The Australian Education Union’s (AEU) reckless decision to slap work bans on crucial teaching reforms designed to improve learning for children is a scandalous act of sabotage that exposes the union’s true priorities – its own political interests over the needs of students.

In rejecting Federal Education Minister Jason Clare’s ‘Better and Fairer Schools Agreement’, which includes proven, evidence-based teaching methods like phonics instruction, the AEU is deliberately undermining efforts to enhance student outcomes.