Special Education Working Group Meeting Report Back

The PSA Special Education Working Group (SEWG) had their quarterly meeting on Monday 23 August 2021.  The committee meets to discuss matters affecting School Learning Support Officers (SLSO) and reports these through the Schools Departmental Committee for discussion with the Department of Education (DoE). SLSO SHS Transition The pending transition of identified SLSO’s to the SLSO Student Health Support (SHS) positions was discussed at length at the…

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NSW prisons locked down as COVID-19 clusters grow - 30/08/2021

The union representing Correctional officers backed the lockdown and said rapid antigen testing could be a “game changer” if rolled out across prisons. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-prisons-locked-down-as-covid-19-clusters-grow-20210830-p58n67.html https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/30/nsw-locks-down-prisons-over-covid-fears-but-refuses-to-reveal-inmate-vaccination-rates https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2021/08/30/extremely-worrying-nsw-prisons-enter-statewide-lockdown-outbreaks-spread https://www.abc.net.au/radio/adelaide/programs/am/tests-and-vaccines-urgently-needed-in-prisons/13519396

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Fisheries Officers: members' bulletin

Members may be aware that the PSA and Fisheries Officers’ Vocational Board (FOVB) were to implement work bans from midnight Monday 30 August 2021 on the face-to-face compliance enforcement of Illegal, Unregulated and Unlicensed (IUU) fishers targeting abalone and rock lobster. This bulletin confirms those bans will not be implemented midnight Monday 30 August 2021 In response to the announcement of work bans, FOVB Executive (FOVBE)…

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Rural Fire Service: Award update

In relation to the ‘Message from the Commissioner 12 August 2021’, remember there are two parties to the Award negotiations the employer in this case the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and employees represented by the PSA. The role of the NSW RFS is to negotiate the best possible outcome on behalf of the NSW Government irrespective of employee interests. You may recall that the…

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Ministry of Health: mandatory vaccine announcement

I refer to the message distributed by Phil Minns on Thursday 26 August, 2021 in respect to the mandatory vaccination of all NSW Heath employees. I can inform members that the PSA first wrote to Minister Hazzard in February 2021 expressing our concern that the Ministry of Health employees had not been prioritised to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. On 26 May 2021 the PSA met with…

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