Australia does not suffer from a lack of truth-telling about the devastating impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. From 19th-century newspaper…

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Members in Catholic Independent Model A schools have won strong gains in pay and conditions in union-negotiated multi-enterprise agreements (MEAs). The new MEAs were overwhelmingly…

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May 15 2026

Time capsule: 1986

As 1986 began, the NSW Independent Teachers Association (ITA), as our union was then known, had 12,103 members – and 2035 more joined throughout the…

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The IEU welcomes the NSW government’s proposal to empower school principals to ban parents if they threaten or abuse students, staff or other community members….

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Three new enterprise agreements (EAs) negotiated by the union came into force in February, with better pay and conditions for Catholic school leaders in NSW…

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Sep 1 2025

Time capsule: 2015

In 2015, former US President Barack Obama still occupied the White House. The Lodge in Canberra, however, had new tenants after Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged…

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Bargaining is about to start for replacement multi-enterprise agreements (MEAs) covering teachers and support staff in Model B and Model C Catholic independent schools. The…

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Jun 12 2025

Time capsule: 1985

They’re probably not two people you’d expect to see in the same sentence, but the year was 1985, and China’s leader Deng Xiaoping was the…

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Jun 11 2025

Time capsule: 2005

Prime Minister John Howard was at the height of his power in 2005 after his government attained a majority in the Senate following the previous…

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