The Australian Education Union should follow its own advice to negotiate in good faith and call off all industrial action while considering the fair and affordable payrise offer the Government has put forward.
The Liberal Government has been negotiating in good faith with all public sector unions, and last week put forward a second formal offer to teachers.
Despite the Government being in active negotiation with teachers, AEU industrial action has forced schools to close on two occasions and school reports going out without teacher comments.
And now we have a Labor candidate, who is also an AEU branch representative, unilaterally dismissing the very good offer from the Government which is currently on the table.
How can Labor claim to want good faith negotiations when their candidate has dismissed the offer currently on the table?
Does Ms Rippon support further disruption to students and families through industrial action? And is her position Labor’s policy, or the AEUs?
Parents around the state will be hoping that Labor’s choice of candidate for Montgomery is not a sign that they intend to plot ongoing disruptions in schools with the AEU to try and score political points.
The Government’s offer to teachers includes: