Claim: A NSW 'teacher shortage' is being fuelled by 13,699 staff who can't enter the classroom because of inadequate COVID-19 vaccination statuses.
Fact-check: Latham misleads on NSW teacher vaccination figures
Verdict: misleading. the figure mostly consists of inactive teachers who haven't updated and aren't required to update their vaccination status. almost 95 per cent of active nsw teachers are vaccinated.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: William Summers
Date published: 2022-06-09T00:00:00