The Greens have welcomed today’s announcement by the ASU that they will be pursuing Orders for a pay equity case for community sector workers employed under the Western Australians Industrial Relations system.
The comments came from Alison Xamon, Greens spokesperson for Women and Industrial Relations who has long campaigned for firm action to be taken to address the appalling pay equity gap experienced by woman workers in WA.
“WA has the worst pay equity gap in Australia,” said Ms Xamon.
6193. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
I refer to the answer to question on notice No. 5504 regarding staffing levels at the Department of Environment and Conservation and noting that there will be approximately forty full time equivalent contract staff less in the Regional Services Division, and I ask —
The ongoing sagas following the decision to privatise the new Midland Health campus continue, say the Greens.
Alison Xamon, Greens member for the East Metropolitan region today attended a rally of nurses outside the Swan Districts Hospital when she was given the opportunity to address the crowd.
“I was pleased to be able to attend today’s rally and offer the Greens support to the nurses of Swan Districts Hospital who have been told that when the new Midland Health campus opens in 2015 that they will be losing a number of accrued entitlements,” Ms Xamon said.
The Greens are calling on the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Hon Peter Collier MLC, to reconsider his refusal of a request by the Aboriginal Legal Service to extend the Stolen Wages Reparation Scheme’s 9 month deadline.
Deadlines for similar schemes in Queensland and New South Wales were 4 and 5 years.
“Refusing to extend the deadline is disgraceful,” said Greens MLC Alison Xamon.
6277. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
I refer to the response to my question on notice No. 5874, specifically regarding the 158.87 full time equivalent (FTE) school health nurses employed by the department, and I ask —
(1) Of the 158.87 FTE nurses, how many are physically based in —
6203. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Commerce
I refer to the Department of Commerce (department) Agency Response to the Auditor General’s Public Sector Performance Report (Report 9 – June 2012), and I ask —
The Greens have warned of the risk of an increase in workplace accidents if the number of vacancies of Workplace Inspectors at Worksafe is not urgently addressed.
The warning came following revelations at Parliamentary Estimates that during the last year the Department of Worksafe has seen a dramatic drop in the number of investigations undertaken, workplace visits, and the issuing of Improvement and Prohibition Notices.
WA Greens spokesperson for industrial relations, Alison Xamon MLC, spoke in Parliament this week to support angry nurses who demonstrated outside Parliament over hospital parking fee increases. Ms Xamon said the price hikes were a slap in the face for nurses who were obliged to work shifts and often had no public transport services when they needed to travel. “Nurses are amazing people who are doing an incredible job,” Ms Xamon said. “As
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WA Greens spokesperson for industrial relations, Alison Xamon MLC, spoke in Parliament this week to support angry nurses who demonstrated outside Parliament over hospital parking fee increases.