Australia Post hikes delivery companies’ fuel surcharge – as it happened

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Striking teachers take pay fight to state parliament

Tens of thousands of Victorian teachers will down tools after a last-ditch call to avoid school strike chaos fell on deaf ears, AAP reports.

Whilst all schools are expected to be open ... many schools will only be able to provide supervision for a limited number of students.

Schools will communicate any changes to school programs directly to parents and carers.

I will be announcing some measures to support truckies, in particular, to make sure that they get a fair go and that some of the costs we're seeing are fairly shared across the supply chain.