Here's what you need to know this morning.
Teachers call for roles to be filled
Western Sydney teachers are calling for more than 10,000 extra colleagues by 2036, as the teachers' union urges the government to improve workload.
Teachers Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos will meet with a cohort of teachers in Penrith on Tuesday to raise awareness of "worsening teacher shortages", a union statement read.
"Last year, hundreds of pages of secret government documents were exposed that talked about teacher shortages and the cause … these confidential reports predicted that, by 2025, teacher shortages would be in excess of 2,425 vacancies."
Transport union's call for free commuter travel
NSW's transport union is calling for free travel once a week for commuters as compensation for the sudden shutdown of the rail network last month.
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) NSW has asked state Premier Dominic Perrottet to let commuters rid free every Friday until June, after they were left stranded on February 21.
In a statement released on Monday ahead of a planned press conference on Tuesday, the union claimed the government had not made any new offers to resolve workers' claims.
Extension for flood victims
People left homeless due to NSW's flood catastrophe — and who are staying in emergency accommodation — have been offered a bureaucratic reprieve.
The NSW government says it has extended the length of time before people need to reapply for emergency housing from seven to 28 days.
Families and Communities Minister Natasha Maclaren-Jones said thousands of people in the state's north had been assisted with accommodation since the floods.
The government has also announced a $285m housing relief package, which includes 16 weeks of rental support and the supply of temporary homes.
Ben-Roberts Smith witness back in court
An explosive witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation hearing will be back before the courts today.
Mr Roberts-Smith has strongly denied any wrongdoing, and is suing three newspapers after they published in 2018 accusations about his earlier conduct in Aghanistan.
The witness, a former soldier, told the Supreme Court on Monday that he saw Mr Roberts-Smith march a man outside a compound, dragging him by his clothes, before firing a burst of 8-10 machine gun rounds into his back.
That witness told the court he remembered saying to a colleague: "Did we just witness an execution?"
Cops step up warrant crackdown
Police in south-west Sydney have launched an operation targeting people wanted on outstanding arrest warrants.
Dubbed Operation Persistence, the crackdown began last weekend when officers door-knocked 166 homes and charged 20 wanted people.
Two more people were charged after handing themselves in to local police stations.
The warrants relate to traffic and transport offences, property crime — such as break, enter and steal — as well as prohibited drug-related offences, armed robberies, firearms offences and sexual offences.
Operation Commander Detective Superintendent Simon Glasser said calls to Crime Stoppers have already provided good information, which was actively being followed up.
"We are seeking public assistance and encourage the community to review photographs of wanted individuals posted daily on the NSW Police Force Facebook page and individual South-West Metropolitan Command pages," he said.
