The AEU has welcomed the Mitchell Institute’s new report Achieving Better and Fairer Schools: The case for full-service school models in Australia, which confirms the urgent need for a national rollout of full-service schools to address growing inequality in student learning and wellbeing.

The AEU has today welcomed new research from Monash University that exposes the extreme and often invisible emotional demands placed on Australia’s public school principals, and is calling for urgent government action to address the escalating risks to their health, safety and wellbeing.

Early career teachers are reporting overwhelming workloads, insufficient support, and inadequate preparation through initial teacher education (ITE), causing many to consider leaving the profession, according to a new AEU survey.

The AEU welcomes today’s announcement by the Federal Government that applications are open for the 2026 round of the Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships Program, delivering up to $40,000 for teaching students.

The Australian Education Union has today released Investing in Australia’s Future (2025), a comprehensive report outlining the urgent reforms and targeted investments needed to ensure every child in every public school can thrive.

World Teachers Day is a day to celebrate the important role teachers provide in our community and their commitment to educating and supporting their students, often in challenging circumstances.

​Teachers must not be overburdened in anti-bullying response The Federal Government’s announcement today of a $10 million package to support schools in tackling bullying is an important step forward, but support for teachers must not be overlooked.

Alarming new international data highlights the scale of Australia’s teacher shortage crisis and the urgent need for federal and state governments to address the root causes of workforce decline.

The AEU is calling on the Albanese Government to lift its ambition on climate action, warning that today’s announcement of an emissions reduction target of 62 to 70 per cent by 2035 is not aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement and will likely result in more than 2 degrees of warming, with dire consequences.

The McKell Institute’s Freeing Teachers to Teach report, which shows that productivity gains in education come from freeing teachers from unnecessary administration, not from hollowing out their profession, sends a strong message to governments that any productivity reforms must support teachers and not reshape their profession.

The AEU has welcomed the release of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2025 report, warning that its findings show the urgent need to tackle teacher shortages, and that full funding of Australia’s public schools must remain a government priority.

The Australian Education Union has welcomed today’s proposal by Education Minister Jason Clare for the establishment of a new Teaching and Learning Commission as an opportunity for a national discussion about how to strengthen the national education architecture for the teaching profession.

Valerie Walker has won the Australian Education Union’s 2025 ‘Heart of TAFE’ photography competition.

Today is National TAFE Day, a day to celebrate the teachers, students and communities that make TAFE such a powerful public institution.

The Productivity Commission has recommended the wrong solution with its suggestion in a newly released report that off-the-shelf lesson plans should be developed for teachers to help them save time and teach outside their area of expertise.

At the Albanese Government's Tertiary Productivity Roundtable today, the AEU will highlight the critical role of fully funded high-quality public education in driving national productivity and long-term economic growth.

The Australian Education Union has today welcomed the passing of the Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025 as a first step, following distressing reports of abuse in early childhood education and care (ECEC).

The Australian Education Union has welcomed the passage of the Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025, delivering a 20 per cent reduction in HECS-HELP debt, which will provide much-needed cost of living relief for students and early-career teachers, who face significant financial pressures.

The Australian Education Union has today welcomed the commencement of the Commonwealth Prac Payment, a much-needed investment in the future of Australia’s teaching workforce.

As a matter of urgency, the AEU Federal Executive has unanimously adopted the below statement on peace education. AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe said, “The ongoing genocide has brought unspeakable trauma to the children, families and teachers of Gaza. The AEU stands in solidarity with the teachers, students and education unions of Palestine.”

The Australian Education Union has today welcomed the announcement of the new Albanese Ministry, and particularly congratulates Ministers Jason Clare and Andrew Giles and newly appointed Jess Walsh on their Ministerial portfolios.

Australian Education Union (AEU) congratulates the Albanese Government on its re-election and renewed mandate to support a fair and inclusive education system.

The Coalition’s costings have revealed plans for cuts to the Commonwealth Prac Payment, Initial Teacher Education, and student debt relief, moves that will negatively impact teaching students and teaching graduates at a time when we have a national teacher shortage.

After promising to match Labor’s education funding, the newly released Coalition costings have revealed they will rip $431 million out of Free TAFE if elected.

As voting ramps up for the 2025 Federal Election, Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton has made clear that he wants to tell teachers how to teach and what to teach and that funding will be withheld unless they comply but is hiding their plans for the Australian Curriculum.