NSW public servants ordered back to the office

The NSW Premier’s Department has issued a circular to government agencies saying it’s time for employees to return to the office.

5 August, 2024

800 NSW prison officers on new workplace award

Hundreds of NSW prison officers have moved onto mainstream industrial awards.

17 January, 2023

NSW to raise public sector wage cap to 3 per cent

NSW public sector workers have been promised a 3 per cent pay rise under a new wages policy announced by the state government.

6 June, 2022

Public sector dads now eligible for equal parental leave

NSW public sector dads will be able to claim up to 14 weeks of paid leave.

7 April, 2021

Public sector wage freeze will ‘cost jobs, hurt regions’

NSW public servants are being offered cash for a pay freeze, but a report says it will cost jobs.

1 June, 2020

NSW swings axe on troubled shared services

Outsourcers called in to carve-up ServiceFirst.

2 June, 2015

Bullies under fire

The human cost of bad behaviour in the public sector.

12 January, 2015

Public Service recruitment rethink as redundancy bill explodes

Painting by numbers goes into the red

26 September, 2014

PSA sets out demands to O’Farrell

By Julian Bajkowski New South Wales Public Service Association members have staked out their demands to limit cutbacks by the O’Farrell government aimed at reducing the size and cost of the state’s public service. The list of proposed rollbacks follows a half day stop work action yesterday that resulted in the bureaucratic equivalent of the […]

9 October, 2012

PSA holds firm on stop work

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley NSW Public Sector Association has told its members it will go ahead with a planned half-day stop-work meeting for Monday 8th October despite being told by the state’s industrial umpire to refrain from the action. A statement issued by the union said that PSA senior officers “have determined that […]

5 October, 2012

PSA NSW slams loss of OEH staff

Regional communities will be left exposed following the loss of 350 jobs from the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), including 150 rangers and staff in frontline roles, according to the Public Service Association (PSA) of New South Wales.   PSA General Secretary John Cahill believes the 1.5 per cent budget cut across government departments […]

18 July, 2012