New offer no better, adds insult to injury

AEU Executive met late this afternoon, rejecting the new offer from the State Government noting that they have done little to address the problems in the original enterprise offer. Ministers Wright and Lomax-Smith have announced that they will take the AEU to the Industrial Relations Commission to prevent the stop work action planned for this Tuesday. Good luck to them both!

It's only in the last few days that the Education Minister, Jane Lomax-Smith, has bothered to involve herself in the EB process, just days before we plan to take industrial action. Educators, non-teaching staff, parents, students and children in South Australia should be alarmed that the Minister charged with managing the state's public education system has only just involved herself in negotiations that have been underway since the beginning of the school year.

The AEU has called on the Premier Mike Rann to intervene and ensure that public education in South Australia is properly funded so that preschool, school and TAFE educators can continue to provide high quality educational experiences to our students.

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