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Ray Hadley rips into Corrections Minister Geoff Lee - Ray Hadley 2GB - 02/03/2022

Ray Hadley has ripped into Corrections Minister Geoff Lee, labelling him the “biggest dope” in the NSW ministry. Prison officers have walked off the job, demanding support from the government after a prisoner “got a slap on the wrist” after he held a shiv at the neck of a prison officer in 2020. Minister Lee said, in a statement, “I am extremely disappointed in the…

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Prison officers across NSW walk off the job for 24 hours - Daily Telegraph 2 Mar 2022

As the majority of NSW battles a flood disaster, prison officers are walking off the job amid anger at Attorney General Mark Speakman’s response to the sentencing of an inmate. Prison officers at jails across the state are walking off the job until tomorrow morning, furious at what they believe was a light sentence handed down to an inmate who took a guard hostage at…

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Gender pay gap widens in NSW public sector over past decade - SMH 13/12/2021

General secretary of the Public Service Association union Stewart Little said the public sector should not be seeing a growing pay gap, as the biggest employer in the country with a female-dominated workforce. “There is no doubt the surge in the pay gap is a direct result of the decision to only pay a 0.3 per cent increase last year, which disproportionately impacted women,” he…

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NSW Police saves Penrith Triple Zero operator jobs - Western Weekender 25/11/2021

NSW Police have seemingly backflipped on a plan to move around 70 Penrith based Triple Zero operators to Sydney at the start of next year. Staff members were shocked when they were notified by email on November 16 that the Radio Operations Centre (ROC) within Penrith Police Station would cease operating. The operators who often work 12 hour shifts would have to travel to Sydney Police Centre…

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NSW Police radio operators to be relocated from Penrith, sparking mass resignation fears - Daily Telegraph 19/11/2021

NSW Police have revealed plans to strip Sydney’s west of radio operators, sparking mass resignation fears that could bring havoc to an already struggling operation. Western Sydney-based police operators have hit out at a decision that would see as many as 70 jobs stripped from the city’s west and relocated to the Sydney CBD. Operators of the NSW Police radio facility, based in Penrith, were…

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