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Teachers to continue action despite strike ban

November 22, 2008 10:28:00

The teachers union says its industrial campaign will go ahead, despite a strike ban.[MORE]

Tags: education, industrial-relations, teachers, unions, sa, adelaide-5000

Protesting won't help, Govt tells teachers

November 21, 2008 20:49:00

The SA Govt has warned teachers that today's after school rally will not benefit their argument for better pay and a new school funding model.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industrial-relations, education, teachers, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000

Teachers' appeal on no-strike ruling

November 21, 2008 15:51:00

SA teachers lodge an appeal over an IRC order to abandon their Friday strike.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Frustration over teacher strike

November 21, 2008 11:00:00

SA parents have express frustration at the lack of notice given about the cancellation of today's teachers' strike.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Teachers' strike cancelled

November 20, 2008 22:48:00

Today's planned teachers' strike has been called off.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, education, teachers, government-and-politics, unions, australia, sa, adelaide-5000

SA teachers must show up: Education Dept

November 20, 2008 17:44:00

South Australian teachers are ordered by the IRC to call off their Friday strike.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Riverina teachers threaten 48hr strike

November 20, 2008 12:36:00

Teachers at Riverina public schools and TAFE colleges are threatening to strike for the first two days of the 2009 school year.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, unions, work, wagga-wagga-2650

Parents in dark as teacher pay deal deadlocked

November 20, 2008 00:34:00

Parents are still in the dark about whether Friday's planned strike by New South Wales public school teachers will go ahead. [MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industrial-relations, education, teachers, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, nsw

UK teachers to head to regional WA

November 19, 2008 12:00:00

The Education Department is on a recruiting drive in the United Kingdom to try to entice teachers to relocate to regional towns in Western Australia.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, albany-6330, broome-6725, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, karratha-6714

Teachers vow to delay school year

November 19, 2008 12:00:00

Public school teachers across NSW have voted to strike for the first two days of the 2009 school year.[MORE]

Tags: education, schools, public-schools, university-and-further-education, teachers, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, nsw

Teachers stop work over wage dispute

November 19, 2008 11:25:00

Public school teachers in New South Wales are holding stop-work meetings for two hours today.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, states-and-territories, unions, activism-and-lobbying, wollongong-2500

NT teachers pay dispute comes to an end

November 19, 2008 10:16:00

After more than 15 months of negotiations, the NT's Education Union has agreed to accept the NT Government's pay offer.[MORE]

Tags: education, distance-education, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, teachers, nt, darwin-0800

Education Dept condemns teachers' stop-work

November 19, 2008 10:09:00

The regional director of the Department of Education says today's stop-work action will inconvenience parents and disrupt student learning.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, states-and-territories, unions, activism-and-lobbying, coffs-harbour-2450, lismore-2480

Teachers stop work over wage row

November 19, 2008 09:08:00

Teachers across New South Wales will stop work for up to two hours this morning over a wage dispute and the possibility that the teacher transfer system will be dismantled.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, states-and-territories, unions, activism-and-lobbying, broken-hill-2880

Wage dispute: NSW teachers continue fight

November 19, 2008 08:50:00

Thousands of state school and TAFE teachers across New South Wales have walked off the job for two hours.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, education, schools, public-schools, university-and-further-education, teachers, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, nsw

Schools strike unlikely to be averted

November 18, 2008 15:27:00

Teachers are expected to proceed with their strike in public schools on Friday, after conciliation talks with the South Australian Government were adjourned again in the Industrial Relations Commission.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Legal threat no deterrent to teachers' stop-work plans

November 18, 2008 10:10:00

New South Wales mid-north coast teachers say they intend to go ahead with tomorrow's state-wide stop-work meeting.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, states-and-territories, unions, activism-and-lobbying, coffs-harbour-2450

Teacher talks to resume

November 18, 2008 08:39:00

Conciliation talks between the teachers' union and the State Government will resume in the Industrial Relations Commission today.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Use SMS to alert parents to stranger danger: Roberts

November 17, 2008 15:31:00

The State Opposition says the Education Department should consider implementing school-based SMS alert systems following a sex attack against two young students in Perth.[MORE]

Tags: child-abuse, family-and-children, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, teachers, labor-party, children, parenting, programs-and-initiatives, wa, perth-6000

More teacher talks on Tuesday

November 17, 2008 13:37:00

There will be more talks in the Industrial Relations Commission on Tuesday aimed at averting a planned strike by South Australian teachers on Friday.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Teacher on child sex charges to front court again

November 17, 2008 08:37:00

A 59-year-old man is due to face Toowoomba Magistrates Court again today on child sex charges.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, crime, courts-and-trials, police, sexual-offences, toowoomba-4350

SA Govt tries to stop teacher strike

November 17, 2008 07:26:00

The SA Govt will try to prevent a full-day strike by public school teachers in the Industrial Relations Commission today.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Teachers' ballot endorses strike

November 14, 2008 17:14:00

A ballot of public school teachers in South Australia has endorsed a strike plan for next Friday and further rolling stoppages until the end of term.[MORE]

Tags: schools, teachers, states-and-territories, unions, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Lawyers challenge teacher's jailing for sex with student

November 14, 2008 15:00:00

Lawyers have lodged an appeal against the conviction of a Bunbury teacher to 27 months jail for having sex with a 14-year-old boy.[MORE]

Tags: teachers, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, bunbury-6230

Computers in schools plan unaffordable: Constable

November 13, 2008 14:11:00

Western Australia's Minister for Education, Liz Constable, says her state can not afford to implement the Federal Government's computers in schools plan.[MORE]

Tags: education, educational-resources, instructional-materials, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, teachers, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-state-issues, liberal-party, nationals, wa, perth-6000