The Palaszczuk government has defended its new pay deal with nurses and teachers, saying they wanted to attract the best talent in Australia.
Pay rises of up to 20 per cent over the next three years for nurses and teachers in Queensland, including a “cost of living clause” to match inflation, has put pressure on the NSW government to grant bigger wage increases in that state., Education Minister Grace Grace said it was about making the Sunshine State the “employer-of-choice for teachers in Australia”.
“No doubt it’s much more competitive and that will impact on teacher supply in other jurisdictions,” he said. from 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent, including the 0.5 per cent increase in the superannuation guarantee, and up to 3.5 per cent in 2023-24.However, unions have criticised the measure as grossly insufficient given inflation is already at 5.1 per cent.
“I can see this is becoming a bit of a trend, and it’s really predicated on people being unsure about is this a spike [in inflation], or is it not a spike,” she told“I can see that workers are wanting to say OK we could accept this if you think it’s a once-off way of dealing with things rather than a permanent way. But obviously these matters are for workers themselves to decide.”The WA teacher’s union said members would welcome a CPI bonus payment on top of the base salary increase.
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