Over the past two years, WAPOU’s Executive and State Council have been exploring options to upgrade our Mount Lawley base. Since becoming a Registered Training Organisation and with our membership growing, the need for larger, more modern premises h ...

We are pleased to announce a recent addition to the WAPOU Team – Greg Holder. Greg has recently commenced in the Training Officer role and has hit the ground running. Greg comes to WAPOU with 15 years’ experience in the WA Police Force, having ...

Officers who accrued TOIL during the lengthy Hakea meal breaks dispute and have since transferred to other prisons, are now able to acquit that TOIL. An instruction has recently been issued by the Deputy Commissioner regarding officers from prisons other ...

All public sector members will soon be receiving an email with a link to allow them to vote on the offer presented to WAPOU from the Department of Justice for the replacement Prison Officers’ Industrial Agreement. The link will also provide access t ...

Please find the Branch Reports to State Council for August 2020 below. August 2020 ...

The WAPOU Women’s Committee invites you to participate in the… Anna Stewart Memorial Project 2020 Program Dates:       Monday 19 to Friday 23 October 2020 Training Venue:      UnionsWA, Level 4, 44 ...

The latest edition of the WAPOU Member Newsletter has been sent out to member emails. Click here to view the latest edition. ...

Please find the Branch Reports to State Council for July 2020 below.July 2020 ...

Many members have contacted WAPOU recently reporting that their local HR are not allowing them to acquit the TOIL they accrued at Hakea during the long-running meal breaks dispute. The issue is still the subject of a dispute between WAPOU and the Departme ...

The union supported the addition of new units at Casuarina Prison to help relieve a system that was bursting at the seams. The expansion came as remand numbers were set to increase with the resumption of courts and easing of COVID-19 restrictions. The uni ...

WAPOU welcomes the news that the Inspector of Custodial Services has found that Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison is showing great promise and achievement. Australia’s first Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Prison for women celebrated two years of operat ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Victoria has made its way into the state’s justice system and this should serve as a timely reminder not to become complacent about the threat posed by this virus. A prison officer in Victoria returned a positive test and ...

WAPOU is concerned the overtime restrictions from the Department of Justice will leave prisons understaffed and unsafe. These conditions perfectly match what we saw in the prelude to the Greenough Regional Prison riots in 2018 and last week’s incide ...

The latest edition of the WAPOU Member Newsletter has been sent out to member emails. Click here to view the latest edition. ...

Please find the Branch Reports to State Council for May & June 2020 below. May 2020 June 2020 ...