Our union has partnered with the Queensland Teachers’ Union (QTU) to develop a Joint Position Statement on minimum expectations when engaging with Permission to Teach (PTT) employees. IEU-QNT Senior Research Officer and member of our union’s Education Committee Dr...

Equal Pay Day (17 August) 2026 has marked the lowest gender pay gap ever recorded across Australia, according to new data.

Personal leave is an important working right, but there are some lesser-known facets to taking leave that all employees should be aware of.

The first formal review of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) since their introduction 15 years ago provides a chance to ensure the standards evolve to suit the contemporary professional landscape of teaching.

IEU-QNT members employed as specialist teachers participated in a union survey examining the challenges, changes and impacts arising from the new curriculum guideline introduced by the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board (NSSAB) in 2025.

The new curriculum guideline introduced percentage-based programming time and permitted primary schools to cease programming some specialist subjects.

New federal reforms to prevent Australians under 16 from creating or maintaining accounts on age-restricted social media platforms have generated understandable concern among schools, teachers and support staff, particularly about whether educators are expected to...

The 'manosphere' has had a meteoric rise in the post-pandemic years, fed by social media algorithms that thrive on division. A catch-all term for online spaces that espouse misogynistic views, the manosphere has fomented dangerous attitudes that have now seeped into...

Although the education landscape changed rapidly around her, union membership has remained a constant for teacher member Gina Brosnan since she stepped into Brigidine College, Indooroopilly over 40 years ago. Teaching was only meant to be temporary, but Gina said she...

In schools across Australia, the conversation around safety has broadened, as Rachel Drew from Thomsons writes.

Members are reminded to contact our union first when subject to allegations of wrongdoing in the workplace.

IEU-QNT Industrial Officer Mark Moorhead said facing allegations of wrongdoing can be distressing, but our union has experience supporting members through these situations.