Medicare turns 30! Come and share some birthday cake to celebrate with ACTU president Ged Kearney (a former nurse). Update: photos from the event can be seen here. Meet us in the Unions NSW Atrium at 11.30am on Wednesday 29 January. It would be great if you could wear green or yellow – or both – […]
Join the NSWNMA contingent at the Saturday February 15 Save Medicare rally at 1pm Town Hall, Sydney and take a stand in favour of Medicare. RSVP now! In the lead-up to the recent federal election, the Association was so concerned about a future Coalition government’s plans for healthcare that we made a TV commercial to warn voters […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thursday 2 May 2013 WORLD CLASS HOSPITAL FOR NORTHERN BEACHES Health Minister Jillian Skinner today announced expressions of interest will be invited from the private sector to design, construct, operate and maintain a world-class hospital on Sydney’s northern beaches.Mrs Skinner was joined by northern beaches MPs Mike Baird (Manly), Brad Hazzard (Wakehurst), Rob Stokes (Pittwater) […]
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