❓ The Minister for Education and Training outlines the impact of the State Government's enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) offer on school principals and senior administrators, detailing salary increases at different levels and highlighting financial constraints due to reduced Commonwealth funding.
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Will the minister please advise how the State Government’s enterprise bargaining agreement offer to teachers will impact upon school principals and other senior school administrators? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Roleystone for his question and for his commitment to education in his electorate. I outlined to the House yesterday the impact of the enterprise bargaining agreement offer to the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia on first-year graduate teachers in the system this year; namely, that the same teachers in their fourth year of practice after study will earn 29 per cent more than they earn today. Even though the framework of our offer is three per cent per annum over three years, built into the offer are other increments and benefits that will accrue substantial benefits. In similar fashion, I today briefly outline the impact of the EBA offer on the approximately 2 800 promotional positions in the government system; namely, school principals, deputy principals and heads of departments. A level 3 principal in his or her first year in a government school - that is, a primary school or school with fewer than 100 students - earns $62 972 per annum. Under our offer, with the nine per cent increase, plus the increments under offer, the same principal will earn $75 139 in three years, which is an increase of 19 per cent on today’s salary. That is possible in part because as well as the three per cent over the next three years, the offer to state schoolteachers includes another salary point in each band - that is, in level 3, level 4, level 5 and level 6 bands. Instead of the increments cutting out after three years, an additional increment is provided within those bands available for four years. A level 3 principal now in his or her first year will have received a 19 per cent increase under our offer when in the fourth year at the same school. Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roleystone for his question and for his commitment to education in his electorate. I outlined to the House yesterday the impact of the enterprise bargaining agreement offer to the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia on first-year graduate teachers in the system this year; namely, that the same teachers in their fourth year of practice after study will earn 29 per cent more than they earn today. Even though the framework of our offer is three per cent per annum over three years, built into the offer are other increments and benefits that will accrue substantial benefits. In similar fashion, I today briefly outline the impact of the EBA offer on the approximately 2 800 promotional positions in the government system; namely, school principals, deputy principals and heads of departments. A level 3 principal in his or her first year in a government school - that is, a primary school or school with fewer than 100 students - earns $62 972 per annum. Under our offer, with the nine per cent increase, plus the increments under offer, the same principal will earn $75 139 in three years, which is an increase of 19 per cent on today’s salary. That is possible in part because as well as the three per cent over the next three years, the offer to state schoolteachers includes another salary point in each band - that is, in level 3, level 4, level 5 and level 6 bands. Instead of the increments cutting out after three years, an additional increment is provided within those bands available for four years. A level 3 principal now in his or her first year will have received a 19 per cent increase under our offer when in the fourth year at the same school. Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
I thank the member for Roleystone for his question and for his commitment to education in his electorate. I outlined to the House yesterday the impact of the enterprise bargaining agreement offer to the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia on first-year graduate teachers in the system this year; namely, that the same teachers in their fourth year of practice after study will earn 29 per cent more than they earn today. Even though the framework of our offer is three per cent per annum over three years, built into the offer are other increments and benefits that will accrue substantial benefits. In similar fashion, I today briefly outline the impact of the EBA offer on the approximately 2 800 promotional positions in the government system; namely, school principals, deputy principals and heads of departments. A level 3 principal in his or her first year in a government school - that is, a primary school or school with fewer than 100 students - earns $62 972 per annum. Under our offer, with the nine per cent increase, plus the increments under offer, the same principal will earn $75 139 in three years, which is an increase of 19 per cent on today’s salary. That is possible in part because as well as the three per cent over the next three years, the offer to state schoolteachers includes another salary point in each band - that is, in level 3, level 4, level 5 and level 6 bands. Instead of the increments cutting out after three years, an additional increment is provided within those bands available for four years. A level 3 principal now in his or her first year will have received a 19 per cent increase under our offer when in the fourth year at the same school. Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
A level 3 principal in his or her first year in a government school - that is, a primary school or school with fewer than 100 students - earns $62 972 per annum. Under our offer, with the nine per cent increase, plus the increments under offer, the same principal will earn $75 139 in three years, which is an increase of 19 per cent on today’s salary. That is possible in part because as well as the three per cent over the next three years, the offer to state schoolteachers includes another salary point in each band - that is, in level 3, level 4, level 5 and level 6 bands. Instead of the increments cutting out after three years, an additional increment is provided within those bands available for four years. A level 3 principal now in his or her first year will have received a 19 per cent increase under our offer when in the fourth year at the same school. Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roleystone for his question and for his commitment to education in his electorate. I outlined to the House yesterday the impact of the enterprise bargaining agreement offer to the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia on first-year graduate teachers in the system this year; namely, that the same teachers in their fourth year of practice after study will earn 29 per cent more than they earn today. Even though the framework of our offer is three per cent per annum over three years, built into the offer are other increments and benefits that will accrue substantial benefits. In similar fashion, I today briefly outline the impact of the EBA offer on the approximately 2 800 promotional positions in the government system; namely, school principals, deputy principals and heads of departments. A level 3 principal in his or her first year in a government school - that is, a primary school or school with fewer than 100 students - earns $62 972 per annum. Under our offer, with the nine per cent increase, plus the increments under offer, the same principal will earn $75 139 in three years, which is an increase of 19 per cent on today’s salary. That is possible in part because as well as the three per cent over the next three years, the offer to state schoolteachers includes another salary point in each band - that is, in level 3, level 4, level 5 and level 6 bands. Instead of the increments cutting out after three years, an additional increment is provided within those bands available for four years. A level 3 principal now in his or her first year will have received a 19 per cent increase under our offer when in the fourth year at the same school. Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
I thank the member for Roleystone for his question and for his commitment to education in his electorate. I outlined to the House yesterday the impact of the enterprise bargaining agreement offer to the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia on first-year graduate teachers in the system this year; namely, that the same teachers in their fourth year of practice after study will earn 29 per cent more than they earn today. Even though the framework of our offer is three per cent per annum over three years, built into the offer are other increments and benefits that will accrue substantial benefits. In similar fashion, I today briefly outline the impact of the EBA offer on the approximately 2 800 promotional positions in the government system; namely, school principals, deputy principals and heads of departments. A level 3 principal in his or her first year in a government school - that is, a primary school or school with fewer than 100 students - earns $62 972 per annum. Under our offer, with the nine per cent increase, plus the increments under offer, the same principal will earn $75 139 in three years, which is an increase of 19 per cent on today’s salary. That is possible in part because as well as the three per cent over the next three years, the offer to state schoolteachers includes another salary point in each band - that is, in level 3, level 4, level 5 and level 6 bands. Instead of the increments cutting out after three years, an additional increment is provided within those bands available for four years. A level 3 principal now in his or her first year will have received a 19 per cent increase under our offer when in the fourth year at the same school. Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
A level 3 principal in his or her first year in a government school - that is, a primary school or school with fewer than 100 students - earns $62 972 per annum. Under our offer, with the nine per cent increase, plus the increments under offer, the same principal will earn $75 139 in three years, which is an increase of 19 per cent on today’s salary. That is possible in part because as well as the three per cent over the next three years, the offer to state schoolteachers includes another salary point in each band - that is, in level 3, level 4, level 5 and level 6 bands. Instead of the increments cutting out after three years, an additional increment is provided within those bands available for four years. A level 3 principal now in his or her first year will have received a 19 per cent increase under our offer when in the fourth year at the same school. Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
Similarly, the level 4 range applies to principals of agricultural schools with 40 to 80 students, principals of primary schools with 100 to 300 students, principals of education support schools with 40 to 80 students, and so on, and to deputy principals of high schools with populations greater than 600 students. A person who is level 4 this year earns $71 051 in the first year. In four years, with the nine per cent increase, plus an additional salary point, that same person will earn $82 517, which is an increment a tick under 17 per cent. The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
The same calculation obviously can be applied to level 5. A level 5 principal this year is on $77 000 in the first year in that role. The salary in four years will be $91 000, which is a 17.3 per cent increase. At level 6, the highest level administrative teachers can reach, a person in the first year earns $86 783. That same person will earn $101 407 in four years, which is a salary increase of 17 per cent. I outline the impact of the nine per cent increase over three years in the EBA to those promotion positions, and this does not include the non-teaching benefits made available. The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
The Western Australian Government is managing the State’s finances in a responsible way. No State Government in the current climate, especially with the approach taken by the federal Government, can be irresponsible or amateurish in its management of finances. The Treasurer has provided figures to the House indicating that, on a per capita basis, Western Australia this year is $145 million worse off than would have been the case had the Commonwealth maintained our per capita grants from last year with built-in inflation. The State will receive less money in real terms from the Commonwealth this year than it received last year. About 27 per cent of our state budget is directed to education and training, and 27 per cent of $145 million is about $35 million. In real terms, $35 million less is received to distribute to our education and training sector from the general commonwealth grants than should have been the case. That imposes great financial restrictions. Within the bounds of those financial restrictions, the current EBA offer to the State School Teachers Union is a good one. I urge its members to consider it. We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
We face an issue on 17 September - the date set by the Australian Education Union as a day of national action. It will be difficult to resolve the current impasse in advance of that date; that was always going to be the case. The Australian Education Union has said that strike action will be taken on 17 September. The federal president of that union is Pat Byrne, who is also the President of the WA State School Teachers Union. Obviously, a difficulty or complication is involved. The EBA is a good offer to our teachers and to people in promotional positions, who are the leaders we require in our education system. I urge them to consider it and the benefits that will be available.
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