FACS Bulletin - Restructure Update, 20 February 2015

FACS Bulletin - Restructure Update (One FACS) - 20 February 2015 (PDF version) Privatisation, budget cuts and job losses - One FACS Senior central office and corporate services staff have received offers of voluntary redundancy as part of the Department’s push to shed jobs and find an additional $70 million worth of savings annually. The PSA understands that of the eligible cohort of 367 senior…

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RE: Inmate Numbers and Motion 5 POVB Management Committee June 2014

Inmate Numbers and Motion 5 POVB Management Committee June 2014 (PDF version) Delegates and Members RE: Inmate Numbers and Motion 5 POVB Management Committee June 2014. Please find a copy of a letter received yesterday Monday 16 February 2015 from the Office of the Attorney General Brad Hazzard HERE. The letter indicates support for addressing the issues with Workers Compensation as the Legislation applies to…

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PSA UPDATE ON OVERCROWDING

Corrective Services NSW Further to our PSA email dated 9 February 2015, the vote by POVB members as undertaken at all Correctional Centres on Monday 9 February 2015 has been collated. The result of the ballot of either Option 1 or Option 2 as proposed by the POVB Management Committee is that members voted in favour of Option 1: Option 1 - 23 votes Option…

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Anti-privatisation doorknock: your story, our fight, the community’s service

Anti-privatisation doorknock - your story, our fight, the community’s service (PDF version) The PSA's very first doorknocking event took place last Saturday. Members in the Newcastle area took their story to the community when they doorknocked in the Port Stephens electorate. There was a fantastic turn-out and support for our anti-privatisation message. The event brought PSA members from TAFE and Ageing Disability and Home Care…

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Private prison operator Serco meets with Baird government - The Sydney Morning Herald

Is the Baird government looking to private prison operator Serco to solve jail overcrowding? Read The Sydney Morning Herald HERE

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