Peter Haffenden is standing with hundreds of fellow state school teachers outside Parliament House, in inner-Brisbane, shortly after 4.30pm on Thursday.

The humanities teacher says he frequently spends weekends, holidays, and nights marking work, preparing lessons, and planning curriculum.

“I’ve been teaching 35 years and the workload’s probably gone up by a factor of five … I never get a chance to really spend time with my family because I’m working at home so much,” Haffenden said.

Teachers Andrew Weber (left) and Peter Haffenden (right) said workloads had increased over the more than three decades both men had been teachers. Credit: Catherine Strohfeldt

Fellow Brisbane region teacher Andrew Weber estimated a normal working week demanded about 45 to 50 hours’ work, but said durin

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