Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) is calling on all Federal Election candidates to visit an aged care service on ACSA 2016 National Open Day on Friday, June 17 to see the excellent care provided and understand the real impact of proposed funding cuts. ACSA CEO Adj Prof John Kelly said elderly, frail residents of […]
Where the parties stand on Liberal/National Greens Labor Public Health Funding $57 billion taken out of public hospital growth funding in its first budget under Tony Abbott. Promised to reverse the $57 billion health funding cuts from the 2014 budget. Will restore the 50% growth funding agreement with states and territories by contributing $4.9 […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the Labor party’s promise to inject additional funding into frontline healthcare if it wins the July 2 election. ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said the pledge to restore the National Health Reform Agreement would deliver much-needed funding for public hospitals across the […]
The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) launched its election campaign today calling on all parties and candidates to commit to five key issues and to listen to, support and fund the nursing workforce. Kim Ryan, CEO, ACMHN said all parties and candidates could not afford to ignore the mental health needs of the […]
The admission from a leading NSW provider that $1.8 billion ripped from aged care by the Turnbull Government will see it reduce the number of Registered Nurses (RN) it employs now confirms that ongoing funding cuts are compromising the level of care for elderly, vulnerable nursing home residents, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery […]
Since the cuts to workers compensation in June 2012, were you given a fair chance to return to work? Much of the Government rhetoric to justify the workers compensation cuts was that they would encourage return to work, yet there have been few substantive changes to return to work provisions. The Law & Justice Committee […]
On Sunday June 19 the Injured Workers Support Network will be holding a family day picnic at Holroyd workplace memorial park from 11am at the Holroyd Workplace Memorial Park Brickworks Drive, Holroyd am. We will have a sausage sizzle and family entertainment. We will also be unveiling a commemoration plaque remembering the workers who are injured […]
Health Minister Sussan Ley today agreed that the Government’s seven-year freeze on Medicare rebate for doctors was a bad idea. Speaking to ABC presenter Fran Kelly this morning, Ms Ley said she wanted to lift the freeze as soon as possible but that Finance and Treasury would not let her. Labor has promised to reinstate […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Opposition’s election pledge that it will reverse the Turnbull Government’s crippling freeze on Medicare rebates. The ANMF’s Acting Federal Secretary Annie Butler said the decision to restore indexation to MBS rebates from January 1 next year will assist in protecting Australia’s […]
NSW Shadow Health Minister Walt Secord today proposed a phased-in ban on “sugary” soft drinks in all more than 200 hospitals in NSW. The ban would extend to all vending machines, restaurants, kiosks and cafeterias within hospitals. However, he said that there would have to be a transition period for existing contracts in those facilities. Mr […]
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