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Speaker 1: Good morning everybody. Welcome to the Daily OS. It is Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: the seventh of December. A very happy Tuesday to you all, and.

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Speaker 2: A happy birthday to my brother. This is the one

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Speaker 2: indication that you're actually listening, so let me know if

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Speaker 2: you get this message, Zara.

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Speaker 1: We had an announcement yesterday regarding state borders in Queensland.

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Speaker 1: Take us through it.

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Speaker 2: Queensland Premier Anastasia Paliche announce the state sporters will reopen

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Speaker 2: for vaccinated travelers from hotspots at one am on Monday,

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Speaker 2: the thirteenth of December, so that is a couple days

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Speaker 2: earlier than was initially expected. If you are fully vaccinated,

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Speaker 2: no quarantine will be required. You're able to come by

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Speaker 2: air or road. You will need a negative test in

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Speaker 2: the previous seventy two hours and you'll also need a

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Speaker 2: test on day five of entering the state. If you

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Speaker 2: aren't fully vaccinated, you're only able to come by air

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Speaker 2: and you'll also have to go into fourteen days of

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Speaker 2: hotel quarantine.

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Speaker 1: Further south in the nation and South Australia recorded four

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Speaker 1: new COVID nineteen cases yesterday. One case is linked to

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Speaker 1: the Norwood clusters were interstate travelers and one was from

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Speaker 1: an overseas traveler. Yesterday, South Australian authorities met again to

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Speaker 1: discuss border restrictions amid the spread of the omicron variant. However,

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Speaker 1: no changes were made, but it does seem to be

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Speaker 1: a bit of a day by day situation for the

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Speaker 1: South Australian government.

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Speaker 2: The Federal Minister for the Pacific, Zeza Soldier, confirmed the

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Speaker 2: deployment of ADF personnel and AFP officers to the Solomon

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Speaker 2: Islands will remain temporary, and that's despite fears of an

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Speaker 2: imminent no confidence vote against the Solomon Islands Prime Minister.

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Speaker 2: The South Pacific nation is currently facing hardened political tension

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Speaker 2: and that's the result of Chinese diplomatic relations and also

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Speaker 2: some unfulfilled political promises.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news, Australian soccer player and arguably best

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Speaker 1: female soccer player in the world, Sam Kerr was awarded

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Speaker 1: Player of the Match for her role in Chelsea's win

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Speaker 1: in the final of the Women's FA Cup. Kerr scored

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Speaker 1: two goals in the three nil victory over Arsenal.

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Speaker 2: Today, teachers in the New South Wales public education system

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Speaker 2: are expected to go on strike for twenty four hours.

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Speaker 2: They're protesting poor pay conditions and staff shortages, and it'll

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Speaker 2: be the first time in nearly a decade that teachers

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Speaker 2: in the state have gone on strike. Before we go

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Speaker 2: any further, sam talk me through what a strike is.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's important to cover off some of these terms

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Speaker 1: that will come up a lot, especially in a story

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Speaker 1: that doesn't come around that often. So a strike is

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Speaker 1: a protest method that involves the collective refusal to work.

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Speaker 1: It's usually organized by a body of workers and its

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Speaker 1: purpose is to limit production or services, in effect urging

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Speaker 1: the employers to meet the demands of those strikings. So

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Speaker 1: if we take this school example, the idea is that

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Speaker 1: by pulling teachers out of the classroom, the students are

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Speaker 1: going to have no one to teach them, which will

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Speaker 1: make the New South Wales government listen more carefully to

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Speaker 1: what the teachers are demanding. They tend to be organized

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Speaker 1: by a union.

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Speaker 2: And if you're not familiar with what a union is

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Speaker 2: or you're not part of a union, it's an organization

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Speaker 2: basically where workers come together to work towards the common goal.

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Speaker 2: The association of these workers is formed to mostly protect

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Speaker 2: their rights and interests. If we look at what Fair

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Speaker 2: Work Australia says about unions. It says that they're usually

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Speaker 2: working with management to help resolve workplace issues, to be

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Speaker 2: an advocate for employees, to ensure that employers are meeting

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Speaker 2: the minimum obligations, and also to have oversight over suspected

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Speaker 2: breaches of workplace laws or discrimination laws. Some of the

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Speaker 2: well known unions in Australia are the Retail and Fast

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Speaker 2: Food Workers Union, the Transport Workers Union, the Australian Workers Union,

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Speaker 2: and the New South Wales Teaches Federation, which is the

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Speaker 2: union that is involved in today's action.

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Speaker 1: And so Zara, what exactly are the Teachers Federation asking

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Speaker 1: for here?

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Speaker 2: Organizers of the strike are hoping to secure a five

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Speaker 2: percent pay rise and two hours of additional lesson planning

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Speaker 2: each week, and to just look at the numbers for

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Speaker 2: a second. The Sydney Morning Herald published an article last

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Speaker 2: week where they said the beginner teachers in New South

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Speaker 2: Wales earns seventy two thousand, two hundred and sixty three

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Speaker 2: dollars a year, and if we compare that with what

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Speaker 2: teaches in Queensland earn, it's seventy five thousand, four hundred

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Speaker 2: and seventy one dollars when you get to the highest

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Speaker 2: tiers of earners in the teaching profession. In New South

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Speaker 2: Wales they're earning one hundred and seven thousand, seven hundred

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Speaker 2: and seventy seven dollars and in Queensland one hundred and

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Speaker 2: ten thousand dollars. So this collective action is looking to

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Speaker 2: secure a five percent pay rise currently, though in New

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Speaker 2: South Wales the public sector wage cap does limit teachers

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Speaker 2: wage increases to two point five percent per year.

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Speaker 1: The New South Wales Teachers Federation president spoke about the

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Speaker 1: importance of the strike. Here's little clip.

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Speaker 2: One day's disruption pilesand in significance when compared to no

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Speaker 2: teacher for your child's class.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so, last week the New South Wales Industrial Relations

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Speaker 1: Commission deemed this strike happening today as illegal. However, the

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Speaker 1: New South Wales Teachers Federation confirmed this strike will go ahead,

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Speaker 1: saying that the teacher shortages are too large and their

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Speaker 1: causes of uncompetitive salaries and unmanageable workloads are too great

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Speaker 1: for teachers and principles not to proceed with this action.

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Speaker 2: When we asked the New South Wales Department of Education

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Speaker 2: about what the impact on students would be They said

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Speaker 2: in a statement that they were working to minimize the

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Speaker 2: impact of a proposed teacher strike on students learning and

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Speaker 2: well being, while also supporting essential workers. The department also

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Speaker 2: confirmed that the majority of schools across the state would

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Speaker 2: remain open with supervision for students and the parents had

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Speaker 2: been informed. Where schools would not be open, those students

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Speaker 2: would have access to learning from home material and finally,

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Speaker 2: from the New South Wales government's perspective, the New South

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Speaker 2: Wales Premier Dominique Perite has said that the strike is disappointing.

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Speaker 2: Here's a grab of him from last week. Well, it's

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Speaker 2: obviously disappointing news. I met with the Teachers Federation yesterday.

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Speaker 1: We've had what I believe are incredible constructive discussions. We'd

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Speaker 1: love to hear from teachers in New South Wales today.

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Speaker 1: Feel free to message us on Instagram and tell us

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Speaker 1: your story and how you're feeling about the strikes today.

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Speaker 1: Until then we will speak to you tomorrow. Check us

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