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Hunter students receive Higher School Certificate written exam timetables

The written exams begin with English Paper 1 on Wednesday October 12.

Newcastle Herald

Unions point to 5.1% inflation in calls for NSW government to drop public service wage cap

Teachers are calling for pay rises of between 5% and 7.5% to address shortages and increased overtime

The Guardian - AU

Premier sparks walk-out at NSW school

Teachers have walked out of a Sydney public school as NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet arrived in defiance of a union ban.

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Sydney news: Big acts named in concert for Lismore residents to be held next month

MORNING BRIEFING: A free concert will be held in Lismore next month to lift the spirits of those affected by the recent floods with performances from big names including Grinspoon and Daryl Braithwaite.

ABC News

NSW finalises COVID school return plans

After scrapping home isolation and announcing tweaks to vaccine mandates the NSW government has announced what the return to school will look like.

AAP

Jerrabomberra primary school intake decision reversed after community outrage

A community meeting will be held to discuss the Jerrabomberra High School enrolment area.

The Canberra Times

Sydney News: Police appeal for witnesses to violent city brawl

MORNING BRIEFING: Police are appealing for witnesses to a Sydney street brawl while a young man "fights for life" in hospital with critical head injuries.

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Principals to distribute NSW flood support

School principals in northern NSW will be implementing the government's support package for schools to help teachers and parents replace damaged equipment.

AAP

Walgett high school rapidly going 'backwards' since Connected Communities introduced, critics say

Walgett Community College, infamous for violence and relentless staff turnover, has gone backwards at a "great rate of knots" since the very program designed to fix the problems was introduced, community members say.

ABC News

'We've been cut off at the knees': Anger over school zone change

The NSW government might be forced to back down over a sudden change to school enrolment zones in Jerrabomberra.

The Canberra Times

Queanbeyan teachers threaten ongoing industrial action as union says staff shortages causing trauma

Teachers at the town's two public high schools are seeking trauma counselling to cope with the stress, their union says.

ABC News

Sydney news: State independent MP Gareth Ward banned from school visits

MORNING BRIEFING: Independent MP Gareth Ward is officially banned from visiting any schools in his Kiama electorate after being charged with alleged sex crimes, including against a teenage boy.

ABC News

Walgett Community College has been notoriously violent for years. Why hasn't that changed?

Walgett Community College is so notorious there are social media pages dedicated to cataloguing the routine violence that occurs within its walls. After 10 years of chaos, parents and students want to know why the problems aren't being fixed.

ABC News

‘Targeted discrimination’: NSW government rejects Mark Latham’s trans bill

Proposals included a ban on transgender school students from confidentially coming out and restrictions on sports and toilets

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More than 10,000 NSW teachers quit in 2021

The NSW education minister insists there is no crisis in the ranks, despite more than 10,000 teachers leaving the profession last year.

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NSW Education Minister slams 'conspiracy'

Sarah Mitchell has leapt to the defence of staff who told NSW budget estimates that questions over a possible rail shutdown did not need "political engagement".

ABC News

No NSW schools closed despite 3,000 students, staff testing positive for COVID

More than 3,000 students and teachers tested positive during the first week back but classrooms remained open, with NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell hailing the government's testing program a success.

ABC News

NSW unveils its much-anticipated back-to-school plan as state records 34 COVID-19 deaths

Students and teachers in NSW will be required to take two rapid antigen tests a week and be subjected to mask mandates when school returns for term 1.

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NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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