Nurse Practitioners in rural and remote set to have their HELP debt wiped or reduced
Nurse Practitioners and doctors who lives and works in rural and remote Australia will have their HELP debt wiped or reduced under legislation passed today in Parliament. The HELP debt reduction for a nurse practitioner or doctor will depend on the length of their course of study, and the amount of outstanding HELP debt when […]
South Australia’s nurses and midwives receive welcome pay boost
South Australian public sector nurses and midwives have seen the first of three successive yearly wage increases of 3% in their pay packet, as part of their new Enterprise Agreement. A 9% pay rise over three years as part of a new enterprise bargaining agreement reached with state government began flowing through on Friday for […]
An antibiotic that beats resistance to superbugs developed
A new type of antibiotic that can be rapidly re-engineered to avoid resistance by dangerous superbugs has been created by RMIT scientists. The antibiotic, named Priscilicidin, is made of small amino acid building blocks creating an antimicrobial peptide, which can be tailored to tackle different types of antimicrobial resistance. All living organisms produce these peptides […]