Bulletin – Office of Emergency Management

Change management As members may be aware, the PSA has written to the Office of Emergency Management in relation to planned changes. This follows the all-staff meeting on Monday, 20 January 2020. So far, no details have been provided to the PSA about the planned changes, except that reporting lines are to change and there will be no cuts to staffing numbers. The PSA has…

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Deputy Premier's war with environment fuels bushfire crisis, weakens NSW - 23 Jan 2020

The NSW Coalition’s internal war over climate change is the real ideological battle preventing action on bushfires, not park rangers, says the Public Service Association. “Now the Deputy Premier has returned from holiday, he is back to picking fights with his Liberal colleagues over climate change and once again park rangers are his fodder,” said Stewart Little, general secretary of the Public Service Association. "NSW's…

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Bulletin – Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission

Machinery of Government (MoG) – Transition to Department of Customer Service (DCS), Purchase Card The PSA has received communications from GWIC that as part of the MoG transition from the Department of Industry to DCS, that one of the eventual changes will be to implement the DFSI (DCS) Purchase Card policy. At this time, it is intended that this will come into effect from 1…

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State Archives and Records Authority and Sydney Living Museums: possible amalgamation

The PSA is aware of the recent staff-wide communication from Executive Director, Adam Lindsay, regarding the Minister’s decision to refer the State Records Act and Historic Houses Act to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Issues, effectively amalgamating Sydney Living Museums and State Archives and Records Authority. Mr Lindsay made direct contact with the PSA to advise us of the communication. Whilst there is no…

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Thank you for your work in Police Radio during this bushfire season

The PSA would like to extend its heartfelt thanks for the amazing work members have undertaken in very trying conditions over the last few months since the beginning of the bushfire season. Your work has also been celebrated in a widely shared post on the PSA’s Facebook page, available HERE. The events and conditions that members have dealt with have been unprecedented. The PSA has…

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