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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Domestic violence leave, pioneered by the PSA, is being adopted by major corporations such as Telstra. Read The Finanical Review…
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January 13, 2015
TAFE NSW back-pedals over $2200 fee for disabled student – The Sydney Morning Herald
With the fees for many courses set to skyrocket this year under the NSW Government's Smart and Skilled scheme, TAFE…
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Liberal/National Governments across the country are attempting to undermine the work health and safety protections of workers. The proposed cuts…
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January 12, 2015
Courts are exposed to violent attacks: Magistrates at risk – the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph has reported that sheriff numbers have been cut back in a number of courts in regional areas,…
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January 12, 2015
Unions take to grassroots to fight Baird’s privatisation plans – The Sydney Morning Herald
“This will be a watershed election in NSW. It will be about whether we are going to accept as a…
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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
É«ÀÇÉçÇøGeneral Secretary Anne Gardiner 2GB interview about prison overcrowding
[audio mp3="/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Anne-Gardiner-prison-overcrowding-interview-2GB-8-January-2015.mp3"][/audio] É«ÀÇÉçÇøGeneral 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. É«ÀÇÉçÇøGeneral…
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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…