ADHC Bulletin July 2014 - PSA Update on Respite Facilities

PSA Update on Respite Facilities July 2014 (PDF Version)  PSA members working at the Dapto Respite Centre stopped work in April 2014 over concerns the support service may be closed by the State Government. There were fears that the families and carers of people with a disability would not have ongoing access to local respite services if the NSW Government began shutting centres in a…

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Help us stop the largest ever privatisation of a Government service in NSW

The PSA is seeking your support in stopping the largest ever privatisation of a Government service in NSW. The State Government has decided that it will completely withdraw from the delivery of disability or home care services. It plans to kick this off in 2015, and if it gets its way, by 2018 it will have completed a full scale privatisation of the remainder of…

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PSA ADHC work bans – IMPORTANT information for members

With the state wide bans and additional bans in the Illawarra and the Hunter districts regarding the privatisation of ADHC services, members are advised that: This industrial action has been approved by the General Secretary of the Public Service Association. Any direction to perform work covered by these bans can be refused without personal risk. If members are approached to complete work covered by the…

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ADHC Work Bans Illawarra/Shoalhaven

PSA NDIS Bulletin WorkBans Illawarra/Shoalhaven April 2014 (PDF Version) At a meeting of members in the Illawarra a motion was passed to enact work bans on Home Administrative reporting to the agency. These bans show the determination of the members to fight to save their job security, pay and conditions and the services they deliver. Specific bans for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven District Work bans on group…

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NDIS YES - PRIVATISATION NO

PSA Members vote to take action in the Hunter, and the Departmental Committee vote to extend it across the State. On Monday 17 March, the first meeting of the new ADHC Departmental Committee  took place at PSA House. The main area of discussion was the Government's plans to privatise all of ADHC commencing with its operations in the Hunter area. The Government is using the NDIS…

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