Corrections Day must lead to improved workers comp for Prison Officers

PSA media release: The Public Service Association (PSA) welcomes the introduction of the inaugural Corrections Day on Friday 20 January 2017 and calls on the NSW Government to recognise Prison Officers as emergency services personnel for the purposes of workers compensation. Police and other emergency personnel were exempt from the savage workers compensation reforms of the O’Farrell Government in 2012. The union believes that Prison…

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Baird steps down leaving “for sale” sign on NSW

Mike Baird turned NSW into the “For Sale State” and his decision to step down as Premier is akin to an auctioneer walking out during a failing auction said the Public Service Association (PSA). “Mike Baird’s mass campaign of public service privatisation has been a hallmark of his reign yet he has stepped down in the middle of the deeply flawed process leaving the lives…

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Landlocked Minister: Property errors due to privatisation not process

PSA Media release: The recent errors in relation to certificates from the Land and Property Information Service (LPI) were due to the looming privatisation of the Titling and Registry wing not lack of governance said the Public Service Association (PSA). The union said the assertions of Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet that the mistakes were due to lack of proper process were rubbish. “The Government has…

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Sport and Recreation Centres saved

In a huge victory for the PSA, on Friday 16 December, the Baird Government announced it would not be privatising Sport and Recreation Centres and they would remain in public hands. The announcement was timed to sneak under the media radar and I actually had to read it twice. Afterall, it’s not often that a conservative Government publicly backs away from its core driving agenda.…

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Union calls for inquiry into 457 jobs rort by Baird Government

PSA Media release: There must be an immediate inquiry into the Baird Government contracting out vital public services replacing full time local jobs with overseas workers on 457 ‘temporary’ visas said the Public Service Association (PSA). The union said the Baird Government has used 457 ‘temporary’ visas to fill 32 full time “onshore” jobs following the outsourcing of ServiceFirst which handled IT, HR and payroll…

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