Banding together to beat loneliness
2018-11-14T10:48:16+00:00November 14th, 2018|
Loneliness affects more than half of Australians and has major impacts on health and happiness. It does not discriminate and peaks in early adulthood, in [...]
Member Alert: Your rights during the Royal Commission into aged care
2018-11-14T10:47:58+00:00November 8th, 2018|
In September, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the federal government would establish a Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to examine the crisis [...]
Global Indigenous gathering focuses on future generations
2018-11-07T09:25:29+00:00November 7th, 2018|
A global Indigenous gathering to explore the issues and concerns facing Indigenous people in Australia and to garner international perspectives will be held in Sydney [...]
Pioneer of nursing rights acknowledged
2018-10-24T10:14:59+00:00October 19th, 2018|
One of the great pioneers of nursing rights Margaret Ann (Gretta) Lyons, was recently acknowledged at the Victorian Alfred Hospital Nurses League Inc. Centenary Luncheon [...]
ANMF joins call for evacuation of children from Nauru
2018-10-24T10:15:10+00:00October 19th, 2018|
Over 85 children and other families from the Nauru and Manus Island detention camps must be urgently evacuated the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) [...]
Nurses, gun control and why we have a stake
2018-10-17T09:31:19+00:00October 15th, 2018|
The possible loosening of gun control laws raised its menacing head in Tasmania during the 2018 state election. As most Australians remember, in April 1996, [...]
ANMF fosters global partnerships
2018-10-05T13:13:44+00:00October 5th, 2018|
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has long recognised the importance of developing an international network of affiliations to advance the interests of the [...]
Gillian Triggs calls for human rights charter
2018-09-18T11:33:30+00:00September 14th, 2018|
Former Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs says Australia urgently needs a federal charter of human rights to prevent injustices such as the indefinite [...]
In the news…Prosecution of fake practitioners
2018-09-13T16:34:42+00:00September 13th, 2018|
The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law governs the regulation of health professionals in every state and territory in Australia and protects the public through ensuring [...]