$406.3 million cut will shatter community services in NSW

Funding cuts of $406.3 million to the Department of Community Services revealed in media reports today will have serious impacts on the ability of child protection workers to keep children and families safe, according to the Public Service Association of NSW. The cut of almost half a billion dollars in funding will exacerbate protracted understaffing, ongoing job cuts and cuts to early intervention services already…

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Red Tape - October/November 2012

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PSA October 8 broadcast now online

A video of the October 8 live broadcast is now online. It is at http://stagingconnections.org/psa-rally Note: You may not be able to access this address on your work computer. If so send it to your home computer. Or there may be a computer with access somewhere at work which can be made available, e.g. in a training room. The video is nearly an hour long…

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Enough is enough: NSW public service workers vote for ongoing action against cuts to jobs and conditions

Monday, 8 October 2012 NSW public service workers have this morning endorsed ongoing political and industrial action against the relentless cuts to jobs, work rights and services across NSW by the O’Farrell Government. At Sydney Town Hall and more than 46 locations across NSW, Public Service Association of NSW members endorsed a resolution calling on the NSW Government to: withdraw its application for a new…

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Public sector workers will stand up for jobs

Protests by public sector workers will go ahead on Monday, as thousands face jobs cuts and cuts to conditions under the NSW Liberal Government. Public Service Association of NSW General Secretary John Cahill said that the anger of workers and their families about the threat of job loss and loss of rights is deep in the community, and will not be held back. "It is…

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