❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses a teacher's strike, its impact on pay, student supervision, and recruitment, with the Minister responding by highlighting the government's offer and placing responsibility for disruption on the union leadership.
AnsweredQoN 1296Legislative Council
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(1) What was the estimated number of Western Australian teachers on strike yesterday? (2) Will these teachers have their pay reduced for the strike action? (3) Will teachers who supervised children rather than taught children during yesterday’s industrial action be paid? (4) How will the minister solve the crisis in teachers’ pay and conditions so students are not the big losers in this conflict? (5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(2) Will these teachers have their pay reduced for the strike action? (3) Will teachers who supervised children rather than taught children during yesterday’s industrial action be paid? (4) How will the minister solve the crisis in teachers’ pay and conditions so students are not the big losers in this conflict? (5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(3) Will teachers who supervised children rather than taught children during yesterday’s industrial action be paid? (4) How will the minister solve the crisis in teachers’ pay and conditions so students are not the big losers in this conflict? (5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(4) How will the minister solve the crisis in teachers’ pay and conditions so students are not the big losers in this conflict? (5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(2) Will these teachers have their pay reduced for the strike action? (3) Will teachers who supervised children rather than taught children during yesterday’s industrial action be paid? (4) How will the minister solve the crisis in teachers’ pay and conditions so students are not the big losers in this conflict? (5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(3) Will teachers who supervised children rather than taught children during yesterday’s industrial action be paid? (4) How will the minister solve the crisis in teachers’ pay and conditions so students are not the big losers in this conflict? (5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(4) How will the minister solve the crisis in teachers’ pay and conditions so students are not the big losers in this conflict? (5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(5) What will be the effect of this industrial action on the campaign to recruit talented people into the teaching profession? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(1) Eight thousand. (2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(2)-(3) Yes. (4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(4) The minister has presented a very good offer that should be accepted. Any responsibility for disruption to the education of students lies with the Australian Education Union leadership. (5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
(5) The question is speculative. The Government hopes that the impact will be negligible.
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