Justice & Action
Early intervention key to treating heart failure
A Melbourne-based general physician and researcher says this week’s Heart Failure (HF) Awareness Week offers an opportunity to get the [...]
Sending messages of love and support to children traumatised by war in Ukraine
Children across Australia are being asked to be part of the Magic Hearts For Ukraine Project to send one million Magic [...]
State budget failure prompts NSW nurses and midwives to take action
NSW nurses and midwives are planning a mass stop work meeting next week over the NSW budget and the state [...]
Fair Work Commission lifts minimum wage by 5.2%
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has decided to increase Australia’s minimum wage by 5.2% in a bid to provide relief [...]
ANMF reveals their Political Report Card on health and aged care policy
In the lead up to the Federal Election, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has formed a political report [...]
Fluctuating temperatures significantly impacts Australia’s mortality rate
A global study has attributed 1.75 million deaths per year to fluctuating temperatures. As the first quantifiable research of its [...]
Aged care workers still waiting for promised COVID payments
Aged care workers still waiting for promised COVID payments
On International Nurses Day ANMF commends the extraordinary commitment and dedication of nurses while calling on investment into the profession and healthcare
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is asking us all to reflect and acknowledge the extraordinary commitment and dedication [...]
ANMF Election Priorities for Health and Aged Care announced
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has written to all major political parties and Independent MPs and Senators, seeking [...]
Historic win- 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence leave granted
On 16 May 2022, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down a decision advising that its provisional view was that [...]
Undervalued – Inside the ANMF’S push to lift wages of aged care workers by 25%
Long hours, poor pay and chronic understaffing are commonplace in aged care. Beginning in late April, the Fair Work Commission [...]
Calls for healthcare equality for First Nation Peoples in Victorian prisons
The necessity for better prisoner healthcare for First Nation’s People was the centre of a discussion as part of NAIDOC [...]
Superannuation boost for Australians
From today, millions of Australians will receive a boost to their superannuation balances as compulsory employer contributions rise from 10-10.5%. [...]