POVB News

POVB News November 2014 (PDF version) Haemorrhagic Fever EBOLA Recently a member asked what CSNSW’s process was for dealing with EBOLA. This was put to Senior Managers of the Department in the Consultative Forum and we received a response that can be condensed down to the following. CSNSW advised that CSNSW works with the health and other public sector agencies and that well-established pandemic plans…

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Greens bill to save TAFE defeated by Baird government

Greens bill to save TAFE defeated by Baird November 2014 (PDF version) The Greens’ bid to bring TAFE back from the brink in NSW has been blocked by Liberals and Nationals MPs hell-bent on handing over public money to private for-profit training providers at the public provider’s expense. A Bill introduced by Greens NSW MP John Kaye and passed by the NSW Upper House in…

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Home Care Service transition negotiations report back

Home Care Bulletin 18 November 2014 (PDF version) The PSA met with the FACS and NSW Industrial Relations negotiators on Tuesday 11 November. Michael Coutts-Trotter was also in attendance at this meeting. The Government responded to the PSA’s demands that the transfer package include a three year guaranteed protection of wages, conditions and jobs and a 30 week transfer payment as per previous privatisations. Michael…

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PSA protest targets NSW plans to privatise housing worth $800m for disabled - The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald has followed yesterday's coverage of our hugely successful rally with a story about the future of more than $800 million in government-owned property with the transfer of ADHC to the private sector. Read the Herald article HERE.

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Coniston DOCS walk out in staffing protest

PSA media release: Coniston DOCS workers walk out in staffing protest (PDF version) Staff at the Coniston office of the Department of Community Services walked off the job for one hour at 12 noon today in protest at a critical lack of staffing which is leaving vulnerable children in the Illawarra at risk said the Public Service Association (PSA). Shattered staff at the Coniston office…

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