In the lead-up to the state election on 28 March, here is what the NSW political parties say about ratios, aged care and privatisation. Download this as a pdf: What the parties say What we say… Download as a pdf: What we say
The IWD march this year is dedicated to Save our Women-Only Services (SOS). Mike Baird and the NSW Liberal Nationals: • Closed over 200 locally-based community organisations, including specialist women’s refuges; • Are planning to make significant cuts to women’s health services after the next election; • Backflipped on support for allocating specialised Domestic Violence […]
Every nurse in the state’s emergency wards will be responsible for no more than three patients at a time under a Labor election policy released on Tuesday, writes Amy Corderoy in the Sydney Morning Herald. Labor has promised to enshrine the nurse-to-patient ratio in law under the plan, which will also legislate for a one-to-one […]
As tens of thousands of workers around the nation took to the streets to stand up for their rights at work, new national accounts figures proved that the Government must urgently change its direction. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said the Abbott Government’s destructive agenda of savage cuts must be abandoned in favour of support for […]
The leaders of the country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), will join nurses and midwives for today’s National Day of Action in capital cities and towns, in a show of force against the Abbott Government’s industrial relations agenda. In NSW, ANMF members will participate in coordinated industrial action and activities […]
Health Minister Sussan Ley’s announcement that the hated GP co-payment has been dropped is welcome news. But Save Medicare Sydney warns that Medicare is not safe while the rebate remains frozen and the government looks for other ways to dismantle universal healthcare: “From the moment a Medicare co-payment was floated in January 2014 public opposition […]
More than 13,000 of Australia’s nurses and midwives have had their say on the importance of penalty rates, with an overwhelming 93% warning they are prepared to take action to protect their penalty rates – over 60% said this would include stop work or strike action. These are the results of a new national survey, […]
Australian Unions have produced an online tool to make it easier for you to make a submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry that is examining all aspects of workplace relations. After answering the questions, these will be turned into a submission and forwarded on your behalf to the Commission. Your experiences and those of people […]
NSWNMA councillor and midwife Annette Alldrick will be among speakers at a forum on Medicare next Wednesday March 4 at 5.30pm in Trades Hall, Sydney.
The NSWNMA, in partnership with South Western Sydney LHD, will be hosting an environmental health seminar on Friday 15 May 2015 at Liverpool Hospital. Full details here: Environmental Health Forum
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