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On Wednesday, Teachers’ Professional Association of Queensland secretary Tracy Tully spoke to Sunrise about the sitch.

She reckons bag checks and pocket searches aren’t enough to discourage students from suckling on the sweet electronic teat.

“I think we are beyond that now,” she said.

“I think the time has come where we need to do something much bigger and much more permanent.”

Hundreds of unvaccinated Queensland teachers have had their pay docked over 18 weeks, the news from a top Education bureaucrat delivered by a blistering email.

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More than 4000 school staff are believed to have been sacked or stood down across the state since January for not being vaccinated against Covid, triggering fears of a classroom ‘ramping’ crisis and teacher shortage.

Things got a little fiery in state Parliament as I advocated for teachers and nurses to have a choice to join whichever industrial association/union they wanted to.
There is now competition amongst the unions which is a great thing.
Why would a government deny every teacher and nurse the choice to join a union which would save them hundreds of dollars??
Find out why – watch the debate above.

A 7NEWS investigation has revealed Queensland teachers are being paid out more than $70,000 a day in workers’ compensation.

A significant number of claims stem from student violence, including sexual assault.