Births Deaths and Marriages Joint Consultative Committee meeting

Your union, along with local Delegates, met with your employer on 12 March 2020 for a Joint Consultative Committee meeting. At that meeting we discussed: Updates to the RMP There have been three weeks of consultation, 178 questions were received and 36 pieces of feedback are being considered. You can read the feedback submitted by your union HERE. The Secretary is being briefed on the…

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PSA meets with Legal Aid management regarding COVID-19 measures

The PSA today met with Legal Aid management to discuss the agency's response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. There have been extensive discussions over the past fortnight focused on the health of members, clients and their families. The PSA raised numerous issues including: stopping face-to-face legal interviews extending hours for AVL interviews supporting lawyers attending court cleaning of facilities protecting counter staff working from…

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Working from home arrangements: NOT related to Coronavirus

Your union has recently been advised that an attempt is being made by your employer to be somewhat creative in relation to working from home. Please note that this is not in relation to arrangements being made as a result of COVID-19. If you have been told that: you can only work a maximum of three days at home and must work two days in…

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Don’t pull the plug on KIDS

As you are aware, the Department is intending to turn KIDS off on 1 April 2020. Whilst there will still be very limited access to specific roles, those in frontline child protection will have none. The PSA has advocated tirelessly at every level of the department and government for child protection workers to have the tools to do your work effectively, including maintaining KIDS in…

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COVID-19 and Fisheries

As you are aware, the Coronavirus or Covid19 threat to the health and wellbeing of our society is at a critical stage with unprecedented measures being implemented and recommended across every part of Australia. These measures invariably involve ‘social distancing’ and/or locking down where possible. Under normal circumstances, our role as Fisheries Officers involves a high volume of client and colleague contact that will, if…

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