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 ...

Western Australian Prison Officers' Branch Scheduled and Vacancy Election: Official Documents  Election Notice Stage 1 Nomination Form Stage 1   ...

Dear Members,   The beginning of 2018 has brought big changes to the WA Prison Officers Union following the resignation and departure of Secretary John Welch. It is with that news I would like to announce I will be stepping in as acting secretary, un ...

Below are the results of the election for the following offices, conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 and the rules of the organisation. WAPOU Branch Election - Contested and Uncontested Declarat ...

We have been made aware that a Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) investigation is currently underway into the Western Australian prison system. We understand that the investigation, jointly conducted by the CCC, Department of Justice and WA Police For ...

Further to Circular No 25 and the post election report published on the union 'Respect the Risk' website, WAPOU have now responded to the issues raised in the Report. A copy of the response is now available on the union website. Circular No 29 - 2017 - Re ...

Circular No 26 - 2017: Election Notice E2017 - 210 Nomination Form E2017 - 210 ...

Circular No 25 2017 - Post Election Report E2017-130 E2017 - 130 CPSU-SPSF WAPOU Branch Vacancy Election - Post Election Report PDF E2017 - 130 Declaration of Results for Uncontested and Contested Offices - signed PDF   ...