Nev Kitchin

Wednesday, September 23

SA prisons in lockdown amid privatisation, job cuts dispute

Correctional officers have been warned they will be stood down if they continue today’s statewide prison lockdown, the head of the Public Service Association claims.

Koutsantonis caves on pay cap for 30,000 public servants

Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has caved to pressure on his 1.5 per cent pay cap for public servants, offering pay rises higher than the cap to more than 30,000 government workers, InDaily can reveal.

PSA threatens legal action over privatised Lands Titles Office

The public sector union is advising Lands Titles Office staff not to sign “inferior” working contracts offered by its “mysterious” new private operator, and is threatening to take the State Government to court, InDaily can reveal.

Govt "doesn't know" Lands Titles Office sale jobs impact

Acting Premier John Rau says the State Government does not yet know how many Lands Titles Office employees would be displaced by its impending privatisation after the Public Service Association claimed 200 jobs were at risk.