Feds must fully fund public schools
9 December 2023
Section: Media Release
The New South Wales Teachers Federation is deeply alarmed at reports the Federal government may fall short of fully funding…
Parliamentary report links psychological injury to workload, teacher shortage
5 December 2023
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has strongly endorsed a NSW parliamentary committee’s recognition that crushing workloads are leading to more psychological…
Ending the teacher shortage
24 October 2023
Section: Media Release
The Teachers Federation says a recent wage agreement it struck with the Minns Government will help replenish teacher numbers, as…
Teachers Welcome Billions For Skills, Vocational Training
17 October 2023
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teacher Federation welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement of a National Skills Agreement with state and territory governments to…
Historic boost to NSW teachers’ pay will tackle teachers shortage
9 September 2023
Section: Media Release
Beginning and top-of-scale teachers in NSW will become the nation’s best paid from October 9, helping tackle the statewide teacher…
Historic advance: In-principle agreement to boost NSW teachers’ pay and tackle shortage
5 September 2023
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation’s Executive has reached an in-principle Heads of Agreement with the NSW Government to tackle the teacher…
NSW teacher shortage won’t be solved with 2.5 per cent
22 August 2023
Section: Media Release
The State Government must rule out a 2.5 per cent wage cap or risk a worsening teacher shortage. The Government…
AG report shows urgency of addressing teacher shortages in the Bush
10 August 2023
Section: Media Release
The NSW Government must honour its agreement to lift teacher salaries amid a damning Auditor General report into regional, remote…
Urgent action required to address teacher shortages
23 April 2023
Section: Media Release
New figures showing 2,172 permanent teaching positions were vacant in NSW public schools in February reinforce the urgent need for…
Record numbers of teachers leaving NSW schools
9 April 2023
Section: Media Release
The number of teachers resigning from NSW public schools has doubled in two years as unsustainable workloads and uncompetitive salaries…
Teachers and principals welcome a change of government
26 March 2023
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation welcomes the election of the Minns Labor Government. “While the outcome of some seats is not…
Perrottet plan to cut teaching qualifications rejected by expert panel
23 March 2023
Section: Media Release
An expert panel chaired by former NSW Department of Education secretary Mark Scott has rejected the NSW plan for a…
NSW Coalition delivers a shortage of classrooms and a shortage of teachers
18 March 2023
Section: Media Release
The chronic shortage of classrooms in NSW public schools has been revealed in new figures which show over 5,000 demountable…
NSW Government failing on student wellbeing
26 February 2023
Section: Media Release
New figures that show student wellbeing has hit a new low underline the extent of the classroom crisis in NSW…
NSW has the worst student teacher ratio in the nation
19 February 2023
Section: Media Release
New figures show NSW public schools have the highest number of students per teacher in the country. The Australian Bureau…
Teachers’ salary situation gone from bad to worse in NSW, new research reveals
1 February 2023
Section: Media Release
New research released today recommends a significant increase in the salaries of teachers, warning real earnings are now the same…
Significant announcement on school funding by NSW Labor
30 January 2023
Section: Media Release
NSW Labor’s commitment to end the underfunding of public schools is a significant announcement that will be welcomed by teachers…
The Perrottet plan: cut qualifications, bring in unqualified teachers
25 January 2023
Section: Media Release
The Perrottet Government’s plan to cut qualifications and bring in unqualified teachers won’t fix the teacher shortages or improve the…
More than 3,300 vacant teaching positions in public schools
18 January 2023
Section: Media Release
The extent of the teacher shortage crisis has been revealed in new government figures showing there were 3,311 vacant permanent…
NSW Government cuts funding for catch-up school program
11 December 2022
Section: Media Release
Internal documents reveal funding for a COVID catch-up program has been cut by the NSW Government with schools instructed to…
Vacant teaching positions soar to almost 3000 in NSW
27 November 2022
Section: Media Release
New figures showing the number of vacant permanent teaching positions in NSW public schools has soared to almost 3,000 are…