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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The Officer and Related Party Disclosure Statement 2017/18, in accordance with Section 293J Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, can be found here. ...

Acacia No delegate present. Academy No delegate present. Albany No delegate present. Bandyup Current dispute involving application of Standing Order E6 and reduction in services when VSOs redeployed. Some officers are being redeployed up to seven times d ...

In an historic move, WAPOU’s newly formed Women’s Committee provided their inaugural report to the October State Council.  The Committee’s vision is to promote, support and empower women who are a minority within the corrections ind ...

The recent riot at Greenough Regional Prison highlighted the problem with regional staffing that WAPOU members have been aware of for some time. This issue is a particular problem at prisons such as Greenough, Eastern Goldfields, West Kimberley and Broome ...