
PSA/CPSU Podcast
Audio stories for members of the Public Service Association of NSW.
Episodes
182 episodes
NAIDOC Week
This week Marianne sits down with Hilton Donovan and Sean to discuss this weeks NAIDOC week and what it means to for them and their communities.
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17:22

2024 NSW State Budget
Listen in to our Senior Communications Officer Jason Mountney & our Research Officer Andy Asquith discuss the implications the new budget may have on our members.
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13:33

The Voice Referendum
On Todays episode we have PSA's very own Ricky Walford and Mal Cochrane to discuss the upcoming Referendum and share their thoughts on The Voice.
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38:06

NSW Budget 2023
On Todays episode we discuss the NSW State budget and how it effects our members
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30:23

Schools Recognition Week 2023
Join us for today's engaging episode of the PSA Podcast, where we are thrilled to host Juilette Sizer and Tanya Pople. Tune in as they delve into the exciting details of the upcoming PSA School Recognition Week, celebrating the excellence withi...
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20:10

PSA Welcomes Union Winter Internship Program 2023
On this episode, Host Marianne is joined by Carla, Michael and Mike - the three participants of Unions NSW's Winter Internship program.
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29:09

The NSW election: how we got here
After a long campaign, the voting is complete and NSW has a new Premier. Acting General Secretary Troy Wright talks with the PSA Communications team about our union's role in a historic electoral victory.
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22:05

International Womens Day
On the podcast today, we talk to PSA President Nicole Jess and PSA Women's officer Simone Scalmer about International Women's Day and some of the challenges still facing women in 2023
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29:53

Mark Morey talks Wages Cap, Privatisation and the Election
This week Mark Morey, Unions NSW secretary talks to host Marianne Ledic about issues relating to the Union movement leading up to the NSW election in March
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37:58

Privatisation and the upcoming Election Campaign
Stewart Little talks to new host Marianne Ledic about the upcoming election campaign and the main issues for the PSA leading up to election day.
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28:50

Why You Must Be A PSA Member If You're A Public Servant: Carmel McKeough
On the podcast today is former Senior Public Servant Carmel McKeough. She discusses the vital importance of being in the union for all NSW Public Servants.
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11:13

The Privatisation Experiment Has Failed
On the podcast this week, PSA General Secretary Stewart Little and Assistant General Secretary Troy Wright discuss how the selling of public assets and transferring public services to private companies has cost us all.
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23:50

DISABILITY WORKERS' PORTABLE ENTITLEMENTS
Portable Entitlements allow workers to accrue leave and other entitlements through their industry rather than through their employer. This means that workers in NSW disability sector who change employer, but remain within the sector, will hold ...
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10:24

Insecure and Temporary Work Rife in NSW Public Service
On the Podcast today - we look at the NSW Government's obsession with temporary contracts for public servants and the ways this process undermines NSW Public Service's need for confidence and assurance in their vocation.
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7:58

NSW Labor To Scrap The Wages Cap
On the podcast this week is NSW Labor MP Sophie Cotsis - Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations. Ms Cotsis outlines NSW Labor's plans to scrap the wages cap should they be elected to government at the State election in March 2023.
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10:40

PSA/CPSU NSW Women's Conference 2022
PSA/CPSU NSW Women's Conference 2022 Chair Leanne Smith talks about some of the issues currently faced by women in the workplace.
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6:52

Recognition Week 2022: Senior Vice President Juliette Sizer
On the podcast this week, Senior Vice President Juliette Sizer celebrates Recognition week 2022 and talks about the need for permanency in our schools.
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8:24

Matt Kean vs Unions
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean seems to have decided that demonising unions is a winning formula - but he is out of touch with the view of a majority of Australians who understand how important unions are in protecting employees' wages and conditions ...
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6:50

Liberals and Nationals Have Been Disastrous For TAFE
This week NSW skills minister Alister Henskins was asked in budget estimates about his government’s support for an increase in immigration to fill the skills crisis gripping NSW. However, the PSA presents the case that the skills crisis has bee...
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15:03

PSA Responds To The Fuller Flood Crisis Report
A report into the response to the flood crisis of Northern NSW was released last week. The report, co-authored by former police commissioner Mick Fuller was critical of a number of agencies that fall under the PSA’s repre...
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10:53

Privatisation: Wrong For Disability Services In NSW
With the focus on the NDIS rorts that have occurred since the introduction of the scheme, on the podcast this week we look at the history of the NSW Government's privatisation of the state's disability services and the detrimental impact that h...
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14:45

PSA Members In Schools Denied Backpay
PSA Members in Schools are currently in arbitration with the NSW Government regarding the pay rise that they are entitled to. Our guest this week is Industrial Manager Siobhan Callinan.
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9:41

Powerhouse Museum - Has It Really Been Saved?
Two years ago, the NSW government made a major anouncement that the Powerhouse Museum was saved. But is that true?
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