By Norrian Rundle and Michael O'Reilly
On September 1, primary and secondary school teachers in the eastern half of Victoria stopped work. Schools in the western half of the state took stop-work action on August 18. The half-day stop-work on
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Victorian teachers stop workMELBOURNE — Around 4000 Victorian teachers stopped work on February 27 and attended a mass meeting at the Sports and Entertainment Centre to show their anger at the continuing
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Victorian teachers to strikeMELBOURNE — The Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union has called a mass stop-work on February 27 as part of a campaign to win back funding for public education. The campaign started
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MELBOURNE — Four thousand angry teachers defeated the Australian Education Union leadership's attempt to exclude industrial action from a campaign to stop school closures at a stop-work meeting on November 21.
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Despite promises of no more cuts, the Victorian government has announced another round of attacks on state schools. This time, no dollar value has been attached to the cuts. One hundred and thirteen schools have been targeted for
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MELBOURNE — Recent cuts to the Victorian ambulance service has cost lives, according to the Ambulance Employees Association. Within one week there were three "avoidable" deaths of people in their 20s and 30s. Vince
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Teacher unions call off industrial actionMELBOURNE — Despite a Saulwick Age poll showing 57% support for teacher strikes against further cuts to education, the two Victorian teacher unions called off their proposed
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MELBOURNE — The Victorian Directorate of School Education's new staffing formula, recently sent to all primary and secondary schools in the state, has provoked industrial action by teachers. The new formula will cut staff
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MELBOURNE — The second round of Kennett government state school closures is under way. In May the Directorate of School Education issued a paper misleadingly called "Quality Provision of Education in Victoria" which set
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MELBOURNE — In Premier Jeff Kennett's April 6 mini-budget, state education funding was cut by a further $244 million (6.4%). This follows an $86 million cut, closure of 55 schools and sacking of all school cleaners, after
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MELBOURNE — Secondary school teachers from the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association and the Federated Teachers Union of Victoria on February 10 took part in the first "illegal" 24-hour stop-work under the Kennett
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MELBOURNE — Teachers voted unanimously for a campaign against budget cuts and a breach of their award restructuring agreement at a stop-work meeting here on August 20. The campaign will include bans on school closures, new