2026 Branch Conference

On August 14-15, over 60 of us met in Alice Springs for our annual Branch Conference, the supreme decision-making body of the AEU NT.

Large group in red shirts posing outdoors

The most urgent and shocking item on the agenda was the NT Government’s plans for a radical takeover of the Teacher Registration Board. If this dangerous legislation goes through, it would remove any requirement for teacher representation on the body that decides who is competent, fit and proper to teacher Territory children. You can read about this and other decisions here:

2026 Branch Conference Decisions