• Ballina goes feral - depaNews April 2013
  • Senior staff jobs go in amalgamations - depaNews June 2016
  • What have the Romans ever done for us? - depaNews July 2016
  • The death of the historic IRC - depaNews Dec 2016
  • Golden Turd Awards 2016 - depaNews Dec 2016
  • "Like a dog returning to its vomit" - depaNews Aug 2017
  • LGNSW launches "game changer" - depaNews Dec 2017
  • Golden Turd Awards 2017 - depaNews Dec 2017
  • depa submission to ICAC on Operation Dasha - depaNews May 2018
  • ICAC why councillors should be removed from DA - depaNews April 2018
  • NSW Unions challenge NSW Govt in High Court - depaNews Oct 2018
  • Golden Turd Awards 2018 - depaNews Dec 2018
  • We still hate term contracts for senior staff - depaNews Feb 2019
  • ScoMo announces IR reform - depaNews June 2019
  • depa v Narrabri Shire Council - depaNews Oct 2020
  • OLG hacked by russians - depaNews Feb 2021
  • Barbarians rise to keep unfair sackings - depaNews March 2022

The Development and Environmental Professionals' Association (depa)

Welcome to the depa website. We are an industrial organisation representing professional employees working in local government in New South Wales in a variety of jobs in the fields of environmental health, public health, building and development control and planning.

We take a broad approach to our responsibilities to members and give advice and assistance on professional issues as well as industrial and workplace issues. We understand what members do at work and that allows us to take a holistic approach. Read more about us...

This site will keep you up-to-date with union news and the diverse range of workplace advocacy issues we deal with daily. We have made it easy for members to contact us with online forms. Join depa online now

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