POVB bulletin December 2019

Centre closures and repurposing All affected centres have had meetings and been informed the dates that they will be closed or repurposed. Those dates are as follows: Grafton Correctional Centre closed 5 August, 2020 Berrima Correctional Centre closed 2 April, 2020 Illawarra Reintegration Centre closed 19 March, 2020 Brewarrina Correctional Centre closed 15 July, 2020 Ivanhoe Correctional Centre closed 12 August, 2020 Emu Plains Correctional…

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Workload focus groups – Community Corrections

The PSA advises that the Workload Focus Groups met 6 December 2019 to discuss ongoing institutional and community workload issues. The PSA raised a number of issues including staffing levels, outdated policies and procedures, appropriate workload weighting, incremental progression of duties and regional challenges. The PSA notes that a number of initiatives were discussed including the following: Draft institutional Service Delivery Standards have been released…

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RMS/HNVR & PSA tripartite meeting: transition to the NHVR – member update

The PSA A/General Secretary Troy Wright and COI representatives met with the RMS and HNVR on Tuesday 26 November as part of the Tripartite consultation regarding the transition to the NHVR. This is the fourth of these meetings held to consult on the transition and share information so that there is a consistent understanding of matters between the parties. What was discussed? The concept of…

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PSA Survey Results & Industrial Advice

Survey results Recently the PSA launched a survey to hear how the move to Parramatta will affect you on 11 November, 2019. This survey went to members and non-members in the Sydney Metropolitan area who will be moving to Parramatta Square. We received a wide variety of responses from a representative cross-section of departments, suburbs and work sites. The key results are: 4 per cent…

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Zoo JCC update

On Tuesday 3 December your PSA delegates and Industrial staff met with management at the Joint Consultative Committee. These committees are held quarterly and are a chance for your union to bring issues to management and to hear about the plans that will affect you in the future. If you have a collective issue that you would like raised at the JCC, you should first…

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