Nurses tell Senate that elderly deserve better

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) today will tell Federal Senators how the Turnbull Government’s $1.8 billion in funding cuts has created a crisis in aged care – with frail nursing home residents now unable to get basic standards of care. ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas and ANMF Tasmanian Branch […]

Boycott Carlton United Breweries this Melbourne Cup

Join the CUB boycott on Melbourne Cup Day. Take a selfie with this poster and put it up on your social media with the hashtag #boycottCUB. 55 critical maintenance workers at the Carlton United Breweries (CUB) site in Melbourne were sacked and re-offered their positions at 35% of their original pay. This is an affront to workers’ rights […]

Senate must reject new moves to cut Paid Parental Leave

The country’s biggest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is re-issuing its warnings about the wide-range of detrimental impacts that cuts to paid parental leave (PPL) would have on mothers and their babies. It follows reports that Federal Social Services Minister Christian Porter will attempt to introduce a Bill which will strip working […]

Australia’s health leaders tackle climate change at Parliament

Representatives from Australia’s leading health and medical groups met in Canberra on Monday to call on politicians to take immediate steps to protect the health of Australians from the impacts of climate change. A nation-wide consultation has revealed deep concern within the health sector that there is currently no national health plan to deal with […]

Australians critically vulnerable to climate change: health experts warn

Leading health experts say Australia’s health system is unprepared for the impacts of climate change, leaving communities unnecessarily exposed. In a national first, the Climate and Health Alliance surveyed more than 130 peak health bodies, unions and health professionals – including doctors, nurses, midwives, public health practitioners and psychologists – to evaluate the sector’s preparedness for the impacts of […]

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