‘Crude outsourcing’: Baird government’s privatisation plans – The Sydney Morning Herald
The Baird Government is about to step up its “crude” privatisations efforts and even one of the strongest advocates of outsourcing is concerned.
The Baird Government is about to step up its “crude” privatisations efforts and even one of the strongest advocates of outsourcing is concerned.
Today’s Sydney Morning Herald has a page 2 story in response to a new regulation that extinguishes the right of NSW public sector workers to redundancy or severance payments in privatisations.
Dear members
A Regulation under the Government Sector Employment Act (GSE) was passed on Friday, 17 June 2016.
This Regulation was introduced without consultation or notice to any public sector union.
It extinguishes the right of NSW public sector workers to be entitled to redundancy or severance payments where privatisations occur and so called “comparable employment” is available.
You can view The Regulation HERE.
(https://psa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Regulation-link-1.pdf)
A letter was sent today to the Secretary of Unions NSW from the PSA General Secretary, calling for an urgent meeting of all public sector unions.
You can view that letter HERE.
(https://psa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Letter-to-Mark-Morey-20.6.16.pdf)
The PSA is currently alerting cross bench politicians to this Regulation and will be lobbying them for support of a disallowance motion.
The PSA will be fighting the introduction of this appalling Regulation.
Members will be consulted before final action is determined.
Anne Gardiner
PSA General Secretary
PSA media release
Tuesday’s State Budget must restore funding to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to maintain scrutiny of Government and the mass privatisation of public services says the Public Service Association (PSA).
Land and Property Information (LPI) is a division of the NSW Department of Finance and Services responsible
for providing a range of land and property information services, including land title registration, surveying, property information, valuation and mapping.
It currently provides this information to individuals, businesses, local government, government agencies including emergency services, non-profit organisations and others at a reasonable, subsidised fee. Last year alone, it fielded about 146,000 calls, most from legal professionals in relation to land dealings.
Find out more about services provided by LPI at www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/about_lpi
In November 2012 the Minister for Finance and Services announced that “the NSW Government will examine the potential for private sector investment to expand services of the Land and Property Information (LPI) agency”.
The Association is concerned there appears to be only a cursory understanding of the massive risks to LPI and the citizens of NSW, associated with such a decision.
The privatisation of LPI services will have an impact in a wide range of areas including, LPI staff, Bathurst community and surrounding areas, emergency services, local Government and other State Government Departments and agencies. The privatisation of LPI services will result in:
The Association has now embarked on an awareness campaign to inform members and the community of NSW about the work that is carried out by the Land & Property Information and the risks associated with privatization.