Justice & Action
Informing on the latest industrial rights and action, nursing and midwifery’s collective force and social justice issues relevant to health
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South Gaza’s lifeline must be preserved, warns medical humanitarian aid agency
- June 6, 2025
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Gaza; Humanitarian aid;
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- June 2, 2025
- Category: Sponsored Post
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Optimising medicine use in older people is a complex balance between disease management and avoiding medicine-related problems As a person ages (particularly after the age of 70) they are more likely to have multiple chronic conditions, leading to the use

Young female shift workers hold multiple jobs to make ends meet
- March 22, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
A total of 7% of the shift workforce held multiple jobs simultaneously in 2023 – a 25-year high with the majority being young females. All major industries have experienced an unprecedented rise in the number

IR Reform: Closing the loopholes on unfair pay and conditions
- March 11, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Pay and conditions
Last year heralded the next stage in the federal government’s workplace relations reform agenda to close the loopholes that undermine pay, security and safety for workers. The Closing Loopholes Bill is the third tranche of

Government to pay superannuation on paid parental leave
- March 7, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action, News
- / Tag: Gender equity

Progressing Gender Equity in 2024
- March 7, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Gender equity
As of 2023, Australia’s national gender pay gap stands at 13.3%, translating to women earning $253.50 less per week than their male counterparts. Projections suggest it will take another 26 years to close this gap.
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