Teacher shortage hits Orange as minister visits
11 March 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Canobolas Rural Technology High School (CRTHS) in Orange have given Education Minister Sarah Mitchell an ultimatum over 11 unfilled teacher positions at their school.
NSW Dept of Education fails to address school staffing crisis – teachers stop work
2 March 2021
Section: Media Release
Teachers at Coomealla High School and Gol Gol Public School near Mildura and Bulahdelah Central School, walked off the job today protesting the reduction in staffing incentives and continued teacher shortages in rural and remote areas of the state.
Staffing crisis prompts teachers to walk of the job
24 February 2021
Section: Media Release
Teachers Federation members at Walgett Community College High School walked off the job this morning due to significant staffing issues.
Teachers condemn NSW Government over Scone TAFE sale
27 January 2021
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has condemned the NSW Government’s bid to sell off the state-of-the-art Scone TAFE campus in Australia’s equine capital.
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.
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.
Media release: Valuing the teaching profession – an independent inquiry
24 November 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation will make the case for change in the salaries and working conditions of teachers and principals on the first day of hearings of an independent inquiry in Sydney today.
Teachers Oppose Murwillumbah School Closures
29 October 2020
Section: Media Release
Following decades of school building maintenance neglect, the NSW Teachers Federation believes the State Government is now inflicting punishment on children and their families in the Murwillumbah community by its decision to amalgamate local schools.
Valuing the Teaching Profession – An Independent Inquiry
26 October 2020
Section: Media Release
The Independent Inquiry has heard from the experts. Now it’s time for teachers and principals to have their say at the second round of hearings which begin in Sydney on Monday 26 October 2020.
Urgent need for more school counsellors
20 September 2020
Section: Media Release
Enough is enough. A school counsellor to student ratio of 1:500 is well overdue.
Media release: Students with disability to increase by 50% within a decade
3 September 2020
Section: Media Release
A confidential NSW Department of Education disability strategy obtained under FOI laws has revealed inadequacies in planning for the state’s students with disabilities.
Media release: Valuing the teaching profession – an independent inquiry
28 August 2020
Section: Media Release
Valuing the teaching profession – an independent inquiry will begin public hearings on Monday 31 August in Sydney and continue until Thursday 10 September.
Media release: A cruel blow for students as Govt threatens school funding
25 June 2020
Section: Media Release
The Berejiklian Government must not be allowed to use students as pawns in its attempt to impose a wage freeze across the public sector.
Media release: New curriculum requires additional resources
23 June 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has welcomed the unhurried approach and commitment to working with teachers in the development and implementation of the new curriculum.
Media release: Treasurer’s pay cut ‘deal’ is unacceptable
1 June 2020
Section: Media Release
Teachers will not accept the Treasurer’s latest attempt to impose a pay cut on the profession.
Media release: Teachers reject pay cut
27 May 2020
Section: Media Release
In the week of the full resumption of NSW public schools, teachers and principals have been rewarded with a slap in the face.
Media release: Normal school operations must end to put the health and safety of students and staff first
25 March 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation Executive met this morning and unanimously endorsed the following:
Media release: Coronavirus advice conflicting, contradictory and impossible
17 March 2020
Section: Media Release
Schools must be given clear advice on action to be taken in the event that health protocols necessary to control the spread of COVID-19 cannot be implemented.
Media release: Morrison’s gifts to private schools now valued at almost $5 billion – public schools get nothing
2 March 2020
Section: Media Release
Today’s announcement by the Morrison Government has confirmed the Federal Government’s special deals with private schools have reached almost $5 billion, while public schools get nothing.
Media release: TAFE review must restore funding and courses
25 February 2020
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos said the union would take the opportunity presented by the TAFE review to highlight the failed privatisation policies of successive state and federal governments.
Media release: Independent inquiry into the value of teachers’ work
17 February 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has established an independent commission of inquiry into the value of teachers’ work.