40% pay rise while 2.5% forced on NSW public servants

PSA Media Release: 40% pay rise for some while 2.5% forced on NSW public servants - 8 July 2015 (PDF version) MEDIA RELEASE Media reports that two senior public service positions are to receive massive pay rises after public sector workers again had to argue for a 2.5% increase is hardly a level playing field says the Public Service Association of NSW. According to the…

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Big business budget cuts child protection jobs

PSA MEDIA RELEASE PSA MEDIA RELEASE Big business budget cuts child protection jobs 26 June 2015 (PDF version) The Public Service Association of NSW (PSA) is outraged that 82 jobs in statutory child protection have been cut in the NSW budget. The move comes after Community Services caseworkers in offices across the state walked off the job on 19 and 26 March in response to…

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New private jails shocking waste of money

MEDIA RELEASE New private jails shocking waste of money - 18 June 2015 (PDF version) The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Baird Government plans to waste billions of dollars on building new private jails when an existing government run facility sits virtually empty. PSA General Secretary Anne Gardiner said today’s government announcement about private gaol beds is not about solving the long-standing overcrowding problem…

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NSW Upper House inquiry to examine TAFE's future under Smart and Skilled - The Greens

MEDIA RELEASE Greens NSW MP John Kaye welcomed the Legislative Council’s unanimous support for an Upper House inquiry into the vocational education and training sector in NSW. A motion for an inquiry referral to General Purpose Standing Committee no. 6 was moved by Christian Democrat MP Paul Green yesterday in the NSW Upper House and passed without dissent. The motion including the terms of reference…

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NSW public servants honoured in war service exhibition

An exhibition titled Public Service/War Service which honours the efforts of NSW government employees during World War 1 is on at the State Records Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood. Minister for Finance, Services & Property - Media Release - NSW public servants honoured in war service exhibition (PDF)

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