Petition – insist on registered nurses 24/7 in aged care

Download and sign our petition about the threat to registered nurses in NSW nursing homes – and ask your family, friends and colleagues to sign it too. Please return original pages of the petitions to us by Tuesday 30 June 2015, to Stella Topaz, Professional Officer, NSWNMA, 50 O’Dea Avenue, Waterloo, 2017. Download here: RNs24-7 petition […]

Employer push to cut penalty rates before Christmas

An attempt by employers to cut penalty rates for millions of Australian workers has kicked off just before Christmas, said the ACTU. ACTU President Ged Kearney said employer groups have outlined the industries they will target under a review of the award system at a hearing in the Fair Work Commission. “If employer groups have […]

Aged Care Education and Training Incentive Program

The Aged Care Education and Training Incentive (ACETI) Program provides incentive payments to eligible aged care workers who undertake specified education and training programs to upgrade qualifications and build their career in aged care. The Department of Human Services delivers the ACETI Program through funding from the federal Department of Health and Ageing. More about […]

Axing dementia funding hurts elderly

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has joined other aged care industry stakeholders in expressing disappointment over the Abbott Government’s axing of the Dementia and Severe Behaviours Supplement. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said the abolishment of the $16 a day supplement, introduced as part of the Labor Government’s Living Longer, Living Better aged […]

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