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Queensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk greeted locals while campaigning in Townsville earlier on Tuesday. (ABC News)
Queensland would employ more teachers resulting in
smaller class sizes under a state Labor government, Oppostion Leader
Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
Ms Palaszczuk, campaigning in
Townsville today, said she would recruit an extra 875 teachers on top of
the 1,600 already planned should her party win the January 31 election.The move would cost $139 million over three years, but Ms Palaszczuk would not say how Labor would pay for it.
She said any government led by her would not borrow money or sell assets.
"No, we will not," she said.
Of the new recruits, 275 would be specialist teachers.
Labor's education spokesman, Anthony Lynham, said students with disabilities were being shortchanged more than $1,000 per student.
"These are the students that need it the most and these are the students that have copped the worst cuts," he said.
Kevan Goodworth from P&Cs Queensland said boosting specialist teaching was particularly welcome.
"It's also really significant that we have numbers of experienced and competent teachers particularly in remote and rural areas," he said.
"Young people and young teachers bring tremendous things to our rural and remote areas; I wouldn't want to decry them in any way.
"But certainly parents are looking for that mix."
Abbott education cuts threaten Queensland: Shorten
Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten, who joined Ms Palaszczuk and Dr Lynham for the announcement, wasted no time in linking planned federal cuts to the state campaign.Mr Shorten said if the LNP was re-elected, Premier Campbell Newman would be a puppet to Mr Abbott.
"Tony Abbott's cuts to education will sail through and Queensland children will be the worse off," he said.
"There's $6 billion flagged in the budget, $6 billion.
"In real terms that's teachers, that's books, that's resources."
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