Far north Qld teachers suspend planned strike
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State school teachers in remote parts of far north Queensland have suspended industrial action over the condition of their accommodation.
Teachers in the Torres Strait held a 24-hour strike last week and colleagues in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York had planned to walk off the job tomorrow.
But the Industrial Relations Commission has recommended they defer any action until a conference is held in a fortnight's time.
Queensland Teachers Union spokeswoman Maureen Duffy says the action has been suspended, for now.
"I think teachers are very reasonable people who are willing to see what's offered in the Commission by Education Queensland," she said.
"The problem is when we were in the Commission last week, the argument of Education Queensland was very much the case that they're are doing the best they can with what they've got [but] what they've got is not enough."
