the first teachers’ union on this continent, our Queensland Teachers’ Union.
As we approach the expiry of the current certified agreement on 30 June, the bargaining process that will shape the future of our working conditions, pay, and professional recognition has begun.
Under its First 100 Days plan, the new Queensland Government committed to establishing a dedicated working group to remove red tape and reduce administrative burden on teachers and school leaders.
Queensland’s special schools are in crisis, with staffing reductions for 2025 escalating already unacceptable levels of occupational violence and aggression.
On 28 February, more than 380 workplace Union Reps convened in Brisbane for the annual QTU Union Reps Conference.
March was Endometriosis Awareness Month, an opportunity to shine the light on a condition that affects one in nine women in Australia.
Saturday 8 March was International Women’s Day (IWD), a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
The Department of Education’s workplace health, safety and wellbeing coordinators pilot was launched in Term 1 2024 as Queensland’s initiative within the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan.
The QTU has declared tackling occupational violence as one its top priorities for 2025. Here’s some tips on how to spot it in your workplace and what should happen next.
The theme of this year’s Australian Education Union Federal Conference was Go Public! Fund Education, a call to action to mobilise quality public education for all and ensure teachers are central to decision-making.
Congratulations to this year’s AEU Arthur Hamilton Award winners Christina Papadimitriou, Aunty Joan McKay and Bernadette Russell from Heatley Secondary College in Townsville.
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training has released its report “The Future of Work: Inquiry into the Digital Transformation of Workplaces”.
Historically, and globally, career-change teachers have been heralded as a silver bullet solution to teacher shortages. However, career-change teachers have higher rates of attrition compared to their first-career colleagues.
Since 1990, the QTU has proudly been running the Peace and Equity Awards in Queensland state schools.
Hospital schools in Australia play a vital role in ensuring that children and young people who are hospitalised for short and extended periods do not miss out on their education.
Today’s schools face increasing pressure to improve student wellbeing, academic outcomes, and community engagement. But what if there was one powerful tool to address all these challenges at once?
TAFE update
QTAD Q&A
Social media has become an integral part of modern communication, offering opportunities for engagement, networking and professional development. However, for teachers, social media use comes with significant risks, including professional misconduct, privacy breaches and reputational damage.
Socialising is necessary as we age.
