The crisis in Australian public education and the need for rank-and-file committees
Saturday, February 7, 2026
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The Albanese Labor government has funneled billions of dollars into elite private schools, while public schools remain underfunded by billions, with 67% of principals in disadvantaged working-class schools reporting staffing shortages.
Australian teachers are experiencing burnout, with nearly two-thirds reporting high levels of stress and over 80% saying their work harms their mental health, according to the latest OECD data and a study by the Committee for Public Education.
The education union bureaucrats, including the Australian Education Union (AEU), have policed the social counter-revolution, blocking or shutting down teacher strikes and industrial action in Queensland, Tasmania, and Victoria, despite widespread opposition to poverty wages and intolerable workloads.
