NTEU
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is the union for all higher education staff in Australia.
Authorised by D.Cahill, Melbourne National Tertiary Education Union
- Equal Super. Better Universities. Casual university staff teach, research, and support students, often for years, yet are denied the same superannuation contributions as their ongoing colleagues. Join today 👉 nteu.au/join
- Fair pay. Better universities. University staff need fair pay that keeps up with the cost of living. Food, rent, and bills haven’t stopped rising and neither should your pay. Hard work, sacrifice, and increased productivity should be recognised. Join today: nteu.au/join
- Today is a National Day of Mourning for victims of the Bondi terrorist attack. NTEU mourns the lives lost and we stand with all those grieving this horrific act of violence.
- 2025 proved what we can achieve together. 2026 is about going further. 👉 Be part of something bigger. Join NTEU today: nteu.au/join
- 🙌 Happy New Year! Start the year protected, connected, and organised. Join NTEU members making 2026 about better workplaces and better universities: nteu.au/join
- Unions connect people. Be part of making our universities better with Jude: nteu.au/join
- ✨ Dear NTEU members, thank you for everything you made possible this year. Enjoy a well-deserved break. 2026 is shaping up to be big! ✨
- NTEU members at Adelaide University won a sector-leading workplace agreement this week. Join the campaign for genuine consultation at work: nteu.au/join www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3jw...
- National President Alison Barnes and General Secretary Damien Cahill joined Australian Unions today to pay respects in solidarity with the Jewish community. NTEU stands firmly against violence and anti-semitism. @damiencahill.bsky.social @alisonbarnes.bsky.social
- The NTEU stands with Jewish Australians as they grieve this devastating and targeted act of violence. Violence, hatred and antisemitism have no place in our society. We stand in solidarity, care, and shared humanity.
- 🎉HUGE UNION WIN🎉 "This is a watershed moment for Australia's public universities. We now have a clear blueprint to fix burning crises like corporatisation, casualisation and wage theft.” @alisonbarnes.bsky.social Join snap briefing: nteu.info/snapbriefing 📰Article: abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
- Wage theft has become ingrained in the Australian university sector, which is why reform is needed. This victory belongs to the professional staff at QUT who felt the destructive consequences of wage theft. Join us and help end wage theft for good 👉 nteu.au/join
- Tuesday’s Stop Work at UTS made our power impossible to ignore. Because UTS members took action, the VC has already scaled back parts of his cuts and backed away from some of his extreme proposals. But big problems remain. We’ve shown what we can win. Now we keep the pressure on 👉 nteu.au/join
- Solidarity to UTS members for their huge strike yesterday. Members were out in force to show management that staff deserve better and will keep fighting for much-needed improvements to job security, workloads and fair pay.
- “Uni PR hacks hate them.” We’ll wear that as a badge of honour. NTEU National President Dr Alison Barnes ranked #6 on the Herald Sun’s most influential in education – a huge acknowledgment of our union’s power. Be a “thorn in their side” and join us today: nteu.au/join @alisonbarnes.bsky.social
- Reposted by NTEUCheck out these legends! Following a recent Delegate endorsement process, yesterday we trained @nteunion.bsky.social Delegates at #UniCanberra! ✊ We're ensuring that UC staff are valued, supported, and respected. Join us! www.nteu.au/join 💜
- Well done to Griffith University members on endorsing their Log of Claims online! ✊ Hundreds of staff have come together and pledged to win secure jobs, fair pay, and safe workloads through collective action. Staff need a pay rise that helps them catch up. Not a member? Join today 👉 nteu.au/join
- 📣 Calling all university staff and students 📣 Our universities are growing – but what does that mean for teaching, learning and student support? Take our short survey (5–10 mins) today: nteu.info/classes
- 📣 An extra 9,500 domestic university places will be available next year. “Students are entitled to the best education, and we need more staff providing pastoral care in our classrooms rather than seeing thousands of job losses.” - alisonbarnes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEGJ...
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- Big win at QUT! 🎉 This didn’t happen because management had a change of heart. It happened because we acted collectively. Join NTEU for better workplaces and better universities today: nteu.au/join
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- We need to talk about AI. While AI is here to stay, if kept unchecked, it can be used to increase workloads, threaten job security, and undermine academic integrity. Register here for next week's session: nteu.info/ai
- Management from University of Newcastle have walked away from direct negotiations with NTEU, used a manufactured financial crisis to justify 140 job cuts while ignoring crushing workloads. NTEU members won’t stand for it. Be part of the fight for better workplaces. Join our union: nteu.au/join
- NTEU members at QUT are standing up together against 21 forced redundancies in the Faculty of Science. Educators, researchers and professional staff bring science to life for thousands of students. Forced job cuts don’t build better universities – staff do. Sign the petition 👉 nteu.info/sos-qut
- A message from ACTU Secretary @sallymcmanus.bsky.social for NTEU members at MQ! We support all union activists and will advocate against these redundancies. Join us to fight for what’s right: nteu.au/join @damiencahill.bsky.social
- "The new university needs to learn from its foundational universities about what not to do. We expect greater university governance … the least well-paid people in the university should not be short-changed." - NTEU SA Division Secretary Dr Andrew Miller 📰Read here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
- Congratulations to members at University of Newcastle for standing up and taking strike action today for safe workloads, job security and fair pay. Education is a right, not a business, and hardworking staff deserve to be treated with respect. Join the campaign today: nteu.au/join
- We’re out in force at Macquarie University today because management’s cuts are destroying jobs, slashing courses, and undermining the future of our university. Join us today: nteu.au/join
- “This is a cynical tactic. The University of Newcastle has shown it would rather blow up negotiations and push disputes to the commission than engage constructively with staff seeking fair pay and conditions.” -NTEU General Secretary, Dr Damien Cahill Solidarity with staff walking off tomorrow. 💜
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- Reposted by NTEUSolidarity to @nteunion.bsky.social comrades at #ACU. Striking is a last resort. But when a millionaire VC gets a 5.8% pay rise, and then staff doing the front-line work to achieve ACU's mission get offered 2.5%, staff should be congratulated for standing up for themselves and their university. ✊
- Congratulations and #solidarity to @nteunion.bsky.social members at #ACU, who are going on strike for the second time in 2 weeks this morning! This includes members at Signadou campus in Canberra. ACU staff deserve to be valued, supported and respected. #ACUstrike2 ✊💜
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- Reposted by NTEUThis is the third parliamentary inquiry into uni governance - federal, NSW, now Victoria. NTEU members have exposed the damning evidence: $280m+ wage theft, outrageous exec pay, toxic cultures, corporate-stacked boards. We're winning government action. www.premier.vic.gov.au/putting-stud...
- MAJOR UNION WIN 🥳 The federal government will implement a new set of university governance principles to strengthen accountability, transparency and public trust following recommendations from the Expert Council on University Governance. Read more: nteu.info/majorwin @alisonbarnes.bsky.social
- The Expert Council on University Governance has delivered its recommendations – the depth of the crisis in our universities is clear. Thank you to every member who attended meetings, presented evidence, and stood up for better universities. Read the report 👉 betterunis.nteu.au/inquiry/
- ✅ The independent Australian Census on Staff Wellbeing is now live. This survey is: 🟣 Independent 🟣 Confidential 🟣 Takes 5-6 mins This is for all university staff - help make our workplaces safer today: nteu.info/census
- “Staff working conditions are student learning conditions.” Solidarity with NTEU members and staff at ACU campuses around the country taking strike action today for fair pay, workloads regulation, job security, decasualisation and flexible work rights.
- Reposted by NTEUToday #UniCanberra disclosed $1.5m in underpayments to casual staff. @nteunion.bsky.social raised these issues in bargaining & simplified the Agreement. Despite that, staff were still underpaid. The issues are historic, but UC governance still needs fixing. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908934...
- “ACU’s vice-chancellor was handed a $60,000 pay rise last year, taking his salary to $1.1 million. So while he is happy to pocket a 5.8 per cent pay rise, staff are being offered 2.5 per cent.” -NTEU General Secretary Dr Damien Cahill @damiencahill.bsky.social Read more: nteu.info/acustrike
- Are you a university staff member? Tired? Stressed? Overworked? It will only take 5-6 mins to help independent researchers shine a light on the state of wellbeing in our universities. Results will be published and responses anonymous. Please help by adding your voice: nteu.info/census
- Take part in a groundbreaking workplace psychosocial safety census of all university staff in Australia, run by Pyschosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory. This an independent survey from University management and only open to staff. Start here: nteu.info/census (takes 5-6min)
- 🎉University of Newcastle members voted 98% YES to secure their right to take protected industrial action. Thank you to all NTEU members who voted for secure jobs, fair pay, and safe workloads. Not a member yet? Join us today 👉 nteu.au/join
- Last night we celebrated our newest life members and heroes of the union movement – thank you for your enduring commitment and inspiring everyone around you to keep up the fight. 🙌
- “University governance is broken and it’s breaking people.” Dr Liz Allen speaking at NTEU’s National Council on a panel on winning the fight for governance: restoring democracy to public universities. @nteuact.bsky.social Join our campaign today: betterunis.nteu.au
- Reposted by NTEUOne of our biggest ACT contingents ever to @nteunion.bsky.social National Council! A testament to the significant growth of our union. 💜 This team of legends is in Melbourne with NTEU members from across the country. Not yet a member? Join your union today at www.nteu.au/join. ✊
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- MUA member Hamish Paterson has been sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla that has reportedly been intercepted by Israeli forces. NTEU’s National Council members express our strong solidarity with all the courageous activists.
- 📰BREAKING📰 SafeWork NSW has stepped in to force Macquarie University to make work health and safety improvements to their consultation on proposed workplace changes. Thanks to NTEU members at MQ who spoke out about the harm of workplace changes to staff mental health and wellbeing.
- “Universities as workplaces have a vital role in addressing racism. Unions have an important role to play...many of the rights we enjoy today exist because people like you come together in solidarity.” – Hashini Panditharatne, Director, Race Discrimination, Australian Human Rights Commission
- “The NTEU stands shoulder to shoulder with journalists worldwide who are under attack from authoritarian regimes, including the United States.” Solidarity with Australian Journalists motion passed unanimously on the first day of NTEU’s National Council. @withmeaa.bsky.social
- Last week, the NTEU Adelaide University Branch held a ‘Happy Pay Rise’ Bake & Coffee Stall to celebrate the final pay rise under the UniSA Enterprise Agreement. It's important to remember that the successes are due to members standing up, taking action and advocating for more. Join 👉 nteu.au/join
- AI is changing the way we work, and reshaping higher education. It must be introduced fairly, ethically & with real consultation so staff aren’t left behind. How is AI being used in your workplace? Share your story: nteu.info/aistory
- Reposted by NTEUWish I could talk about the teaching and research achievements of our members but nonetheless was great to join former colleague Sue Wright, debunking the excuses of the vice-chancellors’ lobby group for management’s bad decisions www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
- The University of Wollongong has been ordered to repay $6.6 million in underpaid wages and superannuation to thousands of staff. 📰Read more here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- Dr @damiencahill.bsky.social recently spoke at the Future Campus HE Fest, highlighting the need for a return of collegiality and public accountability in university decision-making. We are calling on the government to act now. 📹Watch the latest coverage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWJX...
- These are just a small fraction of articles in the media this week highlighting the campaign for governance reform and the need to restore the mission of serving the public good. The hard work of members nationwide is making waves. 📻Listen here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
- The university employers association has said they are coming after members' hard-won redundancy provisions, and have again refused to take responsibility for their systemic wage theft. They are going to find out that they will have a fight on their hands. Join today at nteu.au/join
- Last week, we proudly celebrated service milestones for six dedicated NTEU staff members, including one staff member who has served union members for 50 years. Shout out to all the long-term staff and union members who keep our union strong. #UnionStrong
- Reposted by NTEU“Ultimately, the responsibility rests with Chancellor Julie Bishop. She presided over this continued period of dysfunction, and it was under her watch that catastrophic failures occurred.” - Senator Tony Sheldon @nteunion.bsky.social wants greater change at #ANU.
- We’ve put uni governance in the headlines. The Senate committee has backed reforms on pay caps, transparency, and stronger staff and student voices. Now governments must act. Imagine what more we can win with more of us: nteu.au/join
- There is still much to be done to fix university governance but nonetheless a huge win for the thousands of NTEU members who have campaigned tirelessly to build better unis. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
