Year	Information
1920’s	The PSA creates four internal divisions: Clerical, GeneraI, Professional and Education.
1927	The PSA’s newspaper name is changed to Red Tape.
1925	State Premier Jack Lang brings the ALP back to power, and the public sector grows substantially over the next two years, as does PSA membership.
1923	The Temporary Officers Act is set up to provide work for returned servicemen. This saw the percentage of women employed in the sector to drop, as male candidates were preferred.
1922	New industrial legislation continues to exclude the PSA from arbitration.
1922	Women are excluded from sitting for the NSW public service exams.
1921	The NSW public service creates a “female office assistant” classification. Unsurprisingly they are paid less than male clerks.
1920	The PSA is registered as an industrial union under the Industrial Arbitration Act, 1912.