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Miss, Miss, Miss ... what’s in an honorific?

Am I a Miss, Ms or Mrs? This teacher’s had some near Misses

Women have enough decisions to make, let alone choosing which cultural undertones they want attached to their names.

  • Cherie Gilmour

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HSC markers working at the Sydney Showgrounds.

Inside the shed where HSC marks are being decided

Hard at work marking HSC papers in a shed at Sydney Olympic Park, teachers reveal what is being rewarded – and what is not.

  • Christopher Harris
Queensland Teachers’ Union vice president Leah Olsson.

State school teachers to hold ‘strike the government wanted’ within days

The teachers’ union said teachers would hold a 24-hour strike at the end of the term, which could force exams to be rescheduled and dent end-of-year pay cheques.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
QTU general secretary Kate Ruttiman speaking to gathered teachers outside Parliament House in Brisbane.

‘We’re in it for the fight’: State school teachers rally outside Parliament

Several hundred state school teachers rallied outside Parliament demanding a better deal, as tensions flared ahead of a second 24-hour strike.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Teachers rallied outside Queensland Parliament in June as the state budget was delivered.

Some teachers receive surprise pay bump as union plans new strike

A minor increase in some state school teachers’ pay packets was not the olive branch bewildered workers had been hoping for.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland Teachers’ Union president Cresta Richardson said a strike would not take place until after year 12 exams.

Teachers’ strike postponed to after year 12 exams

The teachers’ union has delayed strike action as it continues to negotiate the terms of arbitration with the state government.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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An audit report has found the Education Department doesn’t know the exact number of teachers needed in Queensland state schools.

Damning report says department failing ‘actual needs of schools’

An audit has criticised Queensland’s Education Department for monitoring job vacancies across only half of regional and remote state schools.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland state school teachers are preparing for a second 24-hour strike.

State school teachers plan to strike within three weeks

After shooting down the government’s latest wage offer, the teachers’ union is backing a second 24-hour strike before the end of the month.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland Teachers’ Union members went on strike in August after the union rejected the state’s offer. Members on Friday shot down an offer the state said would be its last.

‘Happy to roll the dice’: Teachers vote to reject ‘final’ pay offer

Teachers have shot down the government’s last pay offer, hoping that hashing it out before the Industrial Relations Commission will bring them a better outcome.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Hands up who’s loving learning … a World Teachers’ Day tribute.

An unexpected letter arrived at my dad’s funeral – it contained one of life’s great lessons

Its author was a legendary teacher who struck fear into prankster girls – and transformed our lives.

  • Melissa Coburn

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