00:02After a reboot, Ben Carroll wants to get it right.
00:11I've always said that education is the single most important
00:15public investment in Victoria's future.
00:19Mapping out how to take his government into a new era.
00:24Putting a new teachers pay deal on the table
00:27to try to head off another strike next week.
00:31The government now offering a $2,000 bonus,
00:34a boost for education staff at the top of the pay grade
00:38and maximum face-to-face teaching hours.
00:41We believe it's a good offer.
00:43In fact, we believe it's an excellent offer.
00:45The union is taking a serious look.
00:47It is a significant offer.
00:49But some staunch teachers want to fight on.
00:52Our union is a proudly democratic union.
00:55Members get to have a say.
00:57And there is some relief.
00:59The Premier is offering this belated promise.
01:02My priority is delivering full and fair funding
01:05for our public school kids.
01:07The new Premier is facing another challenge
01:10on a very different front.
01:12Business groups want him to drop legislating
01:14the right to work from home,
01:16a popular commitment inherited from his predecessor.
01:20He wants to signal that he's a friend to business,
01:23but they're not happy.
01:24This bill, if it goes forward,
01:27is going to bomb business back into the Stone Age.
01:31The opposition won't block the bill.
01:33We've listened to the business community
01:35and we'll be putting forward some sensible amendments.
01:38Ben Carroll is open to some tweaks, but...
01:41The government needs to understand that there are so many barnacles
01:44on this legislation that it just needs to be scrapped.
01:46And lobby groups won't rule out a High Court challenge.
01:50My door's always open to the business community.
01:53We do know working from home works for families,
01:56but we need to also do everything we can
01:58to support our business community.
02:00trying to please everyone.
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