Other updates

Other ongoing protected industrial action
Status: Confirmed and ongoing
Last updated: Friday 23 October 2026
Some staff may choose to reduce their use of email and other online systems, and their responses to telephone enquiries. This may mean longer response times for general enquiries and some routine updates.
The notified action specifically excludes responding to and reporting health and safety incidents or hazards, and child safety incidents. Staff will continue to respond to these matters. Essential student safety processes, including marking class rolls and monitoring attendance, will also continue.
Please continue to contact your child’s teachers through Compass in the usual way. If you have not received a timely response - within 48 hours of sending - please email your child’s school using the relevant address below, including your original enquiry so it can be directed to an available member of staff:
Junior School: junior.school@overnewton.vic.edu.au
Middle School: middle.school@overnewton.vic.edu.au
Year 9 Centre: year.9@overnewton.vic.edu.au
Senior School: senior.school@overnewton.vic.edu.au
For urgent concerns, please contact your campus reception so your concern can be directed promptly to an available member of staff. Please do not rely on email for urgent matters.
Our priority remains the safety, wellbeing and continued learning of our students, and we are coordinating arrangements to maintain essential support throughout this period.
Status: Confirmed and ongoing
Last updated: Tuesday 8 September 2026
The College has received notice of other forms of protected industrial action that may be undertaken by IEU members who choose to participate.
These actions may include:
not adhering to the College’s professional dress expectations
adding information about the Enterprise Agreement negotiations to email signatures or correspondence
making public comments or statements about the negotiations
displaying or distributing approved campaign materials
speaking with families or other members of the College community about the negotiations
The protected industrial action approved through the ballot does not include speaking with students about the action or the Enterprise Agreement negotiations.

