The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) has cut the application fee for final-year students to $20, saving new graduates $140. The fee cut will take effect on 16 October 2013. Any graduating student of a Board-approved program of study that leads to registration as a nurse or midwife (excluding a bridging program […]
The new federal Coalition Government has issued an Aged Care Subsidies Amendment (Workforce Supplement) Determination 2013 which prevents new applications for the workforce supplement in aged care (which formed part of the Living Longer Living Better aged care reform package passed by the previous Labor Government). The Coalition had already expressed its intention to “review” the aged care compact prior to the September 7 election and has […]
Exciting news from Korean Health and Medical Workers Union KHMU in South Korea who held their Global Nurses Union Day of Action on Saturday September 14 in Seoul (a Korean holiday prevented them from holding the action on 17 September). More than 1000 nurses marched on the Korean National Assembly to demand an end to austerity, save the […]
Australian unions have fought tooth and nail for nearly 200 years for a fair go for working people in this country and the election results last Saturday have only motivated us to re-double our efforts to protect our hard-won work rights. Can we count on you to continue the fight to protect our rights at work? Watch ACTU […]
A new workforce survey reveals that an increased number of experienced nurses and midwives will leave the profession over the next 12 months due to high workloads caused by inadequate nurse to patient ratios. The national survey of the attitudes of nurses and midwives, conducted for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) by the […]
The Fred Hollows Foundation CEO Brian Doolan has responded to the Coalition’s proposed foreign aid cuts by highlighting the human cost. “Who is going to miss out on malaria treatment? Who will miss out on having their sight restored? These are cuts that will have a devastating impact on real lives,” Mr Doolan said. Shadow […]
Today’s report by the Tourism and Transport Forum calling for penalty rates to be reduced for tourism operators is more evidence of a growing push by business to remove penalty rates, the ACTU said today. ACTU President Ged Kearney said the report ignored the economic benefits of penalty rates and the fact that many low-paid […]
The ACTU has written to all Liberal federal election candidates asking if they will commit to retaining penalty rates if they are elected after senior Liberals suggested there would be post-election cuts. ACTU President Ged Kearney said unions were reaching out to Liberal candidates as senior party officials were suggesting a Coalition Government would back […]
Adventist HealthCare prides itself as an employer of choice and good corporate citizen. However their recent low pay offers and threats to the employment conditions of nurses do not reflect this. Please sign our petition, which can be downloaded below. Community petition to Adventist HealthCare Management Our community has great respect for the San, San […]
Australia’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF), has called on the Rudd Government to exempt nurses and midwives from a $2000 a year cap on tax deductibility on work-related self-education expenses. ANF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, warned that the delivery of safe patient care would now be compromised if nurses and midwives were […]
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