‘No defence of this’: A reckoning in Catholic schools as teachers want answers

AdvertisementNationalNSWOperation Rosny ‘No defence of this’: A reckoning in Catholic schools as teachers want answers Christopher Harris August 12, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Alex Ellinghausen “However, similar scrutiny is not applied to organisations such as Catholic Schools NSW that receive funding on behalf of Catholic diocesan schools,” Matthews said. AdvertisementBrian Lacey, who has worked both as a principal and has sat on the board of Catholic Education Commission NSW – a precursor organisation to Catholic Schools NSW – said he welcomed extra transparency. Catholic Schools NSW was formed in 2016 to replace the Catholic Education Commission after bishops at the time expressed a desire for a more “appropriate, efficient and transparent” administration. By 2019 Catholic Schools NSW was spending $700,000 on travel, according to its annual reports, and had 52 full-time staff.