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Trailblazing ANMF (Vic Branch) leader, Lisa Fitzpatrick, clocks off
- July 8, 2025
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Ahpra puts medicinal cannabis prescribers on notice over poor practice concerns
- July 9, 2025
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The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has issued new guidance to improve the safe prescribing of medicinal cannabis amid growing concerns that poor practice is leading to significant patient harm. The national health-practitioner regulator

Nurses and midwives taking parental leave now eligible for 30% renewal fee rebate
- July 8, 2025
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Practitioners including nurses and midwives who take parental and other types of leave can apply for a 30% rebate on their renewal fees under a new Ahpra relief policy now in effect. The 30% rebate

NSW midwives rally over maternity service cuts
- July 2, 2025
NSW midwives working across maternity services at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) in Camperdown held a snap rally yesterday to draw attention to their grave concerns regarding planned staffing cuts. A review of the major

Parents to receive super on paid parental leave from 1 July
- June 27, 2025
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Around 200,000 families each year are set to benefit from new laws coming into effect on 1 July to pay superannuation on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave. The reform, legislated last year, will see the federal
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