TPAWA - Teachers' Professional Association of Western Australia

21/08/2026

The Victorian Labor Government is attempting to shut down independent unions which refuse to fund their political campaigns.

Just three months out from an election, they are stripping workers of their right to freely associate. This is a politically motivated attack which must be fought.

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Victoria's Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026 would let the Government decide which workers' associations may exist. Act before 26 August.

22/07/2026

"Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome."

TPAA National Secretary Edward Schuller has written about the Olympic Build fiasco being a canary in the coal mine showing why competition is needed.

With billions wasted in education every single year, there's an urgent need for reform which is only possible when competing ideas battle it out.

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13/07/2026

Student violence in Aussie schools is out of control.

TPAA National Secretary Edward Schuller went on 4BC Brisbane to shed light on the struggle in our education system when it comes to student discipline.

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13/07/2026

Student violence in Aussie schools is out of control.

TPAA National Secretary Edward Schuller went on 4BC Brisbane to shed light on the struggle in our education system when it comes to student discipline.

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07/07/2026

Edward Schuller, National Secretary of the TPAA, views this as a profound betrayal of the very people who keep our schools running.

“This really is one of the most pivotal moments for unionism in Australia,” Schuller says.

“The Labor Government and its departments must recognise the right for workers to freely associate and organise as they see fit.

“If not, they will have betrayed the working class and the very foundation of the union movement in our country.”

A troubling standoff is currently brewing within the ACT public sector enterprise bargaining negotiations.

23/06/2026

TPAA National Secretary Edward Schuller joined Tom Elliott on 3AW Melbourne to discuss the controversy about holocaust education in Australian schools.

While this issue has been raised recently, members of the TPAA have long raised concerns about the cluttered curriculum's negative focus on Australian history.

What do you think?

19/06/2026

National secretary Edward Schuller slammed the “wasteful” Allan Government and called for economic reform to meaningfully address issues of teacher workload, class sizes, and student behaviour.

“The offer does not address the radical reform so desperately needed in our education system. Instead, it entrenches the same government waste that has put Victoria in the hole it is today - while leaving frontline teachers out to dry,” he said.

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18/06/2026

VICTORIAN TEACHERS REJECT PAY OFFER!

We can now reveal that TPAA members voted 65% NO, while AEU members voted 57% NO to the Allan Government's pay offer.

This was bound to happen. Genuine systemic reform is what is required in education, not tinkering around the edges.

We implore the government to address systemic waste and provide resources to frontline teachers, not bloated government bureaucracies.

16/06/2026

Australia has never spent more on education - yet results are worsening.

In Victoria alone, over $3 billion is wasted every single year just in the state department of education.

TPAA Secretary Edward Schuller spoke with 3AW Melbourne about the ramafications of having centralised schooling, and why we must Go Local to fix our broken education system.

07/05/2026

TPAA National Secretary Edward Schuller spoke with the ABC following revelations of the QLD Education data breach.

Sensitive data identifying students and teachers across Australia, but particularly in Queensland and Tasmania, has been stolen and is being held at ransom.

Hackers managed to break into the data storage used by the Department of Education, leaving students and teachers worried about their privacy and safety.

The TPAA has long held concerns, and voiced them directly to the department, that the centralisation of services, decision-making, and data by the government would result in not only inefficiency, but data risks.