Aboriginal Affairs Joint Consultative Committee update

Active PSA Delegates Ida and Ross and PSA Industrial Officers Phoebe Dangerfield and Amy Lennox attended a Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) meeting on 20 October with the new Deputy Secretary Shane Hamilton, representatives from People, Culture and Talent (PCT), and one of the new functional review leads Tony Lloyd. As this was the first JCC meeting, and acknowledging the change of leadership at Aboriginal Affairs…

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Fisheries management report handed down

The NSW Parliament's 'Portfolio Committee 4' has handed down its report into the delayed commencement of the Fisheries Management Amendment Act 2009. The report calls for an end to surveillance, compliance operations and prosecution actions on Indigenous cultural fishing and lays blame at the DPI Fisheries Compliance Unit, and specifically Fisheries Officers, including questioning their training and culture. NSW Fisheries Officers are tired of being…

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Perinatal Mental Health Week 2022

This week PSA CPSU NSW partner the Gidget Foundation launched Perinatal Mental Health Week 2022. Perinatal Mental Health Week is a chance for us to further raise awareness of perinatal mental health and unite to ensure that parents in need know that We’re here, we get it. Every conversation that we collectively start with the broader community is a chance to shine a light on…

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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions members' meeting

The PSA will be holding a members' meeting this afternoon to update and discuss a settlement offer made in relation to our Award Application Date Wednesday 9 November 2022 Time 4:00pm-5:00pm Click HERE to join the Microsoft Teams meeting. Meeting ID: 411 672 229 951 Passcode: XJDa7Y Agenda Important Update on the PSA Award Application in Industrial Relations Commission and to discuss settlement offer made by…

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TestSafe Health and Safety Representative update

As members would be aware from the update provided on Microsoft Teams last week, the PSA, along with your local delegate, have continued discussions with the department around the composition of work groups for the purposes of electing Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs). It is the intention of the PSA to best represent the interests of its members onsite. We understand that on this issue…

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