NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos warned these are “trying times for teachers” as Sydney’s lockdown continues and term three kicks off in remote learning mode.  Speaking to the ABC on Monday night, Gavrielatos welcomed the news that 10,000 teachers ...

A former private school teacher and water polo coach has been slapped with more charges after he allegedly used Instagram to groom children. Dean Carelse was arrested by Sunshine Coast police on Friday. He was charged with 14 counts of indecent treatment ...

All NSW workplaces and retail businesses will be required to use Service NSW QR codes from next month. The requirement, beginning July 12, will represent a massive ramping-up of the state’s information collection relating to the coronavirus and will impact ...

As China's global influence continues to increase, an Australian academic says that Chinese has the potential to become a more prominent global language. In his new book, The Rise of Chinese as a Global Language: Prospects and Obstacles, Flinders University ...

Students in New South Wales will have their subjects overhauled for the first time in 30 years under a $196 million plan announced by the state government. The cash injection will be spread over four years to update and streamline ...

An analysis of the NSW Department of Education’s Annual Report for 2020 has found that the state is not meeting standards it set for itself, and is falling short in areas including HSC results, the proportion of graduating students, wellbeing, ...

Three men have been jailed for the “senseless” killing of a stranger in front of a primary school in broad daylight. Nathan Timoteo, 24, Josaia Bolalailai, 24, and Jonathan Fuatavai, 21, committed a “violent, cowardly, senseless and despicable” act when they killed a ...

A Sydney school has been offered antibiotics as a preventive measure following an outbreak of meningococcal disease late last month. NSW Health issued a public health alert about two weeks ago after two cases of meningococcal were recorded in Sydney’s northern beaches ...

Job security remains a key issue for NSW public school teachers, with a reported one in five educators currently in a temporary or contract position. Temporary positions were created by NSW's education department in 2001, and, while the casual workforce ...

A new ranking of Australians’ perceptions of the professions has seen 74 per cent of respondents rate school teachers as ‘high’ or ‘very high’ for their ethics and honesty. The result, published in the latest Roy Morgan Image of Professions ...