Podcast: Kerry Rodgers RN on Medicare
Kerry Rodgers RN speaks about Medicare at the Bust the Budget rally, Sydney Town Hall, 6 July 2014.
Name our Northern Beaches pop-up shop!
NSWNMA has opened a pop-up shop campaign headquarters at 335 Condamine St, Manly Vale, to fight against the NSW government’s decision to privatise the new Northern Beaches Hospital. Now we need your help to name our HQ! We need something catchy and attention-grabbing, that tells the community what we stand for in just a few […]
Act for fair trade at G20 Trade Ministers meeting
If we hope to win the fight against privatisation, then we’ll need to defeat the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) and if we want to keep access to cheap medicines we need to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). We’re holding a bit of street theatre to help raise awareness – come watch the fun! […]
Tell the Government: thanks but no thanks
An imposed pay increase – with no improvement in ratios The NSW Government’s wages laws continue to deny any real role for the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) in determining the appropriateness of our pay or the merits of ratios, nor do they allow any real bargaining to occur. Prior to these draconian laws, the […]
Thousands descend on Sydney CBD to protest the Budget
Central Sydney has filled with a sea of protesters for the Bust the Budget march. From the Sydney Morning Herald. Organisers estimated up to 15,000 people joined the rally, which started at Town Hall and proceeded along George Street and up Market Street. Police figures put the number of marchers at 6000. The protest was […]
Fit for the future survey
The NSWNMA is partnering with the University of Technology (UTS) in an Australian Research Council Linkage research project called Fit for the future: ensuring the health and wellbeing of the Australian nursing workforce to sustain future healthcare service delivery. The survey will be the biggest study into the health of nurses and midwives in NSW. This […]
APNA: announcement on health assessments ‘devastating’
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) today voiced its dismay regarding the Government’s announcement that the time general practice nurses spend contributing to health assessments cannot be legally claimed under the health assessment MBS items. “This announcement will have a devastating impact on the ability of general practice to provide high quality preventive […]
Axing dementia funding hurts elderly
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has joined other aged care industry stakeholders in expressing disappointment over the Abbott Government’s axing of the Dementia and Severe Behaviours Supplement. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said the abolishment of the $16 a day supplement, introduced as part of the Labor Government’s Living Longer, Living Better aged […]
Unions NSW Workers compensation survey report 2014
In May and June 2014 Unions NSW surveyed over 2000 people who had been injured at work or while travelling to or from work. Read or download the survey results.
Recognise
The NSWNMA supports RECOGNISE, the people’s movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution. Tens of thousands of Australians from all walks of life have already declared their support to recognise the first Australians in our founding document. We want to see fairness and respect at the heart of our Constitution […]
