The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has paid tribute to the work of ACTU Secretary Sally McManus and president Michele O’Neil, who have announced they are leaving the organisation. ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler, who also sits as ACTU Vice President, said Sally and Michele made an extraordinary collective contribution […]
New data showing the number of healthcare workers hospitalised after being assaulted at work has more than doubled in a decade confirms years of warnings about worsening safety of healthcare workers, say the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). National figures released by the Australian Institute of Health […]
The Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is the country’s largest trade union and professional nursing and midwifery organisation representing more than 356,000 members nationally, with more than 320,000 of these members registered under the national regulation and accreditation scheme administered by Ahpra. As such any and all decisions made by Ahpra critically impact the […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed new landmark Legislation that now gives patients access to subsidised Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines prescribed by registered nurses. The passing of the Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025 in Federal Parliament today marks another significant step-forward in allowing highly-qualified registered nurses to work to […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) will join nursing and midwifery leaders from across the country at Parliament House today, for a ‘hands on’ demonstration of the high-quality, clinical capabilities of Australia’s largest health workforce. The Parliamentary Friends of Nursing event in the Mural Hall, will highlight the growing role of nurses and midwives […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the government’s funding allocation towards the recent wages increase for nurses and midwives in the state budget, rather than cuts to health services. An additional $2.9 billion will be spent on nurses and midwives’ wages over the next three years, while $11.9 billion over four years […]
Nurses working at emergency departments (ED) across the state are continuing to feel the effects of increased presentations and very unwell people coming through their doors, with the latest health snapshot painting a worrying picture of NSW public hospitals. The latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report shows there were almost 800,000 ED […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), today commenced its landmark Nurses and Midwives work value case before the Fair Work Commission (‘FWC’). The ANMF is seeking long-overdue wage increases for nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing (AIN), to recognise the true value of the work they perform across the Australian […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says today’s decision by the Fair Work Commission (‘FWC’) to lift national minimum wages by 4.75%, will help boost the pay of frontline care workers. While disappointed the FWC did not meet the ACTU’s claim of a 6% rise, ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler […]
After more than a decade of campaigning by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), staffing ratios will finally be introduced across medical, surgical and specialty wards including neurology, respiratory and oncology, in the next stage of the nurse-to-patient ratios rollout. Public hospital wards will see minimum staffing levels of one nurse to four patients […]
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