Latest Public Service Association News

Downsizing of ERO inconsistent with Govt priority of lifting student achievement
Pasifika communities will bear brunt of cuts to Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Safer roads at risk as Govt spending cuts force Waka Kotahi to downgrade car crash analysis
ACC Job Cuts Will Mean More Accidents And Injuries
Banks urged to be flexible when helping public service workers facing financial stress
Uncertainty still clouds future of Suicide Prevention Office
PSA challenges the Government to settle pay equity for care and support workers
NZQA Jobs To Go As Government Education Cuts Roll On
Government cuts put 130 jobs on the line at Kāinga Ora, and 40 at HUD
Government’s Cuts Put Work Of Stats NZ At Risk
Government risks wellbeing of Māori with proposed cuts to Te Puni Kōkiri
Health and safety consensus is dead, and WorkSafe cuts are burying it
Oranga Tamariki axes specialist Māori roles, weakens commitment to Te Ao Māori
Ministry of Social Development sheds 200 workers, more cuts to come
Unions call for wanding powers for police to stop knife crime
More frontline cuts as Government goes soft on organised crime
Mental Health Foundation facing staff cuts from Govt funding squeeze
Child protection workers protest over closure of Edgeworth Community Services Centre
Brutal day of Govt cuts, axing support for children and young people
Government spending cuts force DIA to contract out critical legal work
Women bearing brunt of job cuts at Tertiary Education Commission
Govt forces DOC to shed 130 jobs despite fragile state of natural environment
Another dark day for science and climate – 90 jobs to go at NIWA
Attack on science steps up with jobs going at Callaghan Innovation
Now tax cuts put ahead of climate – jobs to go at Environment Ministry
Government cuts reduce staff working on MBIE’s “frontline information channels
Closing Suicide Prevention Office among 134 job losses proposed at Health
Voluntary redundancies at MSD will make it harder for clients and communities
Brutal government spending cuts will see the size of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples slashed by 40%
Government’s reckless MPI cuts pose huge risk to primary sector exports
Kids help hotline workers stop work
New Blog Government Attack On Science Steps Up
CTU makes strong case for more, not less investment in public services
Petrol excise tax hike will hit care & support workers hard – time for updated pay equity settlement
ACC deep cuts could mean injured people forced to return to work too soon
Government’s Te Aka Whai Ora urgency move a travesty of democracy
More than 180 Personal Grievances claims lodged against NIWA for discrimination
Border security at risk with plans to cut staff at Customs
PSA to picket NIWA next Thursday
Government’s blunt approach to public service cuts laid bare in last Productivity Commission report
Deadline looms for plans to cut public services for New Zealanders
Minns must bring child protection back into government after gay aunt refused carer rights
Nicola Willis urged to heed sensible advice of the Public Service Commission
Premier Minns must come clean on potential Powerhouse Museum broken promise
NSW child protection crisis means Minns Government must de-privatise broken system
NSW Government must act urgently on crisis in child protection
Wider and deeper cuts to public services on cards as Government scrambles to fund tax cuts
Mini-Budget just creates more uncertainty for public service workers