Australian Education Union
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Nov 1, 2026
Brad McIntoshHOST
ACT parents have welcomed local public school teachers deciding not to walk off the job this week.
Brad McIntoshHOST
It's after the government confirmed they'll table a new pay offer to the Australian Education Union by November 9.
Brad McIntoshHOST
Executive Director Veronica Elliott says it's had a massive impact on classrooms.
Veronica ElliottSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We know that that's having a really big impact on families and disrupting families, especially our most vulnerable families and children.
Wamba LaCurtisHOST
really good engagement.
Wamba LaCurtisHOST
The Australian Education Union on Thursday said it had suspended two-hour rolling stoppages planned for next week after confirmation from the government a revised agreement would be provided by November 9 and put a ballot before the end of the term.
Wamba LaCurtisHOST
Our members would much rather be in their classrooms supporting students than taking industrial action.
Wamba LaCurtisHOST
With a new offer now promised, we believe the reasonable thing to do is give the government the opportunity to deliver it, the union's ACT branch president, Angela Baru, said.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Now, the government has sent out a press release saying we had to do this because 30% of all government school students are receiving disability support.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Are they? Because the Australian Education Union, usually aligned with the Labor Party, has labelled this decision a disgrace and says it must be reversed immediately.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
So I'll be speaking to Justin Mullaly, who's the president.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
And I just find this staggering.
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speaker_7AUDIENCE
Yeah, yeah.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Natalie, I'm so sorry.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Stay listening because I'm about to speak to Justin Mullaly, who's the Victorian branch president of the Australian Education Union.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
And what else made me angry about this story was the government sent us a statement when they were annoyed that I posted about it, saying 30% of all government school students are receiving disability support.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Now, the government has sent out a press release saying we had to do this because 30% of all government school students are receiving disability support.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Are they? Because the Australian Education Union, usually aligned with the Labor Party...
Jacqui FelgateHOST
has labelled this decision a disgrace and says it must be reversed immediately.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
So I'll be speaking to Justin Mullaly, who's the president.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
And I just find this staggering.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
So one in every six students receive some sort of disability inclusion award.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
But what does that actually look like? And if you have a child that has a support worker at the school or needs extra help, or if you're a teacher or a principal and you just got told your position has been cut after the government sent this bombshell email out last night, how will your child thrive in the classroom without this extra support? I'm about to speak to Justin Mullaly, who's the Victorian branch president of the Australian Education Union.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
And what else made me angry about this story was the government sent us a statement when they were annoyed that I posted about it, saying 30% of all government school students are receiving disability support.
Antoinette LattoufHOST
And
Jan FranHOST
I spoke to a guy called David Genford who is the president of the Australian Education Union in Tasmania, like just to get a bit of a sense of like what has been the repercussions of on this little community? Because I tried to speak to the principal.
Jan FranHOST
I said, you know, would they be willing to chat? And I think that they're not.
Jan FranHOST
But this is what he had to say.
Mick MolloyHOST
Comes from a long line of horsey people.
Nick RiewoldtHOST
Justin Mullaly as well, who's the president of the Australian Education Union because VCE exams start today.
Mick MolloyHOST
There'll be no need for education.
Mick MolloyHOST
Seeing AI's got that covered.
14 MINS LATER
Nick RiewoldtHOST
Can't wait to chat to Sharon.
Nick RiewoldtHOST
That is coming up very soon.
Nick RiewoldtHOST
Justin Mullaly, who is president of the Australian Education Union.
Nick RiewoldtHOST
It's a big day for the kids.
JanHOST
Gungahlin public school teachers stopped work for an hour on Monday morning as part of ongoing industrial action, which will reach other regions of the ACT later this week.
JanHOST
As schools closed or offered minimal supervision between 8.30 and 9.30am, teachers, learning support assistants and other school staff took to the streets to demand a fast and fair resolution to negotiations between the Australian Education Union and the ACT Government.
JanHOST
Dressed in Education Union red, staff of Throsby School gathered by Horse Park Drive to hold signs emblazoned with slogans such as Honk if you support teachers.
JanHOST
Executive teacher Olivia Nielsen said teachers were fed up with waiting on a satisfactory conclusion, with the length of negotiations stretching to 15 months.
Malcolm ElliottGUEST
without dwelling so much on short-term statistical competition, league tables and all those sorts of things that we've discussed in the past, which cause so much damage.
Henry GrossekHOST
Moving on, there's been something happened in Victoria industrially that I've never seen happen in my many years in teaching and it's highly political and that is the very recent rebuttal of the in-principle agreement that the Australian Education Union Victorian branch struck up with the Victorian government where the members rejected it.
Henry GrossekHOST
That's fairly unheard of and I From a political angle and from your perspective as a national observer now, Malcolm, what do you read into that and where to from here?
Malcolm ElliottGUEST
What I read into it is utter frustration with the bigger picture.
Caleb BondHOST
Now, to be fair, it would still include Father Christmas, but the removal of Christmas from the name would seem to be a clearly calculated decision.
Caleb BondHOST
But the Australian Education Union's Tasmanian State manager, Brian Wightman, he said this of the Premier's intervention.
Caleb BondHOST
"The consequences of this are significant, and the psychological harm that the Premier has caused is reprehensible." [laughs] Seriously, get over it.
Caleb BondHOST
If schools are trying to scrub Christmas for whatever reason, they should expect a backlash.
Alice AngeloniCORRESPONDENT
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Alice AngeloniCORRESPONDENT
Brian Gray is branch president of the NT's Australian Education Union
Brian GraySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There aren't a lot that I would trust with something like this.
Brian GraySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It just, you know, doesn't make any sense when we don't trust 16-year-olds to drink alcohol or even buy a knife in the NT, that we would let them purchase and, and carry around pepper spray.
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