Media releases
26 March 2024:
IEU-QNT has called for urgent improvement to the wages and working conditions of staff employed in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.
22 March 2024:
Urgent action needed to address the health and wellbeing of school leaders after the latest Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey results published.
11 March 2024:
The High Court of Australia (HCA) has refused to grant special leave for Queensland Catholic employers seeking to appeal a decision that two former teachers were entitled to pay increases contained in new collective agreements despite resigning before the new agreement took formal effect with approval by the Fair Work Commission.
2024
26 March: Improved pay and conditions for VET trainers crucial to elevating the status of sector
22 March: School principals at breaking point under oppressive workloads
11 March: High Court dismisses Queensland Catholic school employer backpay challenge
5 March: Union welcomes Women and Girls’ Health Plan
27 February: Paid practicums crucial for future of teaching profession
15 February: ‘Right to disconnect’ a key win for education workers
2023
22 September: QLD Catholic school staff have voted no to cuts to working conditions and call for action on workload and wages
11 September: Queensland Catholic school staff voting no to attack on rights at work
7 September: Employers seek biggest cuts to Catholic school staff working conditions in 20 years
24 August: Judges wowed by Queensland students’ literary prowess
22 August: Queensland Catholic school staff to strike tomorrow
17 August: 4000 Queensland Catholic school teachers and support staff to strike in over 100 schools next week
14 August: Thousands of Catholic school staff to stop work tomorrow
14 August: Toowoomba Catholic school staff to stop work tomorrow, 15 August 2023
11 August: Queensland Catholic school teachers to lose a day’s pay over 5-minute strike
11 August 2023: QLD Catholic employers warned over 5-minute strike wage loss
18 July 2023: Traffic lights signal ‘Stop-Go’ on AI
13 June 2023: Union welcomes free kindergarten for all
3 May 2023: IEU-QNT welcomes government action on vaping
22 March 2023: Employers have no plan to fix workload crisis in QLD Catholic schools
28 February 2023: School leaders’ health survey reinforces education sector crisis
20 January 2023: Reducing teacher workloads key to improved student outcomes
17 January 2023: Free-fee training scheme should be expanded to private sector
2022
24 November 2022: School staff welcome NT Anti-discrimination Act reforms
3 November 2022: Draft National Teacher Workforce Action Plan welcomed but more to do
20 October 2022: School staff welcome proposed NT Anti-Discrimination Act change
18 August 2022: IEU members support AEU member striking to protect profession
1 March 2022: Union files dispute with industrial umpire over decision to reopen Brisbane Catholic schools
23 February 2022: State funding announcement reinforces viability of early childhood education sector
3 February 2022: Withdrawal of Citipointe Christian College “contracts” welcomed
1 February 2022: Citipointe Christian College must adhere to Anti-Discrimination Act
30 January 2022: IEU members welcome safe return to school plan | Five key measures critical in non-government sector
11 January 2022: Union absolutely rejects any change to end of scheduled school year
9 January 2022: Non-government employers have additional time to plan safe return following changes to school commencement date
7 January 2022: Union welcomes move to delay primary school return
6 January 2022: Federal government must resource school vaccination hubs to protect staff and students as Omicron surges
Media enquiries
Please direct any media enquiries to IEU-QNT Communications Manager Laura Wise via lwise@ieuqnt.org.au or 0419 653 131.