NSW juvenile justice staff ordered to work - Canberra Times 09/06/2019

Juvenile justice workers who stopped work in at least three NSW centres following "an escalating cycle of assaults" have been ordered back to work. Troy Wright from the Public Service Association on Sunday said staff at Orana, Cobham and Riverina juvenile justice centres had stopped work under work health and safety laws. He said two members had in recent days been taken to hospital after…

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NSW juvenile justice officers walk off job after string of violent attacks by offenders - ABC News 09/06/2019

Staff at four New South Wales juvenile justice centres have walked off the job to fight for their safety after two violent attacks on officers in the past two days. On Friday, an officer was assaulted at the Frank Baxter Centre near Gosford and on Saturday an officer suffered a concussion, a broken nose and broken eye socket after being punched eight times by an…

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Union ramps up calls for Juvenile Justice overhaul after Dubbo detainees ran amok - Daily Liberal 13/05/2019

In the wake of a seven-hour stand-off involving four detainees and staff at the Orana Juvenile Justice Centre in Dubbo, the union representing staff is ramping up calls for the NSW government to make major changes to the system. "In NSW's juvenile justice system high-risk offenders, on murder charges and terror watch lists, mix with the general population," Public Service Association (PSA) Assistant Secretary Troy…

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Starving brumbies 'carving away' NSW park - SBS 02/05/2019

An former NSW park ranger has seen starving brumbies and destroyed vegetation in Kosciuszko National Park after a law was passed to protect the wild horses. There are fears Kosciuszko National Park within the iconic Snowy Mountains is being "carved away" by wild horses recently protected by the NSW government. Much of the vegetation across the national park has been crushed, streams that used to…

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NSW prisoner accused of murdering cellmate - 7 News 09/04/2019

"I would like to acknowledge the seriousness of what's taken place overnight. It indicates a prison system that is under extreme pressure," Public Service Association general secretary Stewart Little told reporters on Tuesday. "We are dealing with a terrible ice epidemic, a drug scourge and increasingly it's making our prison system a more violent place." Prison Officers were increasingly having to intervene in "extremely volatile…

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