January 2013 edition of Women @ Work out now

  The January 2013 edition of Women @ Work is now available here Articles in this edition are: *Linda Barclay-Hales, Womens Council Chair article, *Minister for Women supports cuts to your employment conditions, *Anne Gardiner, General Secretary article, *PSA Womens Conference Dr Marian Baird, *State-wide Stop Work Meeting 8 October 2012, *Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 Consolidation of Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws, *Human Rights Commission…

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NSW Government cuts jobs first, asks questions later

The NSW Government has things the wrong way around: axing 15,000 jobs before looking closely at the operation of the NSW public sector, says the NSW Public Service Association. The PSA has welcomed the release of the inaugural State of the NSW Public Sector Report (www.psc.nsw.gov.au) and its in-depth look at the states public sector workers, which reveals insights including the high level of job…

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Schools job cuts don’t add up

The O’Farrell Government’s plans to cut hundreds of jobs out of education will hit the operation of schools and implementation of learning programs, at a time the government has found a spare billion dollars in the budget, says the Public Service Association. The State Government has begun to roll out its planned 1800 job cuts in education, with nearly 400 to be cut from Department…

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Nationals must force O’Farrell back down on DPI regional job cuts:

The Public Service Association of NSW has today called on the NSW Nationals to support regional communities, farmers and public service workers by opposing the recently announced 300 job cuts during the restructure of the Department of Primary Industries (DPI). PSA Assistant Secretary Shane O’Brien said the Nationals’ had been a strong supporter of the union’s action against rural job cuts under the previous Labor…

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Billion-dollar bonus: government can afford to do better for school kids with behavioural problems

The NSW Government should consider how it can use the $1 billion it discovered after an accounting error to improve support for school kids with learning and behavioural problems, says the NSW Public Service Association. The O’Farrell Government’s recently announced cuts to school funding will lead to cuts to School Learning Support Officers, who work in the classrooms to support teachers and children, said PSA…

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