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 ...

Discussions have slowed on the new Industrial Agreement, despite in-principle agreement being reached in June. The issue that remains is clause 18.12 which relates back to the days of 8-hour shifts and shift handovers. 18.12 - The handover time existing a ...

The Scholarship Programme comprises of 40 Scholarships to the value of $250.00 each (including GST). Who Is Eligible? All financial members of the Union who are parents and have a dependant child who is a full time student at any level of study are eligi ...

Our members at Acacia and Melaleuca are all to familiar with the dangers associated with low staffing. The issue of staffing shortfalls at Acacia was highlighted by WAPOU Secretary Andy Smith in a recent article published in the Sunday Times and Perth Now ...

WAPOU recently welcomed the Department’s commitment to recruit an additional 400 Officers by June 2020. This recruitment should cover existing vacancies, attrition and the additional capacity coming online at Casuarina and Bunbury. However, WAPOU me ...

This issue is a particular problem at prisons such as Greenough, Eastern Goldfields, West Kimberley, and Broome. WAPOU have been actively involved in discussions with the Department about ways to resolve the issue. WAPOU welcomes the current commitment to ...

Work continues on the new Industrial Agreement. While in-principle agreement was reached in June, effectively locking in back-pay to 11 June 2018, there are still some cost-neutral clauses that need to be agreed prior to the new agreement going to a ballo ...

2017-18 Financial Year The financial audit for the 2017-18 financial year is complete. The following report can be accessed by clicking on the hyperlink below: WAPOU General Purpose Financial Report 2018   2016-17 Financial Year Dear Members, Our fin ...

Nominations are called for: Branch Delegate to Federal Council (1) Election Notice Information Nomination Form Application Form for Absentee Ballot Material   ...

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CPSU/SPSF Group scheduled election WA Prison Officers Union BranchCircular No: 17/2018 with the declaration of results E2018/38 can be found here. The AEC Post Election Report E2018-38 can be found here. ...

Over the past year, WAPOU has been working to empower prison officers to take control of their mental health by delivering groundbreaking training to hundreds of prison staff across the state. The innovative training we have been developing has the suppor ...