Minister’s 11th hour plea before mass walkout

News.com.au - 20/01
The workplace umpire will be called in to resolve an unprecedented pay dispute where about half of NSW’s public sector psychiatrists were set to walk off the job.

The workplace umpire will be called in to resolve an unprecedented pay dispute where about half of NSW’s public sector psychiatrists were set to walk off the job.

The 11th hour referral from the NSW government comes just a day before the mass walkout was set to begin.

On Monday, Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson committed to following the independent umpire’s advice, while saying she understood the psychiatrists wanted to “feel heard, seen and valued by the government”.

“Nothing I have ever said publicly or privately denies the case that you are making, that there are real chall...
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