Latest News
Latest news, media releases and statements from the Public Service Association of NSW and Community and Public Sector Union NSW
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January 12, 2015
NSW courts security is left to chance: Only 25 sheriff replacements introduced – The Daily Telegraph
The Public Service Association said that in place of the 80 sheriffs who had left the job in the last three…
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Daily Telegraph - 8 January 2015 PRISONERS in the state’s overcrowded jails are to be housed in demountable cellblocks as…
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January 8, 2015
PSA General Secretary Anne Gardiner 2GB interview about prison overcrowding
[audio mp3="https://psa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Anne-Gardiner-prison-overcrowding-interview-2GB-8-January-2015.mp3"][/audio] PSA General Secretary Anne Gardiner 2GB interview about prison overcrowding Jan 2015 (MP3)
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January 8, 2015
Prison overcrowding in the media
The issue of prison overcrowding and the need to reopen Kirkconnell and Grafton received plenty of media coverage today. PSA General…
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January 7, 2015
Prison closures to put NSW inmates in demountable buildings – The Daily Telegraph
“There is little or no capacity within the system to house any additional inmates who may be detained in custody…
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January 7, 2015
The Daily Telegraph editorial: Cheap jail plan puts law-abiding at risk
Read The Daily Telegraph editorial HERE
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January 5, 2015
Our fireys lending a hand to their mates – The Sunday Telegraph
AMY HARRIS MATT BAMFORD Hundreds of NSW firefighters will travel to South Australia and Victoria to help battle major blazes…
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January 5, 2015
‘National security risk’ from legal cuts – The Sun Herald
Cuts to Legal Aid funding will not only impact upon some of the most disadvantaged in our society but also,…
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January 5, 2015
Qld chief justice criticises ‘often poor’ court transcriptions since outsourcing – The Guardian
‘Sometimes matters are transcribed incorrectly or not at all’ - Tim Carmody, Queensland's chief justice. Read The Guardian story HERE
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January 5, 2015
Employers step up efforts to get rid of penalty rates – The Sydney Morning Herald
ACTU president Ged Kearney says the push by business for weekends to have the same value for workers as weekdays…
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TAFE BULLETIN - Capability Framework December 2014 (PDF version) The PSA/CPSU has lodged a dispute with TAFE about the way…
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Service First bulletin 19 December 2014 (PDF version) Representatives from the PSA were called to an urgent meeting with Service…