Teachers' Professional Association of Australia

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About TPAA

To give members a choice of representation, because you have the right to choose who represents you at work. Teachers can now join a truly independent association with their RUSH subscription, not one selected by the Government or your employer. (See RUSH's subscription rates for the comparative rates.)

All teachers, including senior teachers, heads of department and executive principals, can join. Membership fees do not differ based on your role, only on the number of hours you work a fortnight (see our membership options).

TPAA is an industrial association, an incorporated association in Victoria. Read more about our structure here. TPAA is run by teachers, and none of your fees are donated to politicians or their parties.

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Services

TPAA and RUSH support members with a range of workplace issues, including Enterprise Bargaining, pay disputes, internal disputes, bullying and more. Where a matter needs a lawyer, RUSH may pay for one in line with its terms of service. Whether we can help with a particular issue depends on the issue and those terms, so contact us early.

We advocate on workplace policy, procedures and system changes. Under Federal Law, you are entitled to appoint one of our TPAA representatives to the bargaining table to negotiate your Enterprise Agreement.

If you have an Enterprise Agreement that you would like us to bargain for you, please check the "Enterprise Bargaining Representation Request" section of your member dashboard. Once there, please check our list of Agreements we're currently negotiating and appoint us as your bargaining agent or complete the representation request form.

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Subscription Fees

No and no. TPAA does not donate to political parties, and your membership fees go towards running member services.

Yes, your tax invoice/statement is emailed following each payment and can be downloaded from the billing portal in your member dashboard.

Please note, we are unable to accept resignations over the phone because we are unable to verify your identity, so your resignation must be in writing. Please head to your member dashboard, complete the membership change request form and one of our friendly staff will help process your cancellation.

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Member Disputes

We can support both members in a dispute between TPAA members. If necessary, we refer matters to third-party legal representatives so each member's privacy is protected.

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