Unions to ramp up NSW election spending after high court win - The Guardian 30/01/2019

Trade unions across New South Wales will meet this week to discuss a significant ramp up of spending in the upcoming New South Wales state election following a high court ruling which effectively scrapped caps on third-party campaigns. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/30/unions-to-ramp-up-nsw-election-spending-after-high-court-win

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Detainees at Riverina juvenile justice centre in stand-off with guards - Daily Telegraph 13/02/2019

Two high-risk juvenile detainees are in a four-hour stand-off with guards at a NSW justice centre after using a fire extinguisher to smash open a fire exit and scale onto the roof. The detainees have been throwing rocks at passing cars and attempting to damage the roof with a metal pole. One is believed to have hurt his leg in the stand-off. “Juvenile Justice staff…

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Horror stories from 'juvie' - a young offender's home before Long Bay - SMH 25/02/2019

Picture each day knowing you're likely to deal with a kid who bites the inside of his mouth enough to make it bleed and then spits in your face. That’s a daily reality for officers in the NSW juvenile justice system. It’s not just spitting. Biting, punching and kicking are common. Members of our union tell me stories of young offenders using screws between their fingers…

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We are 'Not Glad Gladys' says a gathering of union members in Belmore Park - Goulburn Post 01/03/2019

‘Not Glad Gladys’ was the theme of a union rally held in Belmore Park on March 1. Members of various unions were voicing their concerns about what they said was continuing cuts to services and privatization under the NSW Liberals and Nationals’ government. They also expressed their concerns that the State Government had a focus on the cities rather than the bush. “The regions are the Berejiklian-Barilaro…

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Supermax guards attacked after notorious criminal has sentence quashed - 2GB 04/03/2019

There’s been another assault on corrective services officers days after notorious criminal Bassam Hamzy got away with bashing a guard. One of Australia’s most dangerous criminals has had his sentence for assaulting a prison officer quashed by a sympathetic judge. Hamzy initially had his sentence extended 20 months for bashing a prison guard in Goulburn Supermax, Australia’s highest security prison. But Acting Judge Geoffrey Graham…

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