Teachers and school support staff in South Australia staged a very successful strike on 29 November, staring down a state government determined to trash their hard-won conditions, security and essential services in schools.
South Australian teachers and school support officers have entered a new phase of combat against the Liberal state government in response to the government’s refusal to continue negotiations for a new enterprise agreement.
On a warm and sun-drenched Adelaide morning in February, about 20 refugee students and some teachers gathered in the quadrangle of Adelaide Secondary School of English to hand-paint, draw, write and glue a colourful assortment of placards.
High school students in Adelaide have been galvanised into protest in defence of classmates being victimised and abused by the federal government’s cruel refugee system.