Family and Community Services NDIS Bulletin 4

The Director General has recently written to advise that formal consultation on the NDIS has commenced. This is some 11 months after the NSW Government signed a formal agreement with the Commonwealth to privatise Disability Services in NSW by 2018, and only after legislation was tabled in the NSW Parliament to facilitate this change. It is misleading to suggest that FACS and the NSW Government…

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FACS Localisation Industrial Bulletin - December 2013

Post-Localisation Consultative Arrangements still in dispute FACS and the PSA are yet to agree on new consultative arrangements following the September launch of the new 15 district ‘localisation’ structure. The PSA was back in the NSW IRC on Friday, 6 December in an effort to finalise new consultative arrangements that reflect the Department’s new operating environment. Under FACS’s proposal the Department would abolish state-wide divisional…

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Community Corrections Special Edition Bulletin - January 2014

Ballot Survey This special edition of this Bulletin contains a link to a survey for members to vote on duties and progression criteria from CCO Grade 5/6 to SCCO Grade 7. Click here to read the bulletin and complete the survey Community Corrections Duties & Progression Criteria  

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Jail guards 'at risk' under new laws - Sky News

The NSW government's new mandatory sentencing laws will increase inmate numbers and put the safety of prison staff at risk, their union says. The Public Service Association of NSW says funding cuts have left prisons with 'dangerously low staffing levels' and officers will struggle to cope with increased inmate numbers expected under the new 'one-punch' laws. The O'Farrell government last month introduced tough new measures…

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Premier responds to PSA 'one punch' concerns - they'll 'cope'O'Farrell not worried about prison numbers - The Australian

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has no concerns prison officers won't be able to cope with any increase in prison numbers in the light of new mandatory sentencing laws. The Public Service Association of NSW (PSA) claims the new mandatory minimum sentences will increase inmate numbers and put further pressure on prison staff. But Mr O'Farrell says the prison population often goes "up and down". "I…

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