After graduating with a degree in social work, Troy Wright began working for Corrective Services NSW as a Probation and Parole officer in 1997. Over the next 13 years he worked in a variety of roles including the Home Detention program, Long Bay Parole Unit and finally two years as a member of the State Parole Authority. Having joined the PSA almost immediately, he soon became a delegate on the Vocational Branch and involved in disputes regarding fair workloads and safety in the workplace.
Having completed an LLB on a part-time basis across eight years, in 2010 he joined the CPSU SPSF Federal Office as a National Industrial Officer, where he worked until his election as PSA Assistant General Secretary in 2016. He was re-elected to this role in 2021 and again in 2025.
Since his election he has been passionate about growing the union, reversing NSW’s wages cap on public sector workers and ending the state’s addiction to privatisation.
He is particularly interested in the federal industrial relations jurisdiction and utilising its powers where it applies to traditional state public sector entities to protect the rights of workers in privatised arms of government.
