The Abbott government’s National Commission of Audit is considering the introduction of a $5 fee for every visit to a GP with the possibility that this could be expanded to Emergency visits. It’s time for to say no to this attack on our health care system and demand better for Australia. We call for a […]
Ramsay Health Care’s complaint that the Queensland Government has “succumbed to vested interests” by back-flipping on its plans to privatise various public hospitals, including the new Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH), is just laughable, the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) said today. In response to Ramsay’s attack, the QNU is also renewing its call for the […]
We wanted a new public hospital, not a private one The proposal for a new Northern Beaches Hospital was welcome news to staff at both Manly and Mona Vale hospitals. However, the announcement by the Minister that a private organisation will build and operate it is not. Privatisation is a lose-lose proposition The privatisation of public health […]
The NSW State Government’s unseemly rush to pass legislation that allows it to start privatising its disability services could actually put at risk real choice and the quality of services offered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as well as good secure jobs in the sector, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) said […]
Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) workplace delegates on the Sunshine Coast have met this week and want answers on how the Noosa Private Hospital’s contract with the State Government to treat public patients works. QNU assistant secretary, Des Elder, said the Sunshine Coast delegates are very concerned about the way the deal between the Noosa Private […]
Attempts by the Queensland premier Campbell Newman to reassure Queenslanders about his public hospital privatisation program are disingenuous and also confirm that one aim is to cut the pay and working conditions, including safe staffing systems, of nurses, midwives and other health workers, the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) said on Monday. The QNU was responding […]
At the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) National Biennial Conference this Thursday-Friday 17-18 October 2013 in Brisbane, a rally will be held. Members and supporters of the ANMF from around Australia will march to Parliament and present a petition calling on the Newman LNP government to immediately cease its vicious cuts to jobs and […]
Health care in the United States is exorbitant and inefficient, yet in Australia the Liberals seem determined to adopt the American way with the privatisation of our public hospitals. In Queensland and Western Australia, Liberal state governments are well down the path of privatising the management of public hospitals. New South Wales is following suit. […]
Queensland MP Jarrod Bleijie’s parliamentary attack on the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) over its opposition to the privatisation of the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and of nursing and midwifery jobs is a desperate attempt by the LNP Queensland Government to hide the fact that public hospital privatisation will lead to hefty costs for patients, less […]
The Queensland Nurses Union also hosted a public forum with Donna Smith talking about the perils of privatisation. From the QNU website: Ms Smith’s warning to Australians comes as federal Opposition health spokesperson, Peter Dutton, continues to mislead the community about the federal Coalition’s real intentions for public hospitals. For example, on Sydney 2UE’s Paul […]
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