The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is extremely disappointed and concerned by the financial collapse of Healthscope – and its impact on nurses and midwives and their delivery of care to people across the community. Speaking after Healthscope was placed in receivership today, Federal Secretary Annie Butler said the ANMF […]
NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members will hold a 24-hour strike next week over the NSW government’s refusal to properly value the dedicated patient care that public sector nurses and midwives provide in increasingly challenging conditions. Thousands of nurses and midwives will strike for 24 hours from the start of morning shift on Tuesday […]
Nurses and midwives in NSW are worse off now than over a decade ago, according to a new report that lays bare years of neglect levelled against the predominately female workforce. The report, ‘Escaping NSW Treasury’s Curse’, by labour market and industrial relations expert, Professor John Buchanan, details compelling evidence for a one-year 15% pay increase […]
A rivalry of a different kind ignited at the second NRLW State of Origin on 6 June, with NSW nurses and midwives highlighting the growing pay disparity with their Queensland counterparts. Members from the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) donned their blue scrubs in a show of solidarity with the Sky Blues team. Off […]
At the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association bi-monthly Committee of Delegates meeting held on 21 May 2024, delegates again discussed the ongoing war in Gaza. It is clear the horrors being inflicted, and the continuing plight of the hostages, must be ended by the international community. Australia must increase its role in doing so. Our […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) further recognition that the work of aged care workers has been historically undervalued in its Stage 3 decision for the aged care industry work value case announced today. The FWC has concluded that, for ‘work value reasons’, award rates for direct […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has filed a landmark Application at the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to increase award wages for frontline nurses, midwives, and assistants in nursing (AIN) – by up to 35%. The Application seeks to vary the Nurses Award and is made on the basis that […]
Delegates of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) passed the following resolution during a Committee of Delegates meeting in November: As nurses and midwives, we defend the human right to healthcare. We cannot stay silent as healthcare workers and patients are seen as acceptable collateral damage. As nurses and midwives, we call for peace […]
An expanded resource developed by nurses, doctors, industry experts and consumer groups to help people navigate complexities across the aged care sector will be rolled out nationally from this week. Launching the 10 Questions to Ask series at Parliament House in Canberra, Federal Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Ged Kearney, today welcomed the […]
Fatigued and frustrated by understaffing issues, a group of local nurses and midwives held a one-hour own-time rally outside Maitland Hospital at Metford. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) Maitland Hospital branch voted in favour of the walk out earlier this month, to highlight the ongoing staffing concerns to the Lower Hunter […]
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