Northern Rivers Community Services workers take action

Today members from Lismore and Ballina Community Services Centre (CSC) walked off the job to protest about chronic understaffing that places children in the Northern Rivers at an unacceptable risk.               Members met at the old Lismore office, which was decimated in recent flooding. Currently Lismore CSC is working out of demountable buildings that are not fit for purpose.…

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Paralegal Functional Review Consultation Update

PSA members will be aware that the Paralegal Functional Review consultation period has been underway. The PSA received valuable feedback from members which was anonymized and provided to the Crown Solicitors Office (CSO). If you contributed feedback, thank you. Your feedback has been invaluable to the PSA and the CSO in this workplace change program. Discussions between your local workplace Delegates, the PSA’s Industrial Staff…

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Meeting for Ministry of Health members this Wednesday

Join our Organiser Alex Sala, Women’s Officer, Simone Scalmer, and local Delegates for our monthly meeting. We’ll be discussing current workplace issues, the upcoming Joint Consultative Committee meeting, an update from the PSA Women’s Unit and the benefits of being a PSA member. Details Date Wednesday 1 May 2024 Time 11:00am-12:15pm Venue Room 1RR - 1.S.7, MoH St Leonards A Teams link has been included for those of…

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Child Protection in Crisis: Campaign event notice

Child Protection workers at Wollongong Community Services Centre (CSC) will rally on Wednesday, 1 May (May Day) to protest high caseworker vacancies and the crisis in child protection services in NSW. Members of the PSA will meet outside Wollongong CSC on Wednesday at 12:30pm to take their concerns directly to the community they serve.  One in 10 child protection caseworker positions are unfilled in the…

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Body Scanners – CSNSW lodges dispute

Yesterday CSNSW lodged a dispute in the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) against the ongoing bans on using body scanning machines.  The matter was heard that afternoon, with the PSA represented by Senior Industrial Officer David Bartle, POVB Chair Jason Charlton and POVB Vice-Chair Keith Smith. You can view our previous update here, which provides details of the meeting held on 22- April 2024 regarding the…

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