Disability services pledge for 2015 candidates
Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) staff are asking their local candidates in the March 2015 state election to take a pledge to support them in their campaign against privatisation. The pledge for candidates reads: I COMMIT TO: 1. Protect ageing, disability and home care services in NSW by ensuring the NSW Government retains a […]
Disability services – anti-privatisation petition rally
Staff from ADHC (Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care), including disability nurses, will gather outside Parliament House on Thursday 13 November to present a petition against privatisation to the NSW Government. Download this poster for your workplace: Anti-privatisation rally poster NSWNMA-PSA
Update on campaign against privatisation of disability services in NSW
Association members continue to be active in a community campaign to keep disability services in public hands. On 11 March, the Hands off our Disability Services campaign was launched at a community forum held at Newcastle Panthers Club. Three hundred people turned up and the event generated significant interest in the media. Association and other union members […]
Wrong again, Mr Ajaka
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on the Minister for Disability Services, John Ajaka, to apologise to residents and staff of the Stockton Centre in Newcastle for attempting to use them for political mileage and misleading the NSW Parliament. During question time on Tuesday, Mr Ajaka purported to give an update on […]
Public forum on privatisation of disability services, Newcastle, 11 March 2014
Public forum on privatisation of disability services
Hundreds of people will gather at Newcastle Panthers this evening to discuss the O’Farrell Government’s plans to privatise all state disability services and shut down the Stockton Centre. Local residents of the publicly run care centre, nurses, carers and family members have called on the government to explain how it intends to maintain the level […]
Don’t sell off public disability services
Especially if you live in the Hunter region, Central Coast or mid-North Coast, come along to our public forum on Tuesday 11 March in Newcastle, with speakers including Brett Holmes of the NSWNMA. Full details below. Download the forum flyer for distribution in your workplace or neighbourhood. Keep informed about privatisation of disability services in NSW. […]
No redundancy for disability workers
THE state government does not intend to offer redundancy payments to disability sector workers who decline to move to the private sector under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). By Ian Kirkwood in the Newcastle Herald, 3 March 2014. [NSWNMA public forum on disability privatisation at Newcastle Panthers, Tuesday, March 11, at 6pm. Read more reports on […]
