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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An update on our Work Value cases
- December 9, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
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Financial stress and your mental health
- November 7, 2024
- Category: Sponsored Post
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
A higher cost of living has increased financial hardship for many Australians. Since 2020, interest rates, mortgages and inflation have risen fast, but real wages have gone down [1]. Despite low unemployment, higher living costs are affecting our living standards.
Electronic communications must be available for voluntary assisted dying
- July 29, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: Voluntary Assisted Dying
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has released a joint statement with other national peak health organisations calling on the government to urgently amend the Commonwealth Criminal Code to allow electronic communications, including telehealth,
Struggling with mental health and climate distress? Get out and plant a tree
- July 17, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Planet Ark is encouraging Australians to get outdoors to do something good for their mental health this National Tree Day, 28 July, with research suggesting climate-related impacts on mental health are significantly affecting people’s wellbeing.
Gender assumptions and the value of work
- July 11, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
The recent Fair Work Commission aged care work value decision confirmed that the work of aged care sector employees and nurses has been undervalued on the basis of gender assumptions.1 The decision sets out a
Explainer: All you need to know about the ANMF’s Work Value Cases
- July 9, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: Aged Care
The ANMF is currently running two Work Value cases at the Fair Work Commission – The Aged Care Industry Case and The Nurses’ and Midwives’ Case. It has developed two FAQs to help members better
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