“Ah, a zookeeper. So, you just babysit the animals all day?” McSweeneys tells the truth about attitudes to teachers.

More than 25,000 Catholic school teachers in Victoria have demanded a push for more leave, smaller classes and less teaching time.

The IEU says the reduction in employers in the Catholic school system ought to give teachers and staff the ability to bargain collectively and take protected industrial action in the event of a dispute - a right previously denied them.

IEU member Cameron Madden is a proud Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba man who grew up in Waddawurung Country, which is also where he works as the Koori Educator at St. Joseph’s Flexible Learning Centre.