The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has expressed its extreme concern that a Coalition Government under Peter Dutton will slash much-needed financial support for student nurses and midwives. From July this year, eligible students will receive just over $300 per week while undertaking their mandatory 800 hours of clinical placement training. The ANMF has […]
Today the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) can reveal the political parties standing with nurses and midwives this Election. The ANMF has written to the Leaders of each major political party seeking their commitment to 12 specific priorities which will improve the wages, working conditions and well-being of nurses, midwives and care-workers and their […]
Over the past three years, the Albanese Government has delivered a long-list of policies that will benefit Australia’s nurses and midwives and their families. The most recent ‘wins’ for ANMF members include: Aged Care: $2.6 Billion in wage rises and better and safer staffing for the aged care workforce, bringing the total outlay in support […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the Labor party’s promise to inject additional funding into frontline healthcare if it wins the July 2 election. ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said the pledge to restore the National Health Reform Agreement would deliver much-needed funding for public hospitals across the […]
This morning, both the Prime Minister and Treasurer revealed last week’s COAG income tax debate was all a strategy to call the states’ bluff. I think what the Prime Minister did last Friday was call their bluff – Treasurer, Scott Morrison Their call for us to raise taxes has no credibility…what that means is that […]
New polling in six key marginal seats around the country shows voters believe the Abbott Government has no plan to create jobs, will make more cuts to health and education and that the Federal Budget does nothing to protect the living standards of working families. The ReachTel survey was carried out in the marginal federal […]
Unions are ready to work with the incoming Coalition government to improve life for working Australians, the ACTU said on Sunday. Australians have voted for a new government but it does not have a mandate to attack workers’ wages, rights or conditions, said ACTU President Ged Kearney. “It should be the goal of every government […]
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