Aboriginal Council

The Rank and File acknowledges that an Aboriginal Council is an important forum for our members to discuss and highlight issues that need the support and work of the Union.

 

Achievements: 

• Establishment of Aboriginal Council which meets regularly in various locations around NSW.

• Establishment of an Aboriginal Unit within the PSA to ensure better integration of the concerns of Aboriginal members into the industrial teams

 

The Rank and File commits to:

• Continue to support the Aboriginal Council (AC) to provide guidance and recommendations to the Executive and Central Council and staff of the PSA

• Ensure regular meetings that consist of a minimum of 12 PSA members to be nominated and elected annually.

• Enable up to 2 Ex-Officio persons to be appointed to the AC provided a majority of the elected AC agree by secret ballot. The Chair of the AC shall conduct all ballots.

• Those persons elected to the AC shall elect by secret ballot a Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary. The General Secretary or President or Assistant General Secretary of the PSA shall act as returning officer.

• The AC shall support PSA Industrial staff in establishing and supporting Aboriginal Support Networks in all NSW Public Sector Agencies.

• The AC shall hold 12 reserved positions at PSA Annual Conference.

• Continue to support an Aboriginal Conference of PSA members from time to time as deemed appropriate by the AC in consultation with Central Council of the PSA.

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