Women around Australia are being invited to get on board during Women’s Health Week on 2-6 September, 2019. This year’s message Women’s health. Powerful stuff [...]
In 2013, leaders from nursing and healthcare unions from across the world formed a new alliance called Global Nurses United (GNU) in a bid to [...]
For over a century, industrial awards have been an important part of the employment landscape of Australia. The Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 set the [...]
Australia is using surgical solutions for social problems in its efforts to tackle escalating rates of rheumatic heart disease, (RHD)according to paediatric cardiologist Dr Bo [...]
In Australia, only the ACT and Queensland have laws covering the crime of industrial manslaughter, whilst Victoria is considering passing similar legislation. Queensland passed its [...]
Every jurisdiction in Australia has legislation that establishes the role and function of the Coroner and the Coroner’s court. Of particular relevance to healthcare professionals [...]
What drives nurses and midwives to turn whistleblower and report wrongdoing outside their organisation? What ramifications surface personally and professionally in the aftermath? Robert Fedele [...]
Democracy is linked with decreases in mortality caused by cardiovascular disease and road deaths, as well as increases in government health spending. The global study [...]
Why we enter into a profession of our choosing differs for everyone. My motivation to become a nurse was because of my mum. Not only [...]
