Rise in inmates fishing for favours - Daily Telegraph 21 Apr 2020

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Working from home going well for Revenue NSW staff, survey finds - The Mandarin 22 April 2020

Employees from New South Wales’ revenue management agency have indicated they are happy with their working-from-home arrangements, but identified issues with equipment. The Public Service Association of NSW recently surveyed members from Revenue NSW — an agency within the Department of Customer Service — about their experiences with working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. All but one of the 186 members who responded said…

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NSW Senior Public Servants Get Pay Rise above 2.5% - Daily Telegraph 13 May 2020

Some of the state’s most senior government officials have been given a pay rise Premier Gladys Bereiklian has been heavily criticised by the opposition and unions for generous pay rises to department heads, with allegations she is ‘tossing bags of money’ at them. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has helped seven of her top bureaucrats get identical salaries, prompting claims she was “pampering” them and angering frontline…

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NSW government goes ahead with public service pay freeze - The Mandarin 27 May 2020

The union representing public servants in New South Wales has slammed the state government’s decision to pause public sector pay rises for the first time in nine years. Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet on Wednesday said the decision to freeze wage increases for the next 12 months would “protect public service jobs” amid rising unemployment across the state. Over the past nine years,…

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'A slap in the face': Teachers, nurses react to wage freeze for NSW public servants - 9 News 27 May 2020

The NSW Teacher's Federation say the decision to freeze the pay of public servants for a year is a "slap in the face". Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the 12-month pause this morning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and said no workers would be made redundant during this time. "Whether this decision impacts today or in 12 month's time, it still amounts to a pay…

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