Nurses from Westmead Rehabilitation Hospital will rally this Thursday 28 November from 2-3.30pm outside the hospital entrance in Coleman Street, Merrylands. Family, friends and community supporters are welcome. Pulse Health owns Westmead Rehab as well as two other private hospitals in NSW. Pulse’s current offer for a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement leaves the Westmead Rehabilitation […]
What would you think of a Government that wants to make it easier for foreign-based companies to sue Australia for daring to do things like introduce the plain packaging of cigarettes or ban coal seam gas mining (fracking)? What would you think of a Government that is willing to negotiate away our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme […]
Lung Foundation Australia is marking Asbestos Awareness Week with the graduation and launch of the Asbestos Related Disease and Pleural Mesothelioma Nurses Special Interest Group (SIG). Pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lung, accounts for nearly 95 percent of all mesothelioma cases in Australia. Mesothelioma can also occur in the lining of the […]
Today is the fifth annual Go Home on Time Day, an initiative of the Australia Institute and beyondblue which aims to promote work-life balance and mentally healthy workplaces. Executive Director of the Australia Institute Dr Richard Denniss said it was exciting that more than 350 businesses and organisations have registered to participate and will be […]
Millions of people in the Phillippines have been disastrously affected by typhoon Haiyan, one of the worst storms on the planet on record. Almost half a million people are in evacuation centres, in dire need of food, water, medicines and other necessities. The Alliance of Health Workers in the Philippines, in conjunction with Global Nurses […]
Currently in NSW far too many people are affected by alcohol-related harms. Each year in NSW alcohol causes 50,000 hospitalisations, 15,000 non-domestic assaults, 10,000 domestic assaults and 1,200 deaths. This is too great a toll for the NSW Government to ignore. Save our Streets is a campaign calling on the Premier to act now to […]
While the Australian government has refused to send a Minister to the global climate talks this month, an Australian film on climate, energy and health will feature in a session at the Global Climate and Health Summit being held in parallel with the United Nations global climate talks in Warsaw in November. The Human Cost […]
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By Louise Eddy, November 2, 2013 from Western Advocate The people of Bathurst are being urged to stand up and fight as they have never fought before for our hospital. NSW Nurses and Midwives Association assistant state secretary Judith Kiejda has issued the battle cry in the wake of revelations that Bathurst Hospital faces what […]
The Chair of First State Super Trustee Corporation (FTC) Dr Tom Parry has announced the appointment of Mr Neil Cochrane as his successor. “Neil brings extensive knowledge of the superannuation and investment management industries and will make an outstanding Chair,” Dr Parry said. In a career spanning 40 years in both South Africa and Australia, Mr Cochrane’s roles […]
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