NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns says a policy Labor is taking to the state election in March is a statewide ban on mobile phones in classrooms.
“We need a statewide ban on mobile phones in New South Wales classrooms.
That is a policy we’re taking to the next state election,” Mr Minns told Sky News Australia.“I’m not quite sure how we believe students and adolescents can have the self-discipline to focus on the job at hand … I don’t think they can.”
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