Working-age Australian women diagnosed with breast cancer collectively lose an average of 1.5 years of full-time work for every person diagnosed, costing billions in wages and gross domestic product. Rising rates of breast cancer among working-age Australian
A Senate legislative committee has backed a Bill that would allow designated RN prescribers to prescribe certain medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee has recommended the passage of
After months of negotiations with the state government, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) has won a 6% interim administrative wage increase, with planned industrial action suspended while Enterprise Agreement talks continue. The
Over recent years, nurses, midwives and care workers have helped drive significant reforms made to healthcare and the professions they work in. This has included advances in gender equity; industrial relations reforms including wage increases
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