With health, education, childcare and pensions still in the Budget firing line, the Abbott Government’s multimillion dollar tax payer funded political inquiry returned today with further proof that it’s nothing more than a witch hunt. The Royal Commission has reportedly so far spent more than $50 million including lawyers’ fees in excess of $17 million. […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed plans for a review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), announced by the Federal Minister for Health today. The ANMF also welcomed the Minister’s statement of commitment to “protecting … Medicare to ensure universal access remained for all Australians long term”. […]
Australian Unions welcome the Labor Party’s superannuation policy as a step in the right direction and urge both major parties to do more to increase the retirement saving of lower income earners. There is a growing consensus that present tax settings are failing millions of workers and families who deserve a decent standard of living […]
Crime statistics released today confirming a huge decline in non-domestic violence in the greater Sydney CBD area prove the alcohol restrictions are working and should now be rolled out in alcohol-violence hotspots around the state. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research released today show a 32 per cent drop in assaults in Kings […]
In the lead-up to the 2015 Budget, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on the Abbott Government to restore over $50 billion ripped from the public health system. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said evidence given to the Senate Select Committee on Health shows how the funding cuts are impacting the quantity […]
Australian Unions are calling for the federal government to stop negotiations on the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. A public forum at NSW Parliament House today will discuss details from leaked documents confirming proposals that could result in higher medicine prices and special rights for foreign companies to sue government over changes in laws […]
Australia’s peak health professional bodies have joined together to call on the Government to immediately release all children and their families from immigration detention in Australia and Nauru. Our organisations represent a wide range of health professionals who have seen, first-hand, the devastating impact of detention on the health and wellbeing of children and their […]
In partnership with South Western Sydney LHD, NSWNMA presents a seminar on environmental health called ‘Environmentally sustainable practice in hospitals and community settings’. Friday 15 May at Liverpool Hospital. Register online. Download the flyer: Environmental Health Seminar Download the agenda: Environmental Health Seminar Agenda
The Welcome Refugees rally will be on Sunday 19 April, at 1pm in Belmore Park, Sydney (near Central). This rally will not be on Palm Sunday as usual, as that date fell the day after the NSW state election this year, so we decided to hold this rally in April. The last year has seen […]
The ACTU calls for workplace rights to be strengthened for women and millions of Australians in casual and insecure work in its submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace relations. Australian Unions also call for the minimum wage and penalty rates to be protected as well as greater rights for workers to bargain collectively, […]
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