Stop the Bill, demand a better deal for NSW Disability Services

The NSW Government wants to rush through legislation (National Disability Insurance Scheme (NSW Enabling) Bill) to fast track privatisation of disability services in NSW. We need your help to stop it. No attempt has been made to consult your union before introducing the Bill before Parliament. If it's passed it will directly affect the future of your job, your pay, your working conditions and entitlements and your future employment prospects.…

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NSW GOVT USES NDIS ROLL OUT AS TROJAN HORSE FOR PRIVATISATION OF DISABILITY SERVICES

MEDIA RELEASE The O’Farrell government will withdraw completely from disability services by 2018, leaving people with a disability in NSW at risk, according to the NSW Public Service Association. Assistant Secretary Steve Turner said the State government’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NSW Enabling) Bill cuts critical public disability support services. “People with some of the most complex disabilities and in need of greatest care will…

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DisabilityCare to be sent to private providers to implement - Sydney Morning Herald

By Anna Patty The NSW government plans to transfer all its disability services to the private sector from next year in preparation for the introduction of the national scheme, DisabilityCare, in 2018. Public service workers are concerned the transfer will mean a cut in their pay and conditions. The transfer is expected to include the redevelopment of group homes such as Stockton in Newcastle. The…

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NSW Govt uses NDIS roll out as trojan horse for privatisation of disability services

Family and Community Services NDIS Bulletin 3 (PDF) GOVERNMENT BILL TO RAM THROUGH PRIVATISATION OF SERVICES. The NSW government has this week introduced into Parliament the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NSW Enabling) Bill that cuts critical public disability support services. No attempt was made to consult with unions prior to its introduction. The Bill, if passed, may allow for the compulsory forced transfer of ADHC…

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Working With Children Check

Attention members in ADHC, Community Services and Juvenile Justice The PSA has obtained urgent legal advice in relation to the Working With Children Check. That advice is reproduced below: I am asked to advise upon three questions: Whether the onus is i on the employee to “pay” the $80.00 fee; Further, while there is concern that this may be viewed as an employee related cost…

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