ZDNet

NSW Department of Education struck by cyber attack

The New South Wales Department of Education has on Thursday revealed it fell victim to a cybersecurity attack. In a statement, the department said a number of its internal systems were deactivated on ...
ZDNet

NSW Department of Education redefining its customer service experience

There are around 2,200 public schools spread across the state of New South Wales, attended by over 800,000 students. The NSW Department of Education also has School Support services present in 33 ...
CIO

NSW Dept. of Education appoints Sandie Matthews as new CIO

The former CIO for the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC), Sandie Matthews, has replaced Stephen Loquet as CIO for the NSW Department of Education. Matthews was appointed in August 2021 and ...
Sky News Australia

NSW Department of Education victim of cyber attack on the same day online learning is announced

The New South Wales Department of Education has been the victim of a cyber attack that has forced systems including emails, calendars, COVID guidelines and zoom offline. The setback came just hours ...
Couriermail

NSW government finds $1.4bn within education department to fund historic teacher wage increase

One state has revealed how it was able to find more than a billion dollars to fund a historic teacher wage increase. Education and Early Learning Minister Prue Car said $1.4bn would be pulled from ...
Couriermail

NSW teachers’ new eye-watering six-figure salary in education system shake-up

The “groundbreaking plans” announced by NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell suggest outstanding teachers could be paid annual salaries of up to $130,000. The minister said the move to incentivise ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Mark Latham says 13,699 NSW teachers are not allowed to teach because of vaccine mandates. Is that correct?

As teachers in NSW speak out about "atrocious" staff shortages and increasing workloads, NSW MLC for One Nation and former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has suggested vaccine mandates are to blame.
Microsoft

Microsoft partners with NSW Department of Education to bring Aboriginal learning to life through augmented reality

The NSW Department of Education and the Aboriginal Education and Communities Directorate today demonstrated their commitment to safeguarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and language ...
Sydney Morning Herald

NSW Education Department hit by cyber attack hours after remote learning announcement

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The NSW Department of Education has been hit by a cyber attack just hours after it instructed its schools to prepare for a week of ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'Get over it': A NSW school's failure to protect students from a predator left this family broken

Kimberly was repeatedly raped and indecently assaulted at school when she was in years 7 and 8 The ABC has learnt the school received a warning from a parent that Kimberly was in danger Kimberly's ...

Australia’s top paid education bureaucrat Tony Cook earns nearly $1m in salary and superannuation

The highest-paid state education department executive in 2023-24 was Queensland’s director-general Michael De’Ath, who took ...