30 Oct 2009
Prison moves into private hands
The Australian | 30 October 2009 | THE prison officers union says it will be a sad day for NSW when a Sydney jail is moved into private hands this weekend. Full Story...

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01 Oct 2009
Rees' Parklea Shame
The NSW Government today sold out the people of Western Sydney by announcing that a multi-national corporation, GEO Group, will take over the operation of Parklea Correctional Complex, according to the Public Service Association (PSA). Full Story...

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30 Sep 2009
Van death: WA to keep prisoner transport contract
The West Australian Government has officially responded to the coroner's findings in the case of Mr Ward, who died of heatstroke in a prisoner transport vehicle. Full Story...

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29 Sep 2009
"No plans to privatise" jail
Blacktown Sun | 22 September 2009 | CORRECTIVE Services Minister John Roberston insists he is not privatising Parklea Prison merely outsourcing the day-to-day operations. Full Story...

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29 Sep 2009
Prison guards 'threatened with sack' over Facebook
ABC online | 17 September 2009 | Six New South Wales corrective services officers are taking the department to the Industrial Relations Commission because they say they were threatened with the sack over comments on Facebook. Full Story...

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29 Sep 2009
Union defends right to bag boss on Facebook page
The Australian | 17 September | UNIONS say prison officers are entitled to make offensive comments about their boss outside of work hours and should not be penalised for doing so. Full Story...

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29 Sep 2009
Facebook Five want right to bag the boss online
News.com.au | 17 September 2009 | THE right of Australian workers to slag off their boss could become enshrined in law if a landmark case by a group of outspoken prison officers - dubbed the Facebook Five - is successful. Full Story...

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27 Aug 2009
Protest continues
Rouse Hill Times | 27 August 2009 | PRISON officers rallied outside Premier Nathan Rees’s Seven Hills office to mark the 100th day of protests against moves to privatise Parklea Correctional Centre. Full Story...

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24 Aug 2009
Prison guards stage 100th day of protest
ABC Online | 21 August 2009 | Prison guards from Sydney's Parklea jail are spending their 100th day outside the electorate office of Premier Nathan Rees, where they have been staging anti-privatisation rallies. Full Story...

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21 Aug 2009
Entire prison guard staff go on strike
Daily Telegraph | 21 August 2009 | PRISON officers have celebrated 100 days of protests outside NSW Premier Nathan Rees's office by going on strike. Full Story...

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07 Aug 2009
Private jail rebellion jolts Rees
Daily Telegraph | 7 August 2009 | Western Sydney Labor MPs including a former prisons minister, have broken ranks to fight their own government on jail privatisation. Full Story...

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07 Aug 2009
Striking prison officers rally against privatisation
ABC News | 6 August 2009 | Prison officers have rallied outside New South Wales Government offices in Sydney to protest against the privatisation of Parklea Prison. Full Story...

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07 Aug 2009
NSW prison guards call for Rees' scalp
ninemsn.com.au | 6 August 2009 | Hundreds of prison guards on a day-long strike to protest against the privatisation of Sydney's Parklea Prison have called for Premier Nathan Rees' scalp. Full Story...

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06 Jul 2009
Prison guards stop work over privatisation
Daily Liberal | 3 July 2009 | Staff at Wellington Correctional Centre walked off the job for two hours yesterday in protest of the NSW Government’s plan to privatise Parklea prison in western Sydney. Full Story...

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06 Jul 2009
Dubbo prison officers to walk off the job
The Australian | 2 July 2009 | PRISON officers at Wellington prison near Dubbo will walk off the job today to protest against the New South Wales government's plans to privatise Parklea prison. Full Story...

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21 May 2009
NSW prison guards to walk off the job
Brisbane Times | 21 May 2009 | Prison officers will walk off the job on Thursday, continuing their campaign to stop the NSW government from privatising more jails. Full Story...

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21 May 2009
Prison guards to walk off the job
21 May 2009 | News.com | PRISON officers will walk off the job today, continuing their campaign to stop the NSW Government from privatising more jails. Full Story...

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21 May 2009
Prison guards protest privatisation plan
The Age | 21 May 2009 | Guards have walked off the job at a Sydney jail as part of an ongoing campaign to stop privatisation of NSW prisons. Full Story...

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07 May 2009
Arrested development: half of Corrective Services band sacked
SMH | 7 May 2009 | THE plan to privatise Cessnock prison may have been stymied, but the State Government has found another way to cut costs in the prison sector - fire half of the Corrective Services band. Full Story...

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06 May 2009
People power saves gaol
Cessnock Advertiser | 06 May 2009 | Minister for Corrective Services John Robertson announced last Friday that the NSW Government will retain Cessnock Correctional Centre in public hands. Full Story...

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