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 […]
Stockton goes to Maitland with message for Cabinet
General Secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), Brett Holmes, said nurses would be at the forefront of a protest rally today in Maitland, where NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and his Cabinet are to meet at Maitland Town Hall. “The O’Farrell Government has announced its intention to fully privatise all state disability services […]
Petition to retain public disability services
Just when federal funding through a National Disability Scheme (NDIS) offers hope of a better life for people with disabilities, the NSW state government proposes to abdicate its responsibility and pull the rug out from under existing ADHC services by privatisation (the biggest privatising of government services in NSW history!) Please sign a petition opposing this […]
NSW Government in rush to privatise disability services
The NSW State Government’s unseemly rush to pass legislation that allows it to start privatising its disability services could actually put at risk real choice and the quality of services offered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as well as good secure jobs in the sector, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) said […]
Stockton Centre – stop the games
The MP for Wallsend Sonia Hornery will demand answers from the state Government on the future of the Stockton Centre, with its residents, their families and its employees caught up in a cruel game of uncertainty. Ms Hornery will ask the Minister for Disability Services in Parliament to either confirm or deny whether the Stockton Centre […]
