PSA lodges IRC dispute with EPA

On Monday, 20 July, the CEO of EPA called a meeting with your union, the PSA. The purpose of the meeting was to begin consultation regarding the upcoming transfer of programs, grants, and the container deposit scheme from EES back to the EPA. Following this meeting, communication was provided to EPA staff by the CEO, who announced certain staff will be transferred from EES to…

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Prison Bed Capacity Adjustment Program

As you are aware, there was a meeting called on Monday, 20 July at HDB to announce the impact of the Prison Bed Capacity Adjustment Program (PBCAP). In attendance were your COVB State Executive and COVB delegates from Long Bay, Dawn de Loas, Mary Wade and Silverwater Women’s. What was identified under PBCAP is there will be further impacts to the ranks of the COVB.…

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Centennial Park meeting notice

Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes recently announced a 50 Year Vision for Sydney’s open space and parklands. The PSA attended a meeting on 16 July, where Acting Deputy Secretary of Place & Infrastructure Brett Whitworth and other members of senior management provided little detail other than the creation of Greater Sydney Parklands (GSP), which aims to bring together the Centennial, Callan and…

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Community Corrections update and the COMCOR COVID-Safe Roadmap

Last week, Community Corrections released documentation to members regarding its COVID recovery planning. The PSA has had ongoing discussions with the Department about the recovery planning process over the past couple of months, including regular teleconferences with the Assistant Commissioner. The documents released provide comprehensive policy and framework for how each centre can plan its recovery process and what different phases of this process would…

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Have your say: What do you want from your employer in regards to WFH survey 2020

Complete our What do you want from your employer in regards to WFH survey, and tell us what you want at work. After our members’ meeting on 22 June, concerns were raised about working from home, workload disparity and discrepancies in the types of assignments and tasks allocated. You can complete the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/RSBsurvey2020.   We are asking members and non-members to tell us…

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