Government must attend to vital infrastructure issues
7 July 2023
Section: News
The classroom shortage, maintenance backlog, the program to build public preschools, and affordable housing are key infrastructure issues Federation is…
Federation welcomes Opposition Leader’s commitment to build more public preschools
23 June 2022
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has today welcomed Opposition Leader Chris Minns’s announcement that a Labor State Government will provide a preschool for every new public primary school as well as building 100 extra public preschools in its first term.
Tweed Shire Council objects to Murwillumbah mega-school plan
3 June 2022
Section: News
The Tweed Shire Council has formally objected to the development application for the controversial Murwillumbah Education Campus.
Education department admits dodging protocols for Murwillumbah merger and confirms staff cuts
1 September 2021
Section: Media Release
The planning for a mega-merger of four schools in Murwillumbah had side-stepped the NSW Government’s own protocols for consultation for such a project, documents reveal.
Bomaderry high teachers want urgent action on dilapidated buildings
18 May 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Bomaderry High School have stopped work over the failure of the NSW Government to address the problems associated with a number of old, leaking and dilapidated buildings at their school.
Report confirms failure of schools planning
12 April 2021
Section: News
A new report has found that the State Government has short-changed public schools in favour of private schools and election promises.
NSW Government fails to build enough schools and recruit sufficient teachers
8 April 2021
Section: Media Release
The release of the Auditor-General’s Report into school infrastructure raises serious concerns about the lack of planning being undertaken by the NSW Government for the provision of public education.
10 years of neglect for Medowie community
26 March 2021
Section: News
It has been a decade since the NSW Liberal-National Government promised the Medowie community a public high school, despite the area struggling with over-capacity primary schools and the approval of more than 1000 new homes.
Teachers avert student bussing ‘nightmare’ in Sydney’s north-west
27 January 2021
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation remains concerned about inadequate buildings and infrastructure at Northbourne Public School and Marsden Park Public School in Sydney’s north-west.
Inadequate school facilities debacle sparks local anger
11 December 2020
Section: News
Members at Marsden Park Public School will meet on the first day of term 1, 2021 to consider a campaign of political, community and industrial action if the teaching and learning needs of teachers and students in their area are not being met.
Media release: Teaching jobs at risk under Berejiklian plan, class sizes to increase
25 November 2020
Section: Media Release
Classroom teachers, executive, specialist and principal positions are at risk due to the Berejiklian Government’s decision to push ahead with public school closures in the Murwillumbah community.
Town’s teachers unite to shift fixed mindset on school closures
15 November 2020
Section: News
The NSW Government’s merger plan for schools in Murwillumbah is facing strong opposition from members in the four affected schools.
Federation to oppose school closures in Murwillumbah
30 October 2020
Section: News
Members in Murwillumbah are shocked, angry and disappointed at the NSW Government’s surprise announcement to close three out of the four public schools to make way for an amalgamated facility.
Drought relief robs TAFE funding reserves
17 October 2019
Section: News
The Federal Government’s decision to repurpose money set aside for TAFE to fund drought relief was a “short-term” and “short-sighted” solution to the crisis, NSW Teachers Federation has stated.
Write the wrongs: better use of resources to redress funding
27 September 2019
Section: News
While NSW public schools have a $622 million maintenance backlog and governments choose to instead pour money into private schools, members should be speaking regularly with parents about funding, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said.
Department hoses down threat of asbestos
20 September 2019
Section: News
The Department of Education’s asbestos register lists 2185 schools as being contaminated with the hazardous building material, with 109 identified as having the worst category of the substance.
Learning conditions should not be determined by a popularity contest
4 September 2019
Section: News
Public schools desperate for capital works funding have resorted to applying to a community grants program.
Richest schools get cream of government funding
13 August 2019
Section: News
The gaping divide between Australia’s four biggest-spending schools and the poorest 1800 schools has graphically exposed the Morrison Government’s handouts to rich non-government schools at the expense of the public system, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said.
Funding for public schools must come first
7 March 2019
Section: News
The State Government should be prioritising the construction of public schools, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said today, in response to the Berejiklian Government’s promise of an extra $0.5 billion for the Catholic and independent systems.
Teachers to have say on design
24 September 2018
Section: News
The unregulated approach to school infrastructure projects is to come to a halt.
Election opportunity for salary justice
21 September 2018
Section: Member’s Voice
The NSW election next March provides an opportunity to highlight the need for pay justice, school infrastructure spending and additional permanent positions from equity funds.