Almost 140 public schools will partially close in Tasmania this week as teachers prepare to walk off the job over a wage war.
Almost 140 public schools will partially close in Tasmania this week as teachers prepare to walk off the job over a wage war. The education union looks set to reject the government’s revised pay offer that was delivered on Friday night.
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