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June 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Queensland’s teachers feel the state government’s latest pay offer is disrespectful and they refuse to accept it, a rally outside parliament house has heard.
About 300 Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) members staged a protest on Wednesday afternoon in a bid to encourage the government to reconsider the offer.
It includes a 2.7 per cent pay increase and a three year freeze on new teachers’ wages.
Queensland Teachers Union general secretary Graham Moloney told the rally the offer made teachers believe they weren’t valued by the government.
Education standards would suffer, he said.
“I don’t care about manifestos, I don’t give a damn about mandates,” Mr Moloney told the raucous crowd.
“What I care about is education, students, teachers, schools.
“That’s what this government should recognise and do something about.”
The union’s lead negotiator, Kate Ruttiman, said the government presented the offer to the union without any bargaining.
“Come to the table, negotiate, don’t just meet with us, and make a genuine offer,” she shouted towards parliament.
Student teacher Billy Macaskill said the proposed three year freeze on new teachers’ pay would encourage him and his classmates to seek work interstate or overseas.
“(My classmates) are passionate, talented, hardworking educators and at the moment, they don’t feel wanted,” Mr Macaskill said.
“They don’t understand why their progression as teachers … should go completely unrewarded.”
Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the offer, which was well over the 1.6 per cent inflation rate, was generous given the state’s financial position.
“It’s a very generous offer,” he told parliament on Wednesday.
“(It) is a reflection of their value in our education system.”
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