Workplace Rights & Higher Ed Headwinds

This week’s PSA Podcast, is hosted by Assistant General Secretary Troy Wright and is joined by Legal Services Acting Manager Ben Trainer and Education Industrial Manager Siobhan Callanan to unpack the Workplace Protections Bill 2025 and its implications for PSA members. They discuss major reforms including enhanced arbitration powers for the Industrial Relations Commission, new protections against delegate victimisation, and the introduction of bullying and sexual harassment jurisdictions. The episode also shifts focus to the ongoing crisis in the higher education sector, highlighting job cuts and funding issues at universities like Wollongong, and the wider impact on professional staff and students across the state.Please follow us at PSA CPSU NSW on all platforms.