School principals in northern NSW will be responsible for distributing new support measures to help teachers and students return to school following the devastating floods:
School principals in northern NSW will be responsible for distributing new support measures to help teachers and students return to school following the devastating floods.Education Minister Sarah Mitchell says the principals have the knowledge and are the best placed to ensure support gets to those who need it.
" know which of their staff and their students are in these circumstances, and that's why we're going to be able to target the support really specifically to those who need it," Ms Mitchell said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday that he has written to Mr Perrottet to stress his government is happy to share in the costs of the programs for flood support., who announced she would quit parliament two weeks ago, angered over discrepancies in flood support between electorates.
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