http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/libs-education-rebates-draws-crossfire/2007/11/12/1194766590328.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1This teachers unions get me so damn angry. :evil:
It's no wonder these teachers unions don't like parents having greater choice in the schools, because their power and influence is threatened as they no longer have a captive audience. Parents are exercising greater choice and they are worried that parents might not choose public schools which typically have high rates of teacher unionisation, and thus union influence (think about how the teachers union negotiate their wages with the state government which controls public schools)
Australian Education Union deputy president, Angelo Gavrielatos says ""Subsidising private choice is not in the public interest."
1. it's not a subsidy, it's a tax rebate. there's a difference
2. providing tax incentives for people to invest in their children's education is a good thing.
"The Australian Education Union was also outraged by the move, describing it as a "further extending of privilege to the already privileged"."
The AEU needs to get real, this is a tax rebate for
education expenses, not some subsidy for ferraris and mansions. Furthermore, it is a
tax rebate, so the government is not
giving anything, they are
taking less from parents that have children and are incurring education expenses.
The AEU also opposes making school performance data accessible to the public. Once again its not difficult to see the vested interests at play. It is no surprise that when you look at the policies adopted by the AEU they are all conveniently opposed to any policy that threatens their influence, dominance and power or tries to make them accoutable for their actions. They claim their policies are in "the public interest" but really any person can see that their policies serve first and foremost themselves regardless of the public interest.
Also, I am astonished at how blatantly and directly they try to mislead the people of Australia that their policies are in the public interest, when their policies are clearly only in the interest of the teachers union, and not that of the Australian people. It is as if they think we are that stupid to not see that they are primarily acting in their own self-interest and not that of the public interest.
In fact, they probably do think the Australian people are too stupid, given that they oppose making school performance data publicly accessible on the grounds that the Australian people are too stupid and can't handle it.
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