Private tutors coaching students in public libraries could be hit with new fees by a cash-strapped Sydney council in a move to rake in extra revenue and stop public facilities being “overrun” by commercial operators.

North Sydney Mayor Zoe Baker has thrown her support behind a resident-led push for new mandatory bookings and fees to apply for tutors in public libraries in a move supporters say would ensure other library users can peruse books in peace.

The proposal comes amid a boom in the billion-dollar tutoring sector as more Australian students turn to private coaching to gain additional educational support.

Marianne De Souza, chair of a North Sydney Council-run community precinct group which is advocating for the new fee system, said tutors are increasingly “clogging” libraries - pa

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