00:00 Flinders Street in Adelaide CBD awash with red nearly five years ago.
00:06 It's a sight set to be repeated on Thursday after the AEU rejected the state government's
00:12 latest pay and conditions offer for public school staff.
00:15 It's unacceptable and it just reminds me that this government is focused on short term political
00:23 imperatives.
00:24 The offer included extra measures to reduce workload plus a pay rise of 9.5% over three
00:30 years instead of one-off payments.
00:33 It wasn't enough to satisfy the union's executive.
00:36 Most of the state's teachers are worse off under this offer than the second offer.
00:42 The Treasurer says the government met the asks of the union and Andrew Goal in an attempt
00:47 to halt this week's industrial action.
00:49 He wanted an improved offer, we've ticked that box.
00:52 He wanted it by three o'clock yesterday, we've ticked that box.
00:55 He advised us to increase the offer in the first year, we ticked that box.
01:00 The evidence is there, they haven't ticked boxes at all.
01:02 It speaks for itself.
01:03 The decision to strike will shut 172 public schools and force another 203 into modified
01:10 learning, a bigger impact than September's action.
01:13 My very strong advice to parents if their school is one of the ones that will be closed
01:18 is you will need to make alternative arrangements as per the strike in September.
01:21 Year 12 exams will still go ahead at schools which close.
01:25 Both sides say they want the issue resolved quickly.
01:29 We want to get a better outcome for everyone here.
01:31 We've already put approximately $1.5 billion of additional resourcing on the table.
01:37 If the government cares about public education, if the government cares about attracting and
01:41 retaining new educators into teaching and keeping experienced teachers, then they have
01:46 to do better.
01:47 Frankly we need Stephen Mulligan and Andrew Goal to stop behaving like children and to
01:51 get down to the negotiating table.
01:52 But it's children and families who have been caught out by the ongoing dispute.
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