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Jacqueline Breen in Darwin, Roxanne Fitzgerald in Katherine and Xavier Martin in Alice Springs

Public service wage freeze sparks strike action from NT teachers and prison officers, supported by nurses and firefighters

Teachers are leading strikes over a public service wage freeze in the Northern Territory, arguing wages must remain above those offered interstate to keep — or get — its classrooms staffed.

Full-day strikes took place in Darwin and Alice Springs as well as regional and remote communities on Thursday, after the Australian Education Union NT branch rejected a new deal offered by the government late on Tuesday.

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