Join: Membership Application
Reasons to join || (membership form: PDF) || Value-added Services
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Pay rises, working conditions, job security, leave entitlements and safeguards against bullying, are all the result of energetic and patient bargaining by the CPSU. Effective negotiation, as well as the day to day monitoring of implimentation of negotiated agreements, requires the support of and input from union members, as well as the resources of a strong Union.
The CPSU provides up to date and well-researched information, specific to Macquarie University and to the Higher Education Sector round Australia.
Join the CPSU, The General Staff Union, and help defend the gains made for all General Staff at Macquarie.
Download the membership form, fill it in and send it to
Greg Stark (President CPSU Macquarie University Branch)
c/o Library
Macquarie University
PSA & CPSU Relationship
New members are advised to join both the PSA (Public Service Association of NSW), which is registered under NSW industrial law, and the CPSU (Community & Public Sector Union), which is registered under Commonwealth industrial law. You pay fees to the PSA, and then the PSA pays affiliation fees to the CPSU, i.e. you only pay one fee. You get two unions for the price of one.
PSA/CPSU Fees - University Members
| SALARY | FEES (includes GST) | ||
| Annual | Quarterly | Fortnightly | |
| More than $41,868 | $548.20 | $137.05 | $21.10 |
| $29,477 - $41,868 | $422.05 | $105.50 | $16.25 |
| $ 7,369 - $29,476 | $263.50 | $65.90 | $10.15 |
| Less than $7,369 | $137.35 | $34.35 | $5.30 |
PSA fees are tax deductible, i.e. you get a substantial refund from the Tax Office.
Payment of Fees - Your Choices
- By deduction from pay each pay day, i.e. fortnightly. This is the most common means of payment.
- Direct payers must pay at least quarterly. This includes people who pay by credit card, cheque or cash. Most pay quarterly, some annually. Members are billed as payments fall due.
- Credit card payments may be started by lodging the credit card form (D.). After the first payment, credit card payments may be made by phone - ring (02) 9220 0945 or 1800 808 290.
- Members who pay by bank debit may pay fortnightly, or by longer period. Such payers should consider any bank fees that may apply when considering the frequency of payment. We prefer fortnightly or annually - it's easier to administer.
