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
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How super works: Strengthening public understanding
- August 16, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: Superannuation
Three quarters of Australians believe super is important to their future wellbeing – yet public understanding of how super works to grow savings remains low, according to new research. For example, the survey found seven

‘Why would you do this to us?’: Northern Territory nurses and midwives rally against Middle Arm Industrial Precinct
- August 2, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
In April, Northern Territory (NT) nurses and midwives, flanked by healthcare colleagues, stood on the steps of NT Parliament to voice their opposition to the contentious Middle Arm Industrial Precinct and its potential health and

Remembering Evelyn Augusta Conyers
- July 30, 2024
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
A pioneering ANF leader and a force in Australian nursing (1870-1944). Many of the original members of the ANF were visionary leaders and activists for nurses and women, far ahead of their time. They laid

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,
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