National Parks and Wildlife Service member bulletin

National Parks and Wildlife Service member bulletin - July 2017 (PDF version) The PSA attended a briefing on 18 July 2017, regarding Future NPWS. At no stage during the briefing was the PSA advised of the full extent of the proposed Future NPWS restructure, nor the roles that would be directly impacted. This information was provided to the PSA via its members. The PSA wrote…

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Office of Environment and Heritage member update

Office of Environment and Heritage member update - June 2017 (PDF version) At the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) Joint Consultative Committee Meeting held on 14 June 2017, the PSA raised concerns with SAP payroll being rolled out prematurely. The PSA had been advised an OEH cluster of around 5000 staff were not ready for the migration of Aurion to SAP due to the…

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National Parks 50th triumph – The Land

The recent 50th year celebrations of the National Parks and Wildlife Service have been featured in The Land. View the article HERE.

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Office of Environment and Heritage member bulletin

Office of Environment and Heritage member bulletin - June 2017 (PDF version) Members will be aware OEH has sent out a communication to staff regarding its proposed changes to the current NPWS Award. This communication confirmed that OEH is seeking to implement a hard barrier to limit the progression of Rangers, as well as automatically making any new position a Mon-Fri role, with no loading.…

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Office of Environment and Heritage Bulletin

Office of Environment and Heritage Bulletin - 5 May 2017 (PDF Version) The PSA and OEH have had positive informal discussions in relation to award negotiations. The parties have agreed to establish award meetings starting Monday 9 May. The PSA is hopeful we reach a mutual agreement to benefit all stakeholders and will continue to keep members up to date on the outcome of these…

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