To give members a choice of representation. 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, Head of Departments and Executive Principals can join.
  Membership fees do not differ based on your role, only depending on the amount of hours you work a fortnight (see our membership options).

The TPAA is an industrial association/trade union which is an incorporated association in Victoria.

Read more about our new structure here.

We pride ourselves on being run by teachers, not union officials or bureaucrats and will never donate any of your money to politicians or their parties. 

You can subscribe from anywhere in Australia!

We provide cover Australia-wide. We endeavour to provide in-person support where practicable, however, if we are unable to provide that we will be able to assist you with your issues via video conference or phone call.

We do, however, recommend that you join one of our sister associations instead. To view all available associations, please click here. 

TPAA's expert industrial advocate and Red Union Law's legal support team are considered to be some of Australia's best. RUSH will pay for a lawyer to ensure you're covered for all workplace issues. TPAA guarantees expert workplace support to ensure you're represented for a variety of workplace issues including Enterprise Bargaining, pay disputes, internal disputes, bullying and more. Most importantly, we guarantee a resolution of your issue.

We guarantee strong advocacy 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.