The Latest Breaking News from Troy Wright

Pay boost for workers to help fix 'broken' child protection system

Union welcomes pay increase and moves toward new, specific award

Newcastle Herald · Oct 23, 2024

Fisheries officers strike as they warn someone will get 'seriously injured'

NSW Fisheries officers are refusing to inspect trawlers at night.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 29, 2024

Child protection workers protest, question management's 'skewed priorities'

Staff left behind in 'mass exodus' are struggling, union says.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 14, 2024

Brumby cull workers harassed amid 'heated' debate

Rangers carrying out feral-horse culling are being targeted by people who oppose it as brumby advocates are left distressed by the population control measure.

AAP · Feb 5, 2024

Child protection a money-spinner with terrible outcomes, union says

'They have lost control of this expenditure and they are terrible, terrible placements for the kids.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 19, 2023

Prison officers at private jail walk off the job in NSW

Prison officers from the maximum security Parklea men's jail in Sydney's west are striking for three days as they push for better pay and safer work conditions.

AAP · Feb 28, 2023

West Sydney prison guards on strike again

Parklea Correctional Centre officers are striking for a second consecutive month for 48 hours as they continue to push for better pay and safer work conditions.

AAP · Jan 26, 2023

Sydney prison officers on two-day strike

Prison officers at a maximum security western Sydney correctional facility are set to go on a 48-hour strike as they demand better safety conditions.

AAP · Dec 15, 2022

Clarence Correctional Centre denies prisoners face lockdown as officers strike for third time in four weeks

A union had said prisoners at Australia's largest jail faced being confined to the cells as prison officers walk off the job after rejecting an 11th-hour offer from private operator Serco.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

NSW Serco staff strike at largest prison

Officers at Australia's largest correctional complex in northern NSW will go on strike again amid negotiations with the prison's private operator Serco.

AAP · Oct 9, 2022