The teachers union manage to get more money spent on education from the Federal treasury via supporting Gillard!
Teachers and Nurses Unions dominate the ALP at State and Federal levels for one reason only.
To get more funds in their sectors (f#ck everything else)!
They've managed the politics that well that the Conservatives are now throwing cash at those sectors in record numbers to avoid bei g marked down by the voters!
Therefore more and more money gets thrown into those sectors with no productivity measures to be seen!
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