Troy Wright, Assistant General Secretary provided an update.  Issues discussed included:

• future pay rises for public servants;
• recent changes to the Industrial Relations Act, 1996;
• ongoing problems with the Powerhouse Museum, including flooding at the Parramatta site;
• É«ÀÇÉçÇøhas established a Committee of Cultural Institutions;
• a curator from the Powerhouse is on secondment to the PSA;
• need to remember that the Powerhouse is a science and technology museum;
• WHS issues including bullying and psychological injuries;
• difficulty of getting people back to work;
• length of workplace investigations;
• housing reforms progressed by Minister Jackson including the establishment of Housing NSW; and
• problems inherited by the Minns Government in terms of housing including lack of public housing and asset sales by the previous Government – reference was made to the Sirius building, the displacement of public housing tenants, its sale, renovation and apartments now selling for millions.

Motions were passed in relation to the Sydney Retired Unionists Group and increased bicycle safety.

We also had a presentation from Michael King, President of the CFMEU Retired Group.

The É«ÀÇÉçÇøAnnual Conference will be held on 16 -17 May 2024.  The President and Secretary of the Retied Associates will be attending as observers.  A report will be given at the next meeting.

The approved minutes of the February meeting are HERE and draft minutes of the April meeting are attached HERE for the information of Retired Associates.

The next meeting will be our Annual General Meeting which will be held on Tuesday, 25 June  2024.

Carmel McKeough
Secretary
É«ÀÇÉçÇøCPSU NSW Retired Associates

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The phony scare campaign that there is a deficit crisis is being used to bring in an Austerity Budget.

Since the Abbott Government have been in office, they have doubled the deficit to $68 billion.

This cruel budget will result in:

• Pension age increasing to 70 (with 30% of people dying before the age of 70)
• Slashing $80 billion from the States for Health and Education
• Changing indexation used for calculating the pension, which will produce lower increases
• Seeing some pensioners living below the poverty line
• Introducing a $7 co-payment to see a GP, which is the think edge of the wedge to bring in a user pay system similar to the U.S. (if you haven’t got the money: too bad)

We have to defeat this cruel budget

What YOU CAN DO:

• CONTACT YOUR FEDERAL MP

• DEMONSTRATE

• BECOME ACTIVE

• WRITE TO THE TREASURER – PROTEST ABOUT THE BUDGET

JOIN FAIR GO FOR PENSIONERS ON FRIDAY 27 JUNE AT 11am AT NSW PARLIAMENT HOUSE MACQUARIE STREET SYDNEY

MONDAY 7 JULY

BUSES PICK UP AND RETURN:

CENTRAL STATION
LIVERPOOL STATION
PARRAMATTA STATION

EARLY MONDAY MORNING
7 JULY AND RETURNING THAT EVENING

JOIN US ON THE BUSES
THIS BUDGET IS A SHOCKER
FREE RETURN TRAVEL TO CANBERRA

School holiday time. Everyone welcome to join us to oppose the severe budget cuts.

Bring your friends and family.

We will put on more buses if necessary.

Contact:

Vince Ashton

Tel. 9662 7984
mob. 0415 655 496

Full details of departure/ arrival times etc. will be forwarded soon.

 JOIN US

Authorised by Steve Turner, Acting General Secretary, Public Service Association of NSW, 160 Clarence Street Sydney 2000

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