The Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into the Workplace Relations Framework has handed down its draft report. Commissioned by the Abbott government, this review attacks workers’ rights by recommending a reduction in weekend penalty rates, tampers with minimum wage indexation and opens the door to removing protections around individual agreements. Download the penalty rates petition! While health […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) today appeared at the first public hearing of an Upper House inquiry into the role of registered nurses in aged care facilities across the state. General Secretary of the NSWNMA, Brett Holmes, outlined how essential registered nurses are to ensuring quality of care for high or complex-level residents […]
The NSW Upper House is holding a Parliamentary Inquiry into Registered Nurses in NSW nursing homes. The inquiry is a result of the groundswell of community concern about the threat to registered nurses in nursing homes. Submissions to the inquiry closed on Thursday 23 July but there will be public hearings throughout August. Have a look at the […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has stepped up its campaign insisting registered nurses remain in all NSW aged care facilities with high-care residents, holding a forum in NSW Parliament today. Demonstrating widespread community support for its Insist on Registered Nurses 24/7 campaign, the NSWNMA handed over more than 10,000 signatures on a petition […]
Many organisations have written to the Minister for Health supporting the RN24/7 campaign. Letter to Minister Skinner from the Cancer Council Letter from Australian Women’s Health Association Letter from the Older Women’s Network Letter from Alzheimers NSW Letter from CWA Nambucca Shire Council letter to NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner Letter from Palliative Aged Care Network […]
The workplace relations agenda of the Federal Liberal government has become clear with the start of the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into “all aspects” of our working conditions. Our rights at work are under attack. Penalty rates are under attack. What are penalty rates and why are they paid? For decades penalty rates have been paid […]
A large group of aged care nurses, specialised carers, advocates and local residents gathered at Springwood yesterday for a community forum to discuss the future of registered nurse staffing in aged care. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) have been increasing public awareness of the potential risk to legislation which requires nursing […]
In the lead-up to the state election on 28 March, here is what the NSW political parties say about ratios, aged care and privatisation. Download this as a pdf: What the parties say What we say… Download as a pdf: What we say
The NSW ALP has announced that if elected they would legislate to extend the legal requirement that NSW aged care facilities have a registered nurse on duty at all times. Currently, the requirement is only in place in NSW until December 2015. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association has been campaigning for the retention of […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has described a new initiative to assist and support people in nursing homes living with Dementia as a “step in the right direction” but says the Abbott Government must do more to ensure elderly vulnerable Australians receive quality care. The $54.5 million package over four years utilises redirected […]
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