Welcome to your fifth issue of Newsmonth for 2026.
One Catholic diocese has boosted parental leave entitlements for teachers and support staff. Learn about the changes and how the union aims to urge all employers to adopt this new standard.
Unions and academics joined NSW Education Minister Prue Car on a panel to discuss teacher workload at the state Labor conference in July. Find out what participants had to say.
Read about our PD on combating the manosphere’s harmful ideas about gender and masculinity – run by two of the academics who wrote a crucial guide.
The union congratulates members at The Armidale Waldorf School who secured a new enterprise agreement after a 12-year campaign for better pay and conditions.
Don’t miss out on the IEU Environment Conference at Taronga Zoo. Register today and learn how to get your students outdoors to connect purposefully with nature.
This edition is packed with great reads, including progress on better funding for NSW community preschools and a member’s unique experience of teaching in a remote school.
We encourage you to invite your colleagues to join the IEU. We are always stronger together.
Carol Matthews
IEUA NSW/ACT Branch Secretary
Click here to read the full edition, browse through a selection of highlights below or download a PDF.
Featured stories
- Parental leave: Setting a whole new standard
- Workload panel: What’s driving it and how do we fix it?
- Meet the researchers challenging the ‘manosphere’
- Union win: IEU rep’s persistence delivers historic enterprise agreement
- Union welcomes funding breakthrough for community preschools
- Going the extra mile: Teaching in remote schools
- 2026 IEU Environment Conference: Wild Learning at Taronga Zoo
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