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Mozambique conflict cripples healthcare as needs soar
- July 19, 2025
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: Clinical placement
As violence escalates in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, healthcare access is collapsing, leaving thousands without life-saving care. The region has long experienced instability but has been in conflict for almost
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The Jul–Sep issue focuses on Midwifery and Maternal Health, exploring both the rewards and the challenges of the profession. This issue also showcases the progress being made to tackle the key issues facing the sector.

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New ANMF Federal Vice President brings nursing and midwifery lens to national leadership team
- July 11, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
With a diverse career in midwifery, advanced nursing practice and perinatal mental health, new ANMF Federal Vice President Astrid Tiefholz, from Tasmania, brings a unique voice to the union’s leadership.
International Nurses Day 2025: Celebrating the life-changing impact of care
- May 8, 2025
- Tags: Campaign, International, Nurses, Students, Wellbeing
A conversation with Kerry Patford, Chief Nurse of the McGrath Foundation, this International Nurses Day. Ahead of International Nurses Day, Kerry Patford, Chief Nurse of the McGrath Foundation, whose 30-year
Meet the ANMF’s new Climate Change Officer
- April 9, 2025
- Tags: Action
“I wasn’t always passionate about environmental sustainability and climate change,” admits Catelyn Richards, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s (ANMF) newly appointed Climate Change Officer. “I was, first and foremost,
Latest Career & Practice
FUCHSIA study goes national
- July 7, 2025
The ANMF is pleased to announce funding for The FUCHSIA study: Future proofing the midwifery workforce in Australia. There is a nationwide midwifery workforce shortage and increasing reports of midwives
Primary Care Scholarship program boosts future nurse practitioners
- July 3, 2025
- Tags: Nurse Practitioner, Primary care
Sexual and Reproductive Health Nurse Robyn Holmes is among hundreds of registered nurses on the journey to becoming a nurse practitioner thanks to a Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship.
Rapid response nursing model of care supports early intervention for at-risk patients
- July 2, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
An innovative Rapid Response Nursing (RRN) Model of Care is strengthening hospital-based care at Canberra Hospital by enabling early intervention and enhancing patient safety. Launched in May, the $4 million
Latest Digital Health
Why AI can never replace the human touch in nursing
- July 10, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be highly advanced and tireless, but it will never fully replace certain jobs that require qualities beyond software capabilities, such as empathy, a human touch, or
Watch the highlights: Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging in MHR
- July 8, 2025
We’re pleased to share that the Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging results in My Health Record: New legislation webinar recording is now available. In partnership with the Digital Health Agency, the
Unlocking new digital tools in practice: leaders in nursing and midwifery discuss
- June 27, 2025
- Tags: AI, All Nurses And Midwives, Digital health, Podcast
Join us for the latest episode of the ANMF Podcast presented in partnership with the Australian Digital Health Agency. We know that many nurses and midwives see the benefits AI
Latest Grads & Students
Nursing and midwifery students welcome paid prac
- July 3, 2025
- Tags: Clinical placement
Nursing and midwifery students across Australia have welcomed the introduction of the $331.65 per week Commonwealth Prac Payment, which came into effect earlier this week. At a press conference at
Paid clinical placements a ‘positive first step’, says ANMF
- July 1, 2025
- Tags: Clinical placement
From today, nursing and midwifery students across Australia can apply for the $331.65 per week Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to manage the significant financial costs of undertaking their mandatory clinical
Latest Research
Intermittent fasting improves night shift worker health, study finds
- July 17, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Intermittent fasting (IF) used as an alternative to continuous energy restriction (CER) supports metabolic health improvements and weight loss in night shift workers, a Monash University-led study (the SWIFt study)
Deadly Outstanding Workforce Leadership (OWL) Research Program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives
- July 16, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives, Research
Evidence-based practice is crucial for ensuring the best patient outcomes, and as Australia’s largest and most diverse health workforce, involved in almost all sectors of healthcare delivery, it is of
The FUCHSIA study goes NATIONAL
- July 2, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
The ANMF is pleased to be funding a study called The FUCHSIA study: Future proofing the midwifery workforce in Australia. Not dissimilar to the Victorian FUCHSIA study (report released in
Latest Justice & Action
Mozambique conflict cripples healthcare as needs soar
- July 19, 2025
- Tags: Clinical placement
As violence escalates in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, healthcare access is collapsing, leaving thousands without life-saving care. The region has long experienced instability but has been in conflict for almost
Privacy in nursing and midwifery workplaces
- July 16, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
If you are in a public place whilst reading this, particularly if you are in a metropolitan city, chances are you will be sitting in a place where your every
Nurses and midwives stand for peace: Why solidarity matters
- July 14, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives, Campaign
Latest Wellbeing
Low FODMAP diet can ease symptoms of those with endometriosis, study finds
- July 8, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
A low FODMAP diet developed by Monash University researchers for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been shown to improve gastrointestinal symptoms in women with endometriosis, a new study has revealed.
Endometriosis linked to premature and early menopause
- June 4, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Women who suffer from endometriosis have an increased risk of premature and early menopause, both naturally and surgically, University of Queensland researchers have found. A comprehensive international study found women
How to get the most from your tax return as a nurse or midwife in 2025
- May 22, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
What are some common mistakes that nurses and midwives make when completing their annual tax return? Mark Chapman, H&R Block Director of Tax Communication, shares his tips. Don’t embellish deductions….
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- June 2, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice, Sponsored Post
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
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The ANMJ is a proud publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the largest union in Australia with over 326,000 members.
The ANMF is run by nurses and midwives with the purpose of advancing the industrial, political and professional status of its members.
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If you are a registered or enrolled nurse, midwife, assistant in nursing or doing nursing work, the ANMF is the union for you. We invite you to join one of our branches, where we will be there when you need us.