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Allan pleads with teachers to abandon Tuesday’s strike
- On Monday, Premier Jacinta Allan urged the Australian Education Union to cancel the 24‑hour stopwork planned for Tuesday and called for at least 30,000 union members to stay at the negotiating table.
- The Australian Education Union rejected recent pay offers and demands a 35% increase along with workload measures, after the government proposed about 17%.
- Several schools will close or run limited programs, with 47 teachers and support staff striking at Wodonga Senior Secondary College, disrupting classes, says Jess Harris.
- Parents and families of schoolchildren will need to arrange care or take leave as many classes are cancelled, with limited supervision mainly for emergency workers by prior arrangement, the department says.
- In Tasmania, schools will shut on a rotating schedule this week, starting Tuesday in the North‑West, as the state's first government‑schools strike in about 13 years causes childcare chaos.
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Victorian teacher strike live updates: School closures, rally updates and parent guide during the state’s first government-school strike in 13 years
Tens of thousands of Victorian government school teachers, principals and education support staff are walking off the job today for a 24-hour statewide strike — the first of its kind in 13 years. Follow our live updates.
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