Western students 'abandoned' by government

Updated May 5 2016 - 9:03am, first published 4:15am
Dubbo Teachers Association president Mitchell Welham and NSW Teachers Federation Dubbo organiser Duncan McDonald will continue to campaign for Gonski needs-based funding. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE
Dubbo Teachers Association president Mitchell Welham and NSW Teachers Federation Dubbo organiser Duncan McDonald will continue to campaign for Gonski needs-based funding. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

Disadvantaged students in western NSW have been "abandoned" by the federal government budget in its failure to follow through with needs-based funding in what will be a "critical election issue", NSW Teachers Federation Dubbo organiser Duncan McDonald says.

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