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Issue #2079
WA: Unions give Premier the mail
On 10 November 2023, more than 400 public sector workers representing unions with members in the West Australian Public Sector rallied in the Perth Town...
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Issue #2042
Call Unanswered
Unanswered phone calls at Services Australia reflect the attraction and retention issues plaguing the Australian Public Service (APS), according to the Community and Public Sector...
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Issue #2139
HALF THE SKY
Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s reputation on women’s issues has taken another hit. This time it is for his attack on women employed in the Australian...
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Issue #2045
Outrageous assault on peace and vulnerable Australians
The naval nuclear reactors for Australia, announced today, represent one of the lowest points in Australian democracy in living memory. Unimaginable expenditure – up to...
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Issue #2046
The fight against public service austerity
No matter how much employers want workers to understand otherwise, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boom period for capital. Finance capital, represented most obviously...
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Issue #2090
WA: Public sector unions plan action for pay and conditions
Over 22 and 23 February 2024, the CPSU/CSU held its first in-person annual union delegates convention (DELCON) since pre-COVID 2019. Attended by over 110 delegates...
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Issue #2072
West Australia: Public Sector wages update
In the build-up to the Western Australian government releasing its next wages policy before the end of the year, the State Treasury offered a briefing...
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Issue #2053
Outsourcing’s shadow workforce
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says it is pleased to see that the Albanese Labor government has uncovered the scale of outsourcing within...
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Issue #2059
The corporate state
Taxpayers are funding an inefficient system of outsourcing, wasting billions of dollars, in a process riddled with conflicts of interest that results in massive private...
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Issue #2050
For-profit health in the trolley
In the language of privatisation, Sydney’s public trains call the millions who use the system daily, not commuters, but “customers.” Now, with Woolworths, the giant...
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Issue #2068
Public Sector Alliance WA campaign for new industrial agreement
On Monday evening 14th August 2023, at the CSA Centre in Perth, the peak union body Unions WA, launched its campaign for a new industrial...
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Issue #2084
Messy year for Public Service union
In December, Melissa Donnelly, National Secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), celebrated “strong support for the Melissa Donnelly Team across all positions”...
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Issue #2109
WA Public Servants take action for pay and conditions
On 4 July 2024, about 400 State Public servants walked out to attend a rally at the Supreme Court Gardens in Perth in the first...
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Issue #2129
The way forward
The federal government has shown itself to be a tool of the big banks and corporations. These huge institutions are no longer prepared to be...
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Issue #2174
DINGO
The Community and Public Sector Union calls reports of potential significant cuts to Australian Public Service agency budgets “extremely concerning.” The Albanese government was re-elected...
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Issue #2185
Public Service pushes pro-Israel antisemitism directive
A public servant with high-level security clearance has spoken out about fears of foreign interference following a directive for APS staff to “familiarise themselves with...
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