Conventional words and thinking produce conventional results. It is not enough when better is needed. For that, new ways of expressing ourselves and new frames are required.

The QTU has conducted its first Regional Union Reps Conference in more than a decade.

The QTU has provided a submission to the Promotional Positions Classification Review

QTU Life Member Bob Baldwin died suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday 21 July 2017 at his parents' property in Cottonvale, north of Stanthorpe.

A comment by ACTU General Secretary Sally McManus has left people across Australia enthused by the thought of turning back the industrial relations clock

The anger over the Turnbull school funding plan, and the deal done with the Senate, is growing.

Asking a colleague who is not a QTU member to join the Union can be confronting and daunting. But you should rip off the band aid and have the conversation.

During November, the QTU is holding its first Workload and Wellbeing Awareness Month (WWAM) to support members in making a difference.

Each year, there are QTU members who either receive a required transfer that they do not want to accept or who have requested but not received a transfer to a specific geographic area and/or region.

One of the major decisions of the QTU State Conference in June this year was a new look at the representation of principals and other education leaders by the QTU.

The QTU has produced an “acknowledgement of traditional owners” card to assist members at meetings and events.

NAIDOC Week is a celebration held in the first week of July every year. This year, after 10 years, the celebration returned to Cairns.

At the QTU Biennial Conference, members voted to support a choice of pants or shorts for both the formal and sports uniform for all girls from prep to year 12. 

Indooroopilly State High School is leading a consortium of industry, government and education organisations and individuals aiming to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs.

School turns to commercial winemaking to teach science.

Pull-out poster

The QTU and TRAPSA have galvanised around the “Free Mojgan” campaign, set up in support of Mojgan Shamsalipoor, a young Iranian woman seeking asylum in Australia

For those working in TAFE, particularly educators, one of the chief concerns over recent years is systemic change impacting on the quality of outcomes for students.

Permanency / MUP / marriage leave

A raconteur teacher may have been able to save his career, if only he hadn’t told students not to tell their parents about his stories of priestly toilet mishaps, teddy bears down pants and other assorted oddities.