Dear members,  WAPOU are acutely aware that members are experiencing high levels of anxiety, stress and feelings of uncertainty due to the increasingly concerning COVID-19 pandemic.  Your health, safety and wellbeing will always remain our prima ...

BRANCH REPORTS TO STATE COUNCIL   ACACIA Industrial Agreement negotiations are close to conclusion. The outstanding issue in relation to Personal Leave hours has been resolved. Serco have offered 2 months back-pay. ACADEMY Nothing to report. ALBA ...

In the last week of February, we went to the media warning of more serious incidents at Hakea Prison as overcrowding reached an all-time high. WAPOU is concerned for the safety of prison officers and other staff working at the maximum-security prison with ...

WAPOU has welcomed the State Government’s decision to introduce new laws to make it mandatory for prisoners accused of assaulting prison officers to be tested for infectious disease. Prison officers Mike, Rebecca and Reece and WAPOU Assistant Secret ...

WAPOU is hosting its third annual Respect your Mental Health Seminar at Crown Perth on June 24, 2020. The theme for the seminar is: Education & Inspiration. Several local and interstate mental health and lived-experience professional speakers hav ...

Secretary Andy Smith and Training & Engagement Manager Bodie Green travelled to Sydney In February  to begin implementing the Stand T.A.L.R program for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW).  The trip commenced with a welcome of Stand T. ...

WAPOU Secretary Andy Smith spoke out against the WA Government’s blindsiding decision to allow Acacia Prison to remain privately operated. Mr Smith called for the government to give WAPOU access to an independent KPMG report that showed it was more ...

WAPOU has welcomed a WA Government decision to bring Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility back into public hands, after campaigning since the contract was awarded to Sodexo in 2016.  Officers working at Melaleuca under Sodexo had to deal with ...

Negotiations for the 2020 Prison Officers Industrial Agreement will begin soon with the member survey closing in approximately two weeks. Representatives from the Negotiating Team will attend Branch meetings to discuss the results of the survey once State ...

WAPOU’s State Council has approved a donation of $20,000 to the Australian Red Cross Bush Fires Appeal on behalf of WAPOU members.   WAPOU stands in support of all the first responders and volunteers who are doing an outstanding ...

WAPOU Training and Engagement Manager Bodie Green, Secretary Andy Smith, President Ken Brown and Hakea Delegate Ben Taulanga were invited by Queensland Corrective Services to implement Stand T.A.L.R (Talk, Ask, Listen, Refer) state wide.   The t ...

This month’s Stand T.A.L.R (Talk, Ask, Listen, Refer) Ride was a huge success with a record number of prison officers, their families, members of the WA Police Union and government officials taking part in the day. In a show of solidarity more than ...

Tasmania Implementation  Andy Smith, Ken Brown and Bodie Green travelled to Tasmania to implement WAPOU’s mental health awareness training program Stand TALR (Talk, Ask, Listen, Refer) for Tasmanian Corrective Services.Over 200 corre ...

The WA Prison Officers’ Union is taking a stand on women’s equality in the workplace by sending two of our members to the Women in Male Dominated Occupations and Industries (WIMDOI) conference in November. WAPOU Industrial Officer Hsien Harper ...

On behalf of WAPOU and the Prison Officers’ Association of Australia, Bodie Green is running a national Movember competition between all Australian and New Zealand prison officers for 2019. Commissioner Tony Hassall has approved WA prison officers p ...