Issue 140 - 17 December 2020
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- That’s it for us
- Thank you Margaret, and welcome Lyn
- 2020 depa awards for the Worst HR in Local Government
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Issue 139 - 26 November 2020
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- Councillors behaving badly
- Transparency vs Confidentiality - a tale of two cities
- What's Lyall been doing?
- Resourcing the NSW Building Commissioner
- Who has the worst HR in local government?
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Issue 138 - 20 October 2020
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- depa v Narrabri Shire Council in historic Supreme Court victory
- Just as well we can play a long game
- Next month
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Issue 137 - 5 August 2020
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- It's the COVIDiots' fault
- Things weren't quite going that well at Bayside
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Issue 136 - 29 June 2020
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- NSW Industrial Relations Commission makes the 2020 Local Government State Award
- If the NSW Ombudsman comes to your Council to ask you questions, look out...
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Issue 135 - 12 May 2020
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- Let the money flow!
- LG Professionals (sic) to the rescue!
- "Shoebridge Committee" hands down final report
- And some good news for old council certifiers
- The lucky group enjoying fewer constraints under COVID: developers
- Local Government State Award 2020 - are we there yet?
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Issue 134 - 1 April 2020
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- Local Government Poseurs want to stand you down -
- COVID-19 update
- Something to balance all the bad news, we have a new Committee of Management
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Issue 133 - 17 February 2020
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- Just as well we can play a long game
- How are the award negotiations going?
- Ït will take two years to fix ...
- "Wake up, we've found a flaw in Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018 No. 63
- Sydney City can't help being nominated for our HR awards
- Finally, something about us - it's election time
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Issue 132 - 17 December 2019
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- Bumper holiday reading - 2019 depa awards for the Worst HR in Local Government
- And that's it for us this year
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Issue 131 - 27 November 2019
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- Premier to announce "the simplest and most effective planning system in Australia"
- A word about wage theft
- Local Government Super appoints a new Chief Executive Officer
- Supreme Court reserves its decision on Narrabri's jurisdictional argument
- Public Accountability Committee's first report makes 17 recommendations
- Next month
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Issue 130 - 30 October 2019
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- Narrabri GM wants more bloodshed
- That's not a monumental step, this is a monumental step
- Uh oh, time to change feet
- Finally, on the crisis in construction ...
- Oh no, more ïndependent"LGS directors
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Issue 129 - 5 September 2019
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- More good directors sacked - a real bloodbath at Snowy Valleys
- We start negotiating a new Local Government State Award this month
- Evidence to the Legislative Council Public Accountability Committee into the regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes
- Senior Staff are being invited to respond to some questions about their job security
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Issue 128 - 23 July 2019
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- A hapless of Building Ministers announcing bugger all in Sydney
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Issue 127 - 27 June 2019
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- Prime Minister announces IR reform - oh no, here we go again
- A new Minister for Local Government - let's see what we can do about those unfair standard contracts
- Look out if your Council wants to review your nine day fortnight
- As high-rise buildings sink or fall apart, NSW Government gets its finger out on the Building Confidence Report
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Issue 126 - 25 March 2019
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- Shellharbour shows why you need to be a member of a union
- And we're in dispute with another Council too
- Super dispute in the Commission as well
- NSW election means we'll be bashing our heads against the wall with the Coalition Government
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Issue 125 - 28 February 2019
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- We still hate term contracts for senior staff
- NSW Government doesn't understand why they lost the High Court case
- We file our first dispute of the year with Snowy Valleys Council
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Issue 124 - 21 January 2019
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- "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer; You'll wish that summer could always be here"
- Kaldas review released in December
- Opal Tower fiasco raises opportunity to review everything
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Issue 123 - 18 December 2018
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- How's HR been this year?
- Richmond Valley is the winner
- What about the High Court challenge?
- And that's it for 2018, but here's some good advice.
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Issue 122 - 28 November 2018
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- Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays depa from the swift completion of depaNews ...
- High Court to hear union challenge to electoral funding laws next week
- Speaking of issues of principle, the Government appreciates us, but doesn't want to meet with us
- How has HR gone this year?
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Issue 121 - 25 October 2018
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- Oh no, now the NSW Government has asked whether we think "there is a greater risk for conflicts of interest to arise in private certification work and result in poor certification..."
- NSW unions challenge NSW Government in the High Court
- Slowly getting somewhere on "superable salary" dispute
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Issue 120 - 28 August 2018
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- No wonder this lot didn't want a Banking Royal Commission
- "Keep your hands off our super"
- Don't think banks should be involved in Super?
- But what do the regulators do?
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Issue 119 - 30 July 2018
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- Nick Kaldas to audit corruption risks in New South Wales planning
- "I need to see you at the gym"
- Councillors on interview panels
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Issue 118 - 27 June 2018
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- Next time you have a disagreement about professional opinion ...
- The BPB is not just using "intelligence", it has "intelligence cells"
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Issue 117 - 28 May 2018
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- Look out the BPB is coming after you
- We make a submission to ICAC Operation Dasha
- You've moved house or Council? Don't let it be a secret
- Farewell Ernie, thanks for everything
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Issue 116 - 23 April 2018
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- Former Canterbury demonstrates to ICAC why councillors should be removed from development assessment
- We may find ourselves in an unusual position
- Government sends IRC to Parramatta
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Issue 115 - 27 March 2018
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- Electoral Commission declares 2018 depa elections
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Issue 114 - 26 February 2018
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- Okay, we don't mind a challenge, but...
- Going down like dominoes at Tweed
- Some people think they can get away with anything...
- Government decides to move the IRC out of the Sydney CBD
- How to not lose your leaseback car
- 2018 depa elections - lucky Lord Buckethead isn't a member
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Issue 113 - 29 January 2018
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Issue 112 - HR Awards 2017
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- Tweed Shire is the most hazardous workplace for depa members in NSW
- Well, that's it for us
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Issue 111 - 18 December 2017
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- LGNSW CEO Donna Rygate proudly launches their game changer
- Code of Conduct
- depa elections next year
- depaNews HR awards will be out Wednesday or Thursday...
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Issue 110 - 23 November 2017
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- LGS agrees it's their responsibility, and they will fix it
- We still don't know what this thing is
- Had a look at the Draft Code of Conduct yet?
- And look out for this...
- Is that the time?
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Issue 109 - 25 October 2017
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- Like getting blood from a stone...
- And members respond brilliantly
- What is this thing called, love*?
- Andrew Spooner resigns as President
- BPB nails idiots at Griffith City Council
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Issue 108 - 28 August 2017
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- Get your own ideas!
- "Like a dog returning to its vomit..."
- Look out, the ******** and ******** might be back...
- Are you okay?
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Issue 107 - 26 July 2017
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- Enough is enough - it's time to cut councillors out of development assessment
- I've got a Deed of Release - lessons to be learned form Amber Harrison
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Issue 106 - 19 June 2017
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- We accept LGNSW offer for a new State Award
- Uh oh, ...
- Do yourself a favour
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Issue 105 - 24 May 2017
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- Nine days to go ...
- We don't like being gagged and we pull the pin on the EMRG
- Courts nail clumsy and secretive handling of Council mergers
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Issue 104 - 20 April 2017
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Issue 103 - 29 March 2017
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- It's hard not to feel sorry for Gladys
- LGNSW backflips on decades of cooperation
- OLG forced to state the bleeding obvious on employment protection
- Ex-Mayor of Hurstville exits with his tail between his legs
- Cripes, where was the compassion?
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Issue 102 - 15 February 2017
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- Uh oh ...
- What would Mike Baird have done?
- Next month ...
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Issue 101 - 23 January 2017
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Issue 100 - 19 December 2016
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- Who has the worst HR in local government in 2016?
- And that's pretty much the end of the year for us...
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Issue 99 - 13 December 2016
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- The Ascension marks the death of the historic IRC
- We give OLG's Employment Reference Group another chance
- "It's all the fault of bullying union bosses..."
- Are things going any better at Sydney City with their asbestos contamination?
- Who has the worst HR in local government this year?
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Issue 98 - 29 November 2016
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- Sydney mishandles asbestos contamination in Town Hall House
- Ignore Henny Penny, there has been progress in State Award negotiations
- BPB gets their fingers out on what should happen with PINs
- depa's prestigious HR Awards will be announced next month
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Issue 97 - 27 October 2016
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- We stop Government's secret processes in merged councils
- Government dismantles Industrial Relations Commision
- Who would have thought! Private certifiers need better regulation ...
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Issue 96 - 7 September 2016
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- Sick of politicians? We are ...
- Get ready, we're about to start negotiating the 2017 State Award
- Government picks up the pace on dismantling IRC
- What are "workplace representatives" for on Consultative Committees?
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Issue 95 - 25 August 2016
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- Government to dismantle Industrial Relations Commission of NSW
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Issue 94 - 11 July 2016
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- "What have the Romans ever done for us?"
- Mid-western Council receives ICAC report
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Issue 93 - June 2016
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- Early elections, bring back local democracy!
- Senior staff jobs go in amalgamations and the hero is Viv the Vivisector
- Employment Matters Working Party clarifies the protections under the Act
- Not so fast, the dilettantes and dabblers are still at it
- Food Regulation Forum
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Issue 92 - May 2016
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- You'd have to be a mug not to join
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Issue 91 - April 2016
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- NSW Government announces broad expansion of exempt and complying development
- LGS launches special holiday arrangements for members
- Now we can all be miners, NSW Government announces
- Happy birthday, Mike
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Issue 90 - March 2016
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- 2016 depa elections delivers four new brooms
- PIA NSW did what?
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Issue 89 - February 2016
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- Ex Planning Minister attacks extensions to exempt and complying development
- LGNSW and the three unions meet about IPART recommendation 30 and protecting senior staff
- "Come on Barry, give me a cuddle"
- Some great news for Catherine
- Council Amalgamations provide "a good night out" for old folks
- 2016 elections for the Committee of Management
- We extend out legal services to members
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Issue 88 - January 2016
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- Fit for the Future
- We settle our section 106 with Mid-Western
- Anyone for golf?
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Issue 87 - HR Awards 2015
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- Who has the worst HR in local government in 2015?
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Issue 86 - December 2015
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- Here comes the knockout punch
- Councillors behaving badly - bans on at Parramatta
- Chinese hackers embarrass LGNSW and LGMA
- IRC survives to be dismantled another day
- HR awards issue out on Tuesday
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Issue 85 - November 2015
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- Time is ticking away
- But some good news too - use this template if your council wants to give you five years protection against forced redundancy
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Issue 84 - October 2015
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- Mixed reception to IPART Report
- Anyone there?
- NSW Government to shut down Industrial Relations Commission
- We file section 106 for the unfair sacking at Mid-Western
- Something to put a smile on your faces - we may have found local government's dumbest
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Issue 83 - September 2015
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- Better than Nostradamus
- More Councillors behaving badly
- Mid-Western GM sacks two directors - and one of them was ours
- In such a hostile world, who wouldn't want a guardian angel?
- Any action from people we rely upon to properly regulate the industry?
- And what about one or two good news stories?
- Tamworth GM drops off on removing the nine day fortnight from existing staff
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Issue 82 - August 2015 |
- Uh oh, look out!
- Why is the Office of Local Government protecting Jilly Gibson? Or is the Minister thinking a few moves ahead?
- Next month …
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Issue 81 - July 2015 |
- A message to the Minister and the Office of Local Government
- We drag the dawdlers at Sydney City into the modern world (and watch them waste a good employee)
- depa's submission to the Legislative Council Local Government Enquiry
- We hate it when members disappear - and it wastes our time too
- Has Local Government Super dumped uranium and nuclear yet?
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Issue 80 - June 2015
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- Reviewing our rules is much more exciting than watching paint dry
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Issue 79 - May 2015
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- Fit for the Future
- Got the Boss's job at last and don't need us anymore?
- Tamworth brings in the big guns
- Old blokes collapse and let Mum keep working part-time
- Review of the BPB
- We are updating our rules
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Issue 78 - April 2015
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- "New South Wales is open for business" Baird Liberal/Coalition Government commits to dramatic initiatives
- Government bans the words "bad for the budget"
- The Government clarifies the sale of Poles and Wires
- South Africa stripped of World Cup placing
- John Howard sees silver lining after Malcolm Fraser's death
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Issue 77 - March 2015
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Issue 76 - February 2015
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- Tamworth and GM Paul Bennett humiliated in IRC
- From one GM with poor HR to another ...
- And now back to the 19th century when mothers knew their place
- Who wouldn't like to hit a ball into this beautiful lake?
- NSW election on Saturday 28 March
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Issue 75 - January 2015
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- Special: Welcome to 2015 issue, three disputes already this year but we won’t mention Bankstown
- How hard is HR? Part 2
- Don’t forget our commitment to helping councils provide family friendly work
- Anyone for golf?
- Fit for the Future, or some other F word?
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Issue 74 - December 2014
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- How hard is HR?
- depa's awards for the Worst HR in Local Government
- 2014 depa award for the worst HR in local government
- And that, with great relief, is the end of the year ...
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Issue 73 - November 2014
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- NSW Premier seizes all the pencils
- We don't care about Peter Hurst
- Confusing messages from LGS
- Shoalhaven dispute resolved but the council suffers lasting damage
- depa offers a prize in 2015
- Anyone for golf?
- 2014 HR awards to be announced next month
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Issue 72 - October 2014
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- Oh no, Local Government Super goes pro-nuclear
- Sam Byrne is appointed as our new director on the LGS Board
- Goodby Gough and thanks
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Issue 71 - September 2014
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- Less people with pencils and more people digging up roads
- Local Government Poseurs Association still frightened of the new State Award
- Apology to Andrew Crakanthorp
- How's Penrith going?
- Uh oh, Local Government Super is about to do something really bad
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Issue 70 - August 2014
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- Wagga Wagga stumbles with dangerous precedents
- What's the score at Shoalhaven?
- What Penrith did next
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Issue 69 - July 2014
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- Everyone loves the State Award
- LGMA Poseurs fail to derail Award
- It's not just the State Award that is committed to making councils provide family friendly and flexible work
- What's your council doing about the Award's health and well-being provisions?
- An early favourite for our 2014 HR Award
- Shock, horror, more bad news on the quality of private certifiers
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Issue 68 - June 2014
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- We have an offer for the 2014 State Award
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Issue 67 - May 2014 |
- What's happening about the new Award?
- Government announces Roger Rogerson as a role model as Australians encouraged to work into their 70s
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Issue 66 - April 2014 |
- Farooq gets Farooqed
- Barry Farooqs himself
- Goodbye Don, hello Paul
- The three last reasons why you would remain a member of AIBS have gone
- Fearless leaders copy everyone - Local Government Managers becomes Local Government Professionals! (But nothing changes)
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Special 1 April 2014 Edition |
- O’Farrell/Christian Democrats deal to reduce smut and innuendo behind removal of BPB’s Neil Cocks and Margaret Hole
- O’Farrell/Shooters and Fishers deal to cull more ferals
- Bigot Brandis moves to protect the right to be a bigot
- Ex HSU officials call for investigation into depa’s finances
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Issue 64 - March 2014
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- Election results declared
- 2014 election provides new blood to the Committee of Management
- Excited about April Fools’ Day?
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Issue 63 - February 2014
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- Has the Government got what it takes to save local government?
- Uh oh, they're back
- You don't have to be a member, but what would you do if ...
- Doing other work? What does your council do about Section 353?
- Union Picnic Day golf day cancelled this year.
- We have a new Office Manager starting on Monday 3 March.
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Issue 62 - January 2014 |
- What’s happened to local government reform?
- Want to feel as good as Adam?
- Like to be one of our representatives on the NSW Food Regulation Forum?
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Special Issue - Issue 61
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Issue 60 - December 2013 |
- Planning review stalled in the Upper House for three months - what could possibly go wrong now?
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Issue 59 - November 2013 |
- Don’t tell us, we don’t want to know
- 2014 State Award negotiations off and running
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Issue 58 - October 2013 |
- Don’t try this at work
- Is that the time? 2014 Award discussions to start next month
- “Robbo departs super … not with a whimper, but a bang”
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Issue 57 - September 2013 |
- Sack this Council - there is nothing fair about Fairfield Part 2
- 80 jobs lost at Newcastle as GM takes an axe to the organisation
- Try not to get sacked over the next three weeks
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Issue 56 - August 2013 |
- John and Stephen are innocent!
- Federal Court finds there is an implied term of “confidence and trust” in the employment relationship
- How not to get sacked
- We have to make some observations about the Federal election
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Issue 54 - July 2013 |
- North Sydney presented with depa Cup
- Looks like an early favourite for our worst HR Award
- Don't get lost in action
- The 3.25% July Award increase has put some of you over the journey claim limit
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Issue 53 - June 2013 |
- Special White Paper issue
- Yes, in your backyard
- Will the real Brad Hazzard please stand up
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Issue 52 - May 2013 |
- Nambucca remarries first wife - after humiliating and expensive divorce
- Pace of reform agenda picks up
- “The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him away” – Confucius
- Do you want your ex to get your super when you die?
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Issue 51 - April 2013 |
- Ballina goes feral – it’s time to bring back the pineapple cake
- Hard to choose, clowns or dunces, but it was all the Board’s fault
- Paid leave for organ transplants
- Local Government Acts Taskforce - Next month
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Issue 50 - March 2013 |
- GM and Mayor tell everyone to get Farooqed
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- Look what the BPB dunces want councils to do now!
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Issue 49 - February 2013 |
- Get a job at Liverpool and get Farooqed
- Liverpool even makes the BPB look reasonable
- depa Union Picnic Day Golf Day
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Issue 48 - January 2013 |
- Jeeze Craig, you’d have to be joking
- Now, that is something to smile about, Gary!
- Another GM bites the dust after a dustup with the mayor
- 2013, time to play golf in our Union Picnic Day Golf Day
- Don’t forget our journey claim insurance
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Special Issue - December 2012 |
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Issue 47 - December 2012 |
- Anyone can be a Mayor, and look what they can do
- Amalgamation hysteria: the sky isn’t falling
- Bring in the clowns, the BPB thinks you can approve applications or certify compliance for members of your family!
- Your Superannuation Fund is Triple-A Rated
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Issue 46 - November 2012 |
- How much investigation is enough?
- Danger danger, warning warning as novices gain control in September elections
- But wait! There's more.......
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Issue 45 - September 2012 |
- Dilettantes dabble with your future - Could Destination 2036 get any worse?
- Hold the phone, how good is the technology the Council supplies you?
- Welcome Wendy
- Try not to get sacked over the next three weeks
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Issue 44 - August 2012 |
- New planning system for NSW all about certainty for developers
- “’Public nuisance’ evicted from meeting” We’ll have more mayors like this bloke, thanks
- The latest on workers comp journey claims
- Some early entries in our "Worst HR in Local Government" annual awards
- Some clarification on members wanting help with issues that predate their membership
- And a final word about union membership - is there no limit to what the freeloaders want?
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Issue 43 - July 2012 |
- Bad news Part 1 Government removes workers comp for home to work travel
- Bad news Part 2 DLG risks human rights and ILO Convention breaches with proposed new Code of Conduct
- It's official, urine testing is unacceptable
- Good news Part 1 State Award varied
- Good news Part 2 LGS wins Property Council Award for the best sustainable development of an existing building
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Issue 42 - June 2012 |
- "Appalling" cuts to workers compensation could affect everyone
- IRC directs Hunter Councils to provide information in Alcohol and Other Drugs dispute
- Andrew and Jody nominated to the NSW Food Forum
- Rewarding meeting with BPB - despite loitering
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Issue 41 - May 2012 |
- NSW Government targets sick and injured workers - Workers Comp Special
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Issue 40 - April 2012 |
- Random testing finds no evidence of illegal drugs - anti drug zealots now on medication
- Fair Work Australia rejects urine testing again and sets other important guidelines
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Issue 39 - March 2012 |
- Happy anniversary, Barry
- Tsunami of new blood and nothing boring in 2012 depa election results
- Great opportunity for a female EHO
- Increases in compulsory super remind us those Coalition politicians still really hate industry super funds
- Would you buy management consulting from Management Solutions?
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Issue 38 - February 2012 |
- Like a dog with a bone, Peter Hurst is back
- Protecting your entitlements Part 1: Wingecaribee
- Protecting your entitlements Part 2: condition of employment
- Update on Alcohol and other drugs trials
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Issue 37 - January 2012 |
- BPB kills off our endless summer by coming to a town near you
- BPB roadshow starts next month
- When is an offensive word, not an offensive word?
- depa Union Picnic Day golf day on again
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Issue 36 - December 2011 |
- Destination 2036: Government turns a blind eye to local government reform
- Panel goes gaga trying to separate the hopeless and the nasty judging the 2011 Worst HR Award
- But wait, there is a happy note from Taree
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Issue 35 - November 2011 |
- John Skene recruits our 1300th member
- It's now okay to call someone petite at Canterbury but be careful who you call a ****, a ******* or particularly a ******* ****
- The chickens come home to roost at Blayney
- Gosford apologises for their conga line of incompetents
- LGS continues to lead the way on its sustainable property portfolio
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Issue 34 - September 2011 |
- Canterbury says "wash your mouth out with soap"
- Taree unbackable favourites to win 2011 Worst HR in Local Government Award
- Hold Destination 2036 - we offer a great innovation to Taree and Great Lakes
- And now for something far, far less ridiculous
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Issue 33 - August 2011 |
- Destination 2036 demands local government reform over the next four years
- Government announces review of the EP&A Act
- Consultation on the Public Health Act Regulations
- BPB plans to nail the new and aspiring council-accredited employees in 2013
- Changes made to the Local Government (State) Award
- Some light relief at Gosford?
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Issue 32 - July 2011 |
- Bans lifted at Blayney and DLG watches councillors behaving badly
- depa's submission to the DLG review of the Model Code of Conduct
- "Well, he's hopeless isn't he? You might as well ask the cat."
- Canterbury GM presents depa cup
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Issue 31 - May 2011 |
- Members at Wagga Wagga vindicated as minister rejects calls for a planning administrator
- Members put ban on services to Deputy Mayor at Blayney
- FBT changes in Federal Budget will affect council cars
- Is this the right room for an argument? Here we go again at Taree
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Issue 30 - April 2011 |
- Pizza man says "I wouldn't bother answering..." (Hurstville)
- Some progress in Drug and Alcohol dispute (Upper Hunter)
- Local Government Super wins SuperRatings Infinity Award
- What will life be like in the new New South Wales?
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Issue 29 - March 2011 |
- Upper Hunter gets coy about their ineffective testing regime
- Freeloaders get a free lunch too at Hurtsville
- The BPB would like us to nominate someone for their TRG
- Canterbury wins 2011 depa Cup
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Issue 28 - February 2011 |
- Upper Hunter lets the dogs out (random drug testing)
- Div of LG wakes up to tell us not to worry
- BPB reviews conflict-of-interest provisions for council accredited certifiers
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Issue 27 - January 2011 |
- Peter Hurst could be coming to a town near you!
- Wagga Wagga dispute returns...
- LGS wins Sustainable Super Fund of the year
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Issue 26 - December 2010 |
- Wagga Wagga dispute ends at last
- The Daily Advertiser gets a kicking from the Press Council
- Bankstown's denial of family friendly work dispute finally settled
- The year is over and we're all having a break
- and Bankstown wins "Worst HR in Local Government Award" again
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Issue 25 - November 2010 |
- Get a bonus under the new Award
- Peter Hurst says he will apologise
- The Daily Advertiser protects the guilty
- Bernie avoids jail but it's time to go Phillip (private certifiers)
- No fee increase in 2011 and a big hint about our HR ugliness awards next issue...
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Issue 24 - October 2010 |
- An offer we can't refuse - new Local Govt (State) award
- Ten good reasons to accept the offer
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Issue 23 - September 2010 |
- Commission recommends LGSA agree to our claim on accrediation
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Issue 22 - August 2010 |
- At last, some proper recognition of a Council's duty of care when employees reputations are attacked
- Who is Peter Hurst and why is he so unkind? (Wagga Wagga)
- Members on strike at Taree
- We stop Parramatta Council charging employees for bringing their leaseback cars to work!
- BPB rethinks legislative problems and conflict of interest
- We ask the Division of Local Government to do something!
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Issue 21 - July 2010 |
- But first... Special report from a meeting with the BPB
- Progress with accrediting council staff
- Conflict of interest issues
- Transitional provisions
- Fines under the BPB Act 2005
- The issue of discipline generally
- Woo hoo, look at LGS returns
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Issue 20 - June 2010 |
- We have rewarding meeting with BPB
- NSW government does the right thing on GIPA
- Progress in State Award negotiations
- Hackers win depa Cup. And the Mayor presents the Cup
- We are involved in how many disputes?
- And is there anyone we would like to have a dispute with?
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Issue 19 - May 2010 |
- We might not like it, but get accredited now
- LGS kills off any merger with EIS
- Consultation on Public Health Bill lumbers on
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Issue 18 - April 2010 |
- BPB confirms no Council staff will be fined
- and it looks like council will get the levels of accrediation they ask for...
- NSW Health starts to get their act together on Public Health Bill consultation
- State Electoral Office declares new officials and a new Committee of Management
- Award discussions take off
- Bullying, bastardry and belligerence at Bankstown (and that's only the B words)
- TAFE needs Causal Trainers/Assessors for the Diploma Local Government (Environmental Health and Building)
- Does it get any better than playing golf on a perfect day, celebrating Union Picnic Day, at the depa Golf Day at Blackheath?
- Apology to Beverley Giegerl and Richard Powis
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Issue 17 - March 2010 |
- BPB folly to accredit council employees to start today!
- There's a new Public Health Bill - and it's been a well-kept secret
- And the Attorney General's Department is not doing a bad job of not telling people what is going on either
- At last, some movement on the 2010 Local Government (State) Award negotiations
- 2010 Log of Claims Local Government (State) Award - Part 1
- USU firms up its opposition to any merger of EIS and LGS - but do we smell a rat?
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Issue 15 - February 2010 |
- Local Govt (State) Award discussions to start in March
- BPB Version 3 consultation about to close
- A reminder about access to industrial tribunals for senior staff
- No developments (as far as we can tell) on secret superannuation merger plans
- depa Golf Day on again this year - and not just for golfers
- Introducing Ben Douglas Robertson
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Issue 13 - December 2009 |
- BPB releases post version 3 documents
- UWS responds to complaints about killing off the Environmental Science Course
- 83 Councils dispute concluded - except for Liverpool
- Will Local Government Super survive in 2010?
- Councillors behaving badly
- Management excellence awards arising from the superannuation dispute held over 2010
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Issue 12 - November 27 2009 |
- No fee increase in 2010
- Help you with recruitment
- BPB still working at avoiding creating the monster
- What's UWS doing with the environmental health course?
- Superannuation dispute almost resolved
- Best practice NSW Industrial Relations Commission to continue for local government employees
- Councillors behaving badly at Parramatta
- 2010 Award discussions to start early next year
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Issue 11 - October 6 2009 |
- Understanding the monster (and some bad news for EHOs)
- BPB accreditation of council staff
- UWS looks at dumping Environment and Health degree program next year
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Issue 10 - October 2009 |
- Accreditation proposals look impossible - but BPB commits not to create a monster
- Can your Council continue to do what it is doing now, with its existing staff, under these guidelines?
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Issue 9 - September 2009 |
- Parramatta Councillors discover there is a new Local Government Act
- Only the really unpleasant councils left in super/TRP dispute
- Accreditation of council staff: is no news, good news?
- depa, the LGSA and the USU have met to try to develop a common approach to drug and alcohol policies
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Issue 8 - July 2009 |
- Shock horror: BPB kills off B1 and B2
- Two vacancies on the Committee of Management close on Friday 31 July
- Commission endorses depa’s super/trp campaign that Council should pay the increased compulsory employer contribution - and now more than 100 councils are paying
- Which is the worst council?
- Pittwater struggles to get it right and depa fixes a problem for everyone
- 2009 Health and Building Surveyors Conference Reunion
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Issue 7 - June 2009 |
- Commission puts brakes on the Belligerent Seven
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Issue 6 - May 2009 |
- Dispute Filed with 83 Councils
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Issue 5 - April 2009 |
- Today is the International Day of Mourning
- Members at Taree show how to do it
- Food Authority gives the BPB a lesson in consultation
- Careful what you say on Facebook (or even Twitter)
- Superannuation and members on contracts or TRPs
- LGSS attacked over the increase employer contribution
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Issue 4 - March 2009 |
- An explanation of the two types of schemes
- Who works out how much employers pay?
- Wasn't the fund in surplus for years?
- What's happened to the surplus?
- Everyone goes gaga
- How will this affect employees?
- Does this mean hard financial times ahead for councils?
- Update on drug and alcohol policies
- Bankstown wins depa/LGSS Golf Day again!
- Is it time to review gradings of positions at your council?
- Got any councillors behaving badly?
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Issue 3 - February 2009 |
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But we met with them nevertheless (BPB)
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Sue and Neil aren't the only ones to keep the guild hostility alive
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Urgent survey: Any unqualified people out there?
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BPB CEO Neil Cocks replies
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And in March, time for something different
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Issue 2 - January 2009 |
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President Sue Holliday sets the trap
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Looks like trouble to us
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Local Government asks for its own consultation
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The trap is sprung
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Shame, Sue, Shame
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Who does the AIBS represent now?
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What should councils and council staff do now?
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Issue 1 - December 2008 |
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Our primary task in 2009
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What, no fee rise in 2009?
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Welcome to Jim Boyce and welcome back to Andrew Spooner
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We are closing on Tuesday and wish you the best for Christmas and the New Year
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Special Bulletin: Accreditation of council employees |
- The BPB wants to survey "council building certification officers"
- First things first - don't respond to the survey
- Why would you accredit council officers?
- Why do we oppose accreditation of council staff?
- Some useful links
- Some unanswered questions about accreditation of council staff
- Please attend the State-wide BPB workshops
- And why not wear one of our campaign t-shirts.
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Issue 39 - November 2008 |
- But what does the BPB really need?
- Forget Etheridge, Red Hot Rees gives WorkChoices a shellacking?
- Another fool rushes in - and this time it's a General Manager
- LGSS terminates contribution holiday
- DLG and Department of Water and Energy wreak havoc with plumbing inspections
- A good time to have your money under the bed
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Issue 38 - September 2008 |
- Etheridge and protection from Federal industrial laws
- Meanwhile, the fools are rushing in...
- What does the Building Professionals Amendment Act 2008 mean for councils and council staff?
- Having a bad day? Things could be worse: you could be Michael Costa or Morris Iemma
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Issue 37 - August 2008 |
- Federal Court rejects WorkChoices
- "Fools rush in" competition
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Issue 36 - June 2008 |
- Bad things always happen in the middle of the night (EP&A)
- NSW Food Authority gets it right!
- A new Code of Conduct will affect Council staff
- Lake Macquarie decides not to proceed with random drug and alcohol testing
- Some good advice in a bad year for superannuation returns
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Issue 35 - April 2008 |
- The lunatics have taken over the asylum (BP amendment bill)
- The fantasy of a level playing field
- Government proposes accreditation of Council “certifiers” in 2004.
- And now they do it again in 2008
- What does the 2008 Exposure Draft Bill do?
- And there is an exposure draft Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008 too!
- We make Hornsby rethink its obsession about random drug and alcohol testing
- Lithgow triumphs at depa Golf Day
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Issue 34 - March 2008 |
- FOI application flushes out hoax of "public consultation"
- And the winner is...Part I
- And the winner is...Part II
- Hornsby gets gung ho on random drug and alcohol testing
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Issue 33 - February 2008 |
- Sex Lies and development (ICAC)
- depa fesses up on our dinner with Frank
- Some great responses in our "Let me be Frank with you" competition
- Another great competition for March
- Committee resolves policy of opposing random drug and alcohol testing
- Committee of Management elections
- Sydney Council rediscovers 19 day month
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Issue 32 - January 2008 |
- A competition for everyone (and not just members) to put a smile on faces in 2008
- Minister’s office rejects depa’s application under FOI and we file an appeal
- At a time of stock-market crises, here is some good news about LGSS
- Good News 1: LGSS nominated as Sustainable Super Fund of the Year
- Good News 2: Knocking Co 2 off the old office block
- Good News 3: If you’re interested in sustainability…
- depa Golf Day 2008: Will Bankstown retain the depa Cup?
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Issue 31 - December 2007 |
- Howard reproduces 1929 disgrace
- What does the change of government mean for WorkChoices and NSW local government?
- Oh no, more stupid proposals on planning reform and we file an FOI application to see the draft bill
- Oh no, the Department of Local Government stuffs up changes to senior staff contracts (again!)
- Interested in that the Diploma of Local Government (Health and Building Assessment)?
- Season’s greetings and a happy New Year
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Issue 30 - November 2007 |
- Not everyone's cup of tea but Work Choices is here to stay
- Small business of the year, cripes, how do they keep doing this?
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Issue 29 - October 2007 |
- Love him or loathe him (2007 Federal election)
- And what about the Local Government (State) Award?
- Membership Update
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Issue 28 - September 2007 |
- "In principle" agreement reached on the new Local Government (State) Award
- Not a cardigan to be seen
- Workchoices just keeps looking worse
- Random Drug and Alcohol Testing at work.
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Issue 27 - August 2007 |
- New depths plumbed in unsophisticated debate on industrial relations policy
- Getting a pay increase in November. Eight frequently asked questions
- Some councils want non-union members on Consultative Committees - and we don't
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Issue 26 - July 2007 |
- Part 3A fiasco imminent
- Independent assessment fiasco next?
- Private Certifiers fiasco continues
- Food Authority creates Newcastle fiasco
- No fairness in Fairfield fiasco
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Issue 25 - May/June 2007 |
- Everyone now agrees, WorkChoices stinks
- What's happening with Referral Agreements?
- And now for something completely different …
- Something old, something blue …
- Jody is going on holidays
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Issue 24 - March 2007 |
- NSW elections - but BIG differences on industrial relations
- Award discussions get under way
- Bankstown wins depa cup
- Going, going, gone. Woods stands down as Chair of LGSS
- Have you sent your Tax File Number to the LGSS
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Issue 23 - Feb 2007 |
- Nothing clear about councils and WorkChoices
- FAQ about WorkChoices
- It's time to Go Peter, Part III
- depa Golf Day
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Issue 22 - Dec 2006 |
- It's time to go Peter, Part II
- Who gets the AFPC increase
- Councils continue to sign Referral Agreements
- What to do if your local irritating HR Manager offers you an AWA
- What, no fee increases in 2007?
- Have a fabulous break
- BONUS: How Not to Get Sacked
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Issue 21 - Nov 2006 |
- 40,000 March in Sydney
- High Court decides WorkChoices is constitutional
- Do we get the Fair Pay Commission pay increase?
- What would be the smart thing for councils to do now?
- When will we know if we get the $22.30?
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Issue 20 - September 2006 |
- More and more councils sign Referral Agreements
- Beware the Internal Ombudsman
- Cars,cars and more cars. Arguments about cars, that is
- BPB crashes into Burwood
- All disputes settled at Bankstown!
- It's time to go, Peter
- Who cares about Garrett v Freeman
- We welcome two organisations rising from the ashes...
- Whoops, we thought that Food Authority had it all under control
- "An Inconvenient Truth"
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Issue 19 - July 2006 |
- Senior Staff Contracts
- Cars
- Superannuation Returns
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Issue 18 - May 2006 |
- We make Cooma-Monaro apologise to members
- Avoiding WorkChoices
- Canterbury does the right thing (at last) to protect their staff
- .Canterbury introduces smoke-free workplace
- .What can be done about the shortage of planners?
- A new Committee of Management for 2005/2006
- 2006 recruitment campaign announced
- .Private certifiers give us all a good laugh!
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Issue 17 - March 2006 |
- WorkChoices starts on Monday 27 March
- Can NSW Govt save us from WorkChoices
- What is the BPB up to with council statistics
- depa Golf Day
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Issue 15 - December 2005 |
- BPB and Councils
- Bankstown - 13 prosecutions for Award breaches
- What should a council do when an employee is assaulted
- A new competition
- No fee increase in union fees in 2006
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Issue 14 - November 2005 |
- What happens to the Award under WorkChoices?
- Clauses at risk in the Local Government (State) Award
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Issue 13 - October 2005 |
- What WorkChoices could really mean for you
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Issue 12 - August 2005 |
- Member's action wins an apology from Nambucca
- Some new ministers and good riddance to Craig
- Costa to axe Building Professionals' Board
- Recruit our 1400th member and get $500
- What does Section 353 of the Local Government Act mean?
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Issue 11 - June 2005 |
- Howard Government attacks you at work
- We win fight for family-friendly work at Bankstown
- Win in an appointment dispute at Canterbury
- North Sydney team thrashes everyone at depa golf day
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Issue 10 - March 2005 |
- Pushing out boundaries and protecting ourselves
- Play nicely kids or else
- BPB considers accrediting councils
- Federal Government attacks Unions
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Issue 9 - December 2004 |
- Restrictions on term contracts
- Gosford Triumph
- Changes to our legal service
- Delegate training
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Issue 8 - September 2004 |
- DIPNR under pressure
- Have you seen our submission
- We make another helpful suggestion to the BPB!
- depa proposes amendments to Local Government Act
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Issue 7 - July 2004 |
- The idea the customer is always right is wrong
- Gosford heroes on strike for more staff
- Award gets closer to settlement
- Who does the AIBS think they are speaking for?
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Issue 6 - April 2004 |
- Two fresh faces on committee of management
- We lodge 2004 Log of Claims with LGSA
- Minister loses her favorite town!
- Are you working at a "toxic" Council?
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Issue 5 - February 2004 |
- Expanded complying development - what lies ahead?
- Committee of Management election in 2004
- 2004 Award discussions to start soon
- Development in contracts campaign
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Issue 4 - November 2003 |
- Task force wants lunatics in charge of asylum
- IRC Nails Marrickville
- DIPNA nor Dept of Commerce want to accredit certifiers
- no fee rise for 2004
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Issue 3 - September 2003 |
- We challenge the legality of term contracts
- What does the ICAC think about term employment?
- Crashing through or crashing on planning reform?
- Amalgamation pressures continue
- On a lighter note, anyone for golf?
- What to do about boofhead councillors?
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Issue 2 - July 2003 |
- Council Amalgamations
- Regulate or not regulate senior staff?
- Craig Knowles is back..
- Term Contracts
- Complaints about private certifiers
- Anyone interested in food survellance?
- Hello Emma!
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Issue 1 - May 2003 |
- We are depa and here is another chance to win $500
- Marrickville pleads guilty
- A strategic alliance with the Planning Institute of Australia
- Historic salary dispute is finished
- Lessons for everyone from the Sydney boundary changes
- An attitude to inter-union committees
- Goodbye Moira, Hello Carol
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Issue 138 - Feb 2003 |
- Everyone loves depa!
- And the winner is...
- Committee of management co-opts Graham Gardiner
- Marrickville heroes launch industrial campaign
- Another warning about email and internet policies
- Been temporary for long?
- LGSS resolves to not appeal supreme court decision
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Issue 137 - Dec 2002 |
- No fee rise for 2003!
- More protection in term contacts result from Gosford dispute.
- We can make Fairfield provide salary sacrifice at no cost
- Reasonable working hours and RDO's.
- What's in a name? A choice for members
- LGSS in Supreme Court
- Now is a good time to complain about private certifiers
- Fair Trading to do something about shonky builders
- Happy Xmas and New Year
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Issue 136 - Oct 2002 |
- New gradings and 10 more cars at Wollongong set a new standard.
- We've advertised by can't get anyone.."
- We still hate term contracts and we're doing something about it.
- Only union members get Picnic Day
- Anyone working unreasonable hours?
- Think you might be redundant?
- $500 still available!
- Putting superannuation returns into perspective
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Issue 135 - July 2002 |
- We make Warringah introduce salary sacrificing for cars.
- "What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet..."
- Council certifiers to be accredited
- LGSS has a day in the Supreme Court
- Freeloaders to be hit with service fees?
- Freeloaders to miss out on Union Picnic Day?
- Ehabsa and the AIBS
- But he also said this about council certifiers..
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Issue 134 - May 2002 |
- Shock news: Government sets up inquiry into private certification!
- The AIBS says you all want to be accredited, can this be true?
- LGSS about to have it's day in court
- Election results declared
- We love planners
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Issue 133 - March 2002 |
- Private cars under threat
- Restructuring and the spilling of positions
- Term contract successfully opposed at Quanbeyan
- All office holders and COM positions up for grabs!
- Pay your fees annually?
- Salary sacrifice available from 1 April
- Private certification hits the fan
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Issue 132 - Nov 2001 |
- New Award made on 1 November
- Having problems with salary packaging?
- Triumph at Eurobodalla on the nine-day fortnight
- Fees for 2002. We'd love to reduce the fees and you can help!
- What's happening about the LGSS surplus?
- People who make our lives difficult.
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