Allied Health Professionals Network

The PSA of SA is the union for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) working in the South Australian Public Sector.

By joining the PSA AHP network, we can work together on the issues that matter, achieving better outcomes for AHPs and the community we care for. 

• Events & Activities - co-design events that you want to attend.
• Stay in the loop - our network helps members stay on top of new and relevant workplace legislation.
• Networking - take the opportunities to meet like-minded AHPs across the public sector. 

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To read more general Enterprise Agreement updates - check out our campaign page

28 March 2025

PART 1

On Tuesday 18 March 2025, the PSA met with SA government enterprise agreement negotiators to advocate for the PSA’s position and the matters of importance for our members. 

In short - The PSA told the SA government:

• The PSA supports keeping a single agreement for all salaried employees / SA public sector workers
  
  
• A significant wage increase is the no 1# priority for PSA members, as our members have experienced an 8-10% decrease in the real value of our wages. Making up the difference of this needs to be the starting point BEOFORE additional wage increases are applied to keep above inflation in future years.
  
  
• Attraction and retention remain a significant issue to address
  
  

Read more about the rest of this meeting with the SA government here: EA Update - Appaling Separate Agreement Offer - Part 1

PART 2

On Thursday 27 March 2025, the SA government wrote the PSA, providing an offer for a new separate enterprise agreement for AHPs and AHAs. 

Prior to this letter, the PSA had not been provided with these terms, are are appalled by them.

This offer in short:

• Slashes job security protections - that we fought hard to protect last EA
• Wages that don't address the 10% decline of 'real wage value' that SA public sector employees are experiencing
• An outrageous proposal to BAN industrial action during disputes 

And this is just the start of it, get the full details here Read:  EA Update - Appaling Separate Agreement offer - Part 2

17 March 2025    (PSA Member login required)

• Meeting Notice: PSA Enterprise Agreement Update | Important PSA Health Worksite Representative Session about AHP and AHA Matters 
  Following our recent successful Zoom meetings for all PSA Allied Health Professional (AHP) and Allied Health Assistant (AHA) members across the public sector, the PSA is now holding a specific Health Worksite Representative session.
  
  This session is for those Health Worksite Representatives who represent AHPs or AHAs in their worksite, or who interact with AHPs and AHAs.

14 March 2025

AHP and AHA Separate Enterprise Agreement Meeting held today.  

Whether there is a single agreement or a separate agreement, the PSA remains the only union who can enter into an agreement on behalf of members.

A single agreement or a separate agreement will have no effect on your PSA membership, nor the PSA’s commitment to represent you as a member, nor our determination to achieve an agreement that meets your needs.

At the meeting, PSA General Secretary Natasha Brown asked the government whether the current Salaried Enterprise Agreement would form the basis of negotiations for improvements in their proposed separate agreement. In response, the government would not commit to retaining all the conditions currently contained in the Salaried Enterprise Agreement.

The government did not provide any further details about what may or may not be included in their proposed separate agreement. Instead, they stated that they would meet with the various interested parties separately. The PSA has requested a further meeting with the government as soon as possible.

The PSA will not accept any reduction in conditions for our members.

PSA General Secretarys Statement – AHP and AHA Separate Enterprise Agreement Negotiations 14 March 2025.pdf from PSA General Secretary Natasha Brown as delivered to the meeting held today, 14 March 2025, for negotiation of an enterprise agreement exclusively for AHPs and AHAs. 

Read the full update here

24 February 2025

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PSA MEMBERS - GOVERNMENT MOVE IS UNDERMINING, DIVISIVE, AND POLITICAL

The government last week issued a new Notice of Intention to Negotiate an Enterprise Agreement for Allied Health Professionals and Allied Health Assistants across the public sector.

This is the most hostile approach from a government in more than 25 years of negotiating the salaried agreement. It is a clear attempt by the government to “divide and conquer” their own workforce.

This is the government which still refuses to acknowledge that PSA members are suffering from a cost of living crisis, and refuses to accept that significant wage increases are required to address PSA members’ issues and the current attraction and retention crisis plaguing our public sector.

Allied Health Professionals and Allied Health Assistants are currently part of the salaried agreement. They are PSA members who the PSA represents and for whom the PSA advocates and negotiates. The employer’s notice does not change this.

The position of the PSA and our broad membership remains for a single agreement for all those employees covered by the current salaried agreement. This position is derived from the thorough all-member engagement the PSA undertook in the lead-up to these negotiations. It was confirmed by PSA members’ elected PSA Council through the union’s democratic processes. It was not determined by the whims of a few individual members.

Read the full update here

19 February 2025

SA Government opts for division

The government today has issued a new Notice of Intention to Negotiate an Enterprise Agreement for Allied Health Professionals and Allied Health Assistants across the public sector.

This is a serious development which signals the government’s preference to create division and disruption instead of dealing with PSA members’ critical issues.

Read the full update here