Over 200 staff walk off the job at Goulburn Jail sparking a state-wide strike - Goulburn Post 08/03/2019

Update: Saturday 8.30pm Goulburn prison officers are expected to return to work tonight and tomorrow following talks today. The move follows the State Government's promise to make urgent representations to the DPP regarding the recent quashing of inmate Bazam Hamzy's 20-month sentence for assaulting a prison officer in 2017. Public Service Association general secretary Stewart Little said the union welcomed the "backdown." "But why do…

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NSW Treasurer attacks ALP's public service wage rise plan as 'reckless' - SMH 13/03/2019

NSW Public Service Association general secretary Stewart Little said any improvements in salary had been outweighed by big cuts in staffing levels and frontline services which had not improved productivity. "Eight years of a wage growth cap on our public servants under the Coalition government has had a chilling effect across NSW. It has stifled income growth for workers everywhere, not just those who work…

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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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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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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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