REES GOVT'S CASUAL APPROACH TO TAFE THREATENS FUTURE IN NSW

Rees government cost-cutting is worsening the skills crisis through increased casualisation of TAFE teaching, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Dr Kaye, who is joining a protest of TAFE teachers outside the electorate office of Education Minister Verity Firth today, said: Seven out of ten TAFE teachers are now casualised and this number is increasing as the government tightens its training budget. Minister Firth's department has overseen a wage deal for casual TAFE teachers that sees their pay go backwards in real terms.