Parents, community members, politicians and children are working together across New South Wales to have unflued gas heating removed from public school classrooms.

Councils

Blue Mountains City Council

Friends

NSW Teachers Federation

National Toxics Network

NSW/ACT Independent Education Union

Doctors for the Environment

The Asthma Foundation NSW

Carbon Monoxide – The Silent Killer

Politicians

“State and Federal governments need to] act on a proactive basis on what is a commonsense issue. The heaters are known as ‘low-NOx’, not ‘no NOx’, which indicates there is a problem.” The Hon Phil Koperberg MP, former NSW member for the Blue Mountains

Mr Barry Robert O'FARRELL, MP, Premier

“It’s extraordinary when you have the DET continuing with its heating policy while NSW Health advises people not to have unflued gas heaters in their homes — it’s a massive contradiction.” The Hon Ray Williams, Member for Hawkesbury

“Children in public education deserve at least the same standard of care as those in private schools. The ongoing replacement of unflued gas heaters with so-called 'low-NOx' burners is throwing away good money.” John Kaye, MP, Greens

Participating Schools

The P&Cs, or P&Fs, of the schools listed below have formally supported the COUGH. If you would like to join the list of participating schools please have your P&C President or representative send a message to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with full contact details. COUGH will only list schools that have the formal support of their P&Cs.