Queensland union seeks 24% pay rise

“The Queensland Teacher’s Union (QTU) has asked for a 24 per cent pay rise over three years, which it said was an evidence-backed number. The union said a University of Sydney Business School analysis, which the union commissioned, showed a fair wage increase for public school teachers would amount to seven per cent a year. It has also requested an interim three per cent pay rise as the wage dispute continues. Union members overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer of eight per cent over three years from the Crisafulli government last year. The downvote caused the pay negotiations to move to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, a lengthy process where the commission acts as a mediator between the two parties. Queensland teachers during a strike in November, 2025. Picture: Polina Levina. Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the union was “fully aware” that rejecting the pay offer and moving the case to the commission would significantly delay a pay rise. More on this story: ‘Impossible to understand’ Qld teacher strike | Unionists cut from Qld curriculum authority | Teacher strike reveals deeper school problems QTU president Cresta Richardson has said there are “serious issues facing state education” that have been “ignored” by the Crisafulli government. “In simple terms, teachers desperately need nation-leading salaries – our members deserve not a penny less,” she said. “In classrooms and staff rooms, we have a massive teacher shortage crisis, we have members burning out, making up the shortfall with unpaid overtime, we have rising violence and aggression – and now we have an offer that acknowledges none of that!” Pay negotiations for Queensland public school teachers started in June last year and prompted the first state-wide strike in 16 years.

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