Welcome to your seventh issue of Newsmonth for 2026.
The IEU has begun negotiating new multi-enterprise agreements for teachers and support staff in independent schools across NSW and the ACT. Find out how you can be a part of the bargaining process.
We also have the latest on the union’s negotiations for new multi-enterprise agreements for teachers and support staff in Catholic independent Model B and Model C schools.
Discover the highlights of this year’s annual general meeting, including a speech by author and refugee advocate Abang Anade Othow, whose memoir Buckets of Hope details her extraordinary journey from refugee camps in Africa to Australia.
Read about our preschool members protesting outside Labor MPs offices across NSW to demand the state government fix its new funding program that threatens big cuts that will lead to job losses.
The union congratulates the winners of the 2026 environment grants, sponsored by Teachers Mutual Bank, and this year’s union noticeboard competition who have won a morning tea for their colleagues.
Get organised with the IEU’s 2027 calendar, packaged with this issue of Newsmonth.
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
- Independent schools: Bargaining gets underway
- Catholic independent schools: Model B and Model C bargaining update
- Abang Anade Othow: Refugee advocate and author
- Respect for teachers: Cheap shots reflect poorly on politicians
- Technology: Why online harm is a work health and safety issue
- No cuts to community preschools: Members demand government fix funding mess
- Bright ideas: Union noticeboard competition
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