New South Wales teachers have secured an eleventh-hour pay deal, heading off industrial action in the state. The union has negotiated a 10 per-cent pay rise, cost-of-living bonuses, more student-free days and the right to disconnect after 3pm.
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00:00It's a range of hard-fought concessions along with a pay increase of 10% now
00:07that's going to be 3% each year over three years as well as a top-up of
00:12superannuation by half a percent in years one and two but that pay
00:16increases by no means where this deal ends. There's actually been a lot of
00:19concessions around what life looks like for teachers at work and that includes
00:25more pupil free days now eight pupil free days this was seen as a key victory
00:30to ensure that there were more there was rather more time for teachers to prepare
00:36classrooms and classroom lessons stuff that maybe isn't seen by students or
00:41their parents but of course is essential to preventing a burnout and of course to
00:46retaining stuff however the Teachers Federation of New South Wales says their
00:51battles are by no means over now they want to focus on picking up more funding
00:56for public schools right across the state to the tune of more than a
01:00billion dollars. This is the opportunity for the Prime Minister to step up for
01:05Anthony Albanese to give our schools the best chance to be that Prime Minister
01:09our public schools deserve. All we want is the best outcomes for our children no
01:14matter how poor or wealthy they are no matter where they're located throughout
01:18the country our children matter we want Anthony Albanese to join us in that
01:23commitment to ensure that this this nation's public schools and its students
01:27get the best chance in life. So that's Henry Regendra there from the New South
01:33Wales Teachers Federation. Another material consequence of this deal has
01:38also been in the eyes of the state government that they've had improving
01:42retention rates of teachers overall and that their classrooms are better staffed
01:47of course right across the country though each jurisdiction is also
01:51competing with others not just to retain its staff within its own state or
01:54territory but also to potentially poach or entice teachers where there are
01:58shortages right across the workforce so these material consequences and if New
02:04South Wales is able to pull teachers from other states and territories that
02:08remains to be seen.