The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will join thousands of practicing midwives, clinical midwifery educators, midwifery consultants, managers and student midwives today to recognise International Midwives’ Day. General Secretary of the NSWNMA, Brett Holmes, said it was an opportunity to appreciate the women and men who work tirelessly to ensure the safe arrival of […]
Australia’s minimum wage will be reduced to 44% of average weekly earnings, wiping off $136 per week in today’s dollars, if the Commission of Audit recommendations are accepted by the Government. ACTU President Ged Kearney said this radical move represented the biggest attack on Australian wages since the Great Depression. “Tony Abbott asked the head […]
Nurses and midwives will be forced to work longer and harder in crowded public hospitals if the Abbott Government adopts the punishing recommendations contained in the Commission of Audit (CoA), the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) warned today. Thousands of low-paid aged care workers, already robbed of promised wage and work condition improvements, will […]
Scores of nurses and midwives will gather across major regional centres and in Sydney’s CBD this weekend to recognise May Day – the international day of worker solidarity – and take part in a host of public parades. With workers’ rights under attack again from both the state and federal conservative governments, nursing and midwifery […]
A group of talented nurses and midwives have put pen to paper demonstrating their compassion for patients, resolve in the workplace and general creative flair, as part of an inaugural statewide NSWNMA short story and poetry competition. Arch Sirodom, a student nurse from Lewisham, captured the attention of the judges with his short story, Her […]
Unions say a proposed tax that will hurt workers and small business is ‘distraction politics’ to divert attention from upcoming savage cuts and tax dollars flowing to big business. ACTU President Ged Kearney said “The Government is cutting tax on big mining companies while planning to raise tax on low-and-middle income earners and small business.” […]
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has joined a global campaign opposed to a sweeping trade deal which could threaten the provision of public services and open the door to full privatisation. Rallies have been staged in number of countries today to protest against secret negotiations resuming in Geneva, Switzerland, on the […]
Nursing staff at Coffs Harbour Community Mental Health have had a less than enjoyable Easter this year thanks to longstanding workload issues at the site. The affected nurses are set to implement a range of measures to manage their own workloads, after failed attempts to seek adequate resources from Mid North Coast Local Health District […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says reports the Abbott Government is considering a new “hospital tax” will end universal healthcare for all Australians. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said Medicare is a taxpayer funded universal healthcare system that must always be controlled by Australian taxpayers. “We are concerned […]
General Secretary of the NSW Nurses’ and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), Brett Holmes today said he is not surprised by the overwhelming support shown by nurses and midwives for the Association’s campaign to extend and improve safe nurse to patient ratios. “NSWNMA branches all over the state have voted this week on whether to endorse our […]
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