Member News

ME Bank Presentation

ME Bank gave a financial presentation to Wooroloo officers on October 9, 2019.  Topics included interest rates, superannuation, mortgages and investment property mortgages.  If you would like ME Bank to present at your prison, please c ...

Branch Reports to State Council

  Acacia Industrial Agreement negotiations are progressing slowly while discussions around “safe staffing” are taking place. The recent decision relating to personal leave (10 days) is also holding up progress. Currently in dispute regar ...

Verbal updates from Branch Representatives to September State Council 2019

THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS WERE DISCUSSED AT THE SEPTEMBER STATE COUNCIL BY BRANCH DELEGATES; Acacia Prison Experiencing similar problems to the rest of the state but dealing with them under the corporate system is very different Director replaced – Br ...

2019 Educational Scholarships

  2019 WAPOU Scholarships The 2019 Scholarship Programme, which comprises of 40 scholarships to the value of $250.00 each, is now open for WAPOU members. Who Is Eligible? All financial members of the Union who are parents and have a dependant child ...

2019 Annual General Meeting Notice

As per the requirements of s265 (5) (b) of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 and in accordance with Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009, the General Purpose Financial Report for the 30th June 2019, Committe ...

2019 WAPOU Annual Dinner Video

This video, which was first shown at our 2019 Awards Night, 21 June 2019, provides a look back at the events for the previous 12 months for WAPOU. ...

Operation Night Shift Concludes

The Department of Justice launched “Operation Night Shift” in 2018 as a mechanism to proactively identify misconduct among Prison Officers. The objective was to review archived CCTV camera footage from night shifts across the Corrective Servic ...

WAPOU Training Update

Stand T.A.L.R (Talk, Ask, Listen, Refer) WAPOU’s Training Officer will be delivering our prison specific mental health awareness training Stand T.A.L.R (Talk, Ask, Listen, Refer) at the following regional prisons: Greenough Regional Prison – ...

Respect the Role

Many of WAPOU’s Elected Representatives do vast amounts of unpaid work, attending meetings on their days off and advocating tirelessly for the benefit of all WAPOU members. The newly registered public sector Industrial Agreement provides protections ...

Verbal updates from Branch Representatives to February State Council

Acacia No delegate present. Academy No delegate present. Albany High levels of VSO vacancies causing staffing problems Relationship with management is positive Bandyup Three Superintendents in past four weeks Two active disputes regarding breaches of S ...

Department of Justice Prison Officers Industrial Agreement 2018

Dear Member, I am writing to you to advise that the Department of Justice Prison Officers Industrial Agreement 2018 was registered in the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission yesterday, 20th February 2019. The Department of Justice have advi ...

Industrial Agreement - Ballot of Members Result

In December, WAPOU asked members to complete a ballot on the Department of Justice Prison Officers' Union Industrial Agreement 2018. The purpose of the ballot is to seek the endorsement of members to send the proposed agreement to the West Australian Indu ...

2019 Black Dog Ride

The 2019 Black Dog Ride was an incredible day for WAPOU, with more than 100 prison officers and their familes coming together to participate. This year's ride departed from Fremantle Prison, with the procession riding through the main gates. We even made ...

WAPOU Member News - January 2019

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

Prison Officers Industrial Agreement 2018 - Key Documents

Members can access these documents by following the links below. Prison Officers Industrial Agreement 2018 Variations matrix ...