A pay dispute has led to a second teachers strike in just four months, sparking accusations a state government is short-changing educators.

Thousands of Queensland state school teachers will walk off the job on November 25 after wage talks stalled following months of negotiations.

Teachers abandoned classrooms for the first time in 16 years when they staged the biggest strike in the state’s history in August, demanding better pay and conditions.

A second strike has been confirmed after the teachers’ union overwhelmingly rejected the government’s “historic” offer that included an eight per cent pay rise over three years.

The state government claimed the pay deal would have made Queensland teachers among the country’s highest paid, earning in excess of $100,000 by the end of the pr

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