Many Enrolled Nurses and Assistants in Nursing (AiNs) get their training and education at TAFE. But TAFEs are under threat from the privatisation mentality. Help preserve TAFE in NSW by sending a submission to the NSW Inquiry into Vocational Training. This inquiry is a great opportunity to let NSW politicians know that the community values […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has condemned new laws which silence nurses, midwives and other health professionals who speak about the poor conditions in detention centres. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said it was outrageous that the Australian Border Force Act, effective from today, can result in a […]
From today, hundreds of thousands of Australians will be forced to pay out of pocket fees for a basic doctor visit, as a result of the Abbott Government’s four-year freeze on doctor’s Medicare rebates. The Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), Lee Thomas, described the rebate freeze as “another damaging version […]
For the past three years, along with Unions NSW, the NSWNMA has been applying pressure to the NSW Liberal/National Government to reverse the sweeping cuts they made to workers compensation in 2012. Nurses are particularly prone to injury and assault at work so this is a subject we should really pay attention to. Watch two […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is proudly supporting the Luke Batty Foundation as a founding partner of the Never Alone campaign against domestic violence. ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas joins with Australian of the Year Rosie Batty to pay tribute to the survivors of family violence and is asking nurses and midwives to help […]
Australia’s key professional nursing and midwifery bodies are expressing their serious concern about the secrecy provisions in the Australian Border Force Act 2015. The Act threatens jail for up to two years for health care professionals who disclose information that is deemed ‘protected information’ under the Act. ‘Protected information’ is all information health care professionals […]
Representatives from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) will appear before a Senate Inquiry into Temporary Work Visas today to raise concerns about the impact of temporary migrant labour on Australian nursing and midwifery graduates and to call on the Government to protect overseas nurses working in Australia who are victims of underpayments and […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has joined the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners, the Australian College of Midwives, and the Australian College of Nursing to ask the Federal Government to explain why nurses and midwives have been blocked from its plans to deliver a healthier Medicare. Nurses and midwives have been all but […]
Thousands of nurse graduates continue to complete their degrees only to face unemployment, underemployment and job insecurity. Nurse and midwifery graduates are struggling to get work because of a ‘lack of experience’, with employers preferring to hire international workers instead. A new survey run by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) found over a […]
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has commissioned a project to be undertaken by Southern Cross University to review the National competency standards for the registered Nurse (RN). The revised document, now titled Registered nurse standards for practice, is currently open for public consultation. We strongly urge our members to visit the NMBA […]
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