NSW Senior Public Servants Get Pay Rise above 2.5% - Daily Telegraph 13 May 2020

Some of the state’s most senior government officials have been given a pay rise Premier Gladys Bereiklian has been heavily criticised by the opposition and unions for generous pay rises to department heads, with allegations she is ‘tossing bags of money’ at them. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has helped seven of her top bureaucrats get identical salaries, prompting claims she was “pampering” them and angering frontline…

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Crown Solicitor’s Office: Organisational changes

The CSO has written to the PSA regarding Organisational changes. The letter is attached HERE. The changes relate to the Criminal Law Practice Group and Information Management & Technology Organisation Unit. The PSA will meet with the CSO next Tuesday, 19 May 2020 and will discuss the letter. Prior to this, the PSA is holding a members' meeting this Thursday, 14 May 2020 at 2.30pm…

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Transport for NSW: PSA members’ bulletin

Update: COVID-19 TfNSW Taskforce unions' consultation At recent Taskforce briefings the Transport Secretary has sought unions’ views on the NSW Government’s planning for the anticipated pandemic recovery phase. Issues raised by unions the maintenance of social distancing, PPE, sanitisers, continued regular cleaning of public transport and members’ workplaces the maintenance of flexible working arrangements, especially for members with children or carers’ responsibilities and where transport…

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Be the face of your union

The PSA/CPSU NSW knows you are all Champions of the State. Now it’s time to tell the rest of NSW. We are looking for photographs of the members who work hard to make NSW a great place to live for a state-wide campaign. Send us a pic at work, home or in isolation. We’ll be using them in a campaign to raise the profile of…

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PSA disappointed Weekend Bail Court AVL trial terminated

The Weekend Bail Court Trial has been terminated by Legal Aid after only one weekend. The trial, which was intended to run for six weeks, was pulled by Legal Aid management following reported concerns about social distancing, service delivery and cost. The PSA was not properly consulted about this decision. Preliminary indications are that the decision to terminate the trial was unnecessary. Participants in the…

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