NDIS failure – we must have a Disability Safety Net

NDIS failure – we must have a Disability Safety Net - November 2017 (PDF version) Already the NDIS has failed someone with complex support needs. People with disability are falling through the cracks. This was tragically highlighted on ABC’s 7.30 last night and in an article on the ABC’s website which both told the story of a young man with disability who was unable to…

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Help us fight for a Disability Safety Net

Help us fight for a Disability Safety Net - November 2017 (PDF version) The fight against the privatisation has been long and hard and involved many of you over the years. Thank you for emailing your MP to help drive home the strength of opposition to removing the public sector as a direct provider of disability services. Despite much of the privatisation going ahead, we…

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What would a disability safety net look like - Troy Wright, PSA Assistant General Secretary

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Disability update: What is Paid Special Sick Leave and Why is it so important?

Disability update - What is Paid Special Sick Leave and Why is it so important - November 2017 (PDF version) Members will recall that on 30 August 2017 your union, the PSA/CPSU NSW, had an outstanding win in the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW (IRC) to protect your employment conditions post-privatisation. In short, the PSA won these conditions: Salary increase of 2.5 per cent from…

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NSW disability services privatisation a ticking social bomb – report

PSA media release A parent’s harrowing story of how her son escaped private disability care four times during his first three days cannot be ignored by the Government says the Public Service Association (PSA). The shocking impact of privatisation on the sector has been revealed today in a report, Taking Back Control: A Community Response to Privatisation which comes after an independent panel toured the…

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