NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has described planned strike action by the state's teachers next week as 'politically motivated', because 'we're a Coalition government'.
A strike by New South Wales teachers set to take place next week has been described by the state's Education Minister Sarah Mitchell as"politically motivated".
"We asked the Premier to reconsider his decision to cap the pay of teachers at three per cent when inflation is more than five per cent and rising. Yet, he did nothing." Stream more Australian news with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022. "And so I think it's pretty clear that this is definitely politically motived but I'm just frustrated on behalf of parents, it's really disruptive when your children can't go to school, it's the last day of the financial year which will be hard for a lot of people who run their own business."
"Victoria have been through that as well. They've recently been negotiating their teacher salary for about two per cent is my understanding and they're not having this industrial action but they're a Labor government.
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