On August 11, thousands of TAFE teachers met at statewide stop-work meetings. Ninety-nine point nine percent voted for further industrial action if there is no satisfactory progress in the dispute. This includes a possible 24-hour strike in the week commencing August 31.
Phil Bradley
PM Kevin Rudd鈥檚 鈥渆ducation revolution鈥, a sad misuse of the word 鈥渞evolution鈥, continues to starve public schools of funds. Meanwhile, wealthy private schools are given so much federal money they don鈥檛 know what to with it other than bank it or build Olympic-sized gymnasiums.