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Trailblazing ANMF (Vic Branch) leader, Lisa Fitzpatrick, clocks off

July 8, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

National minimum wage to rise by 3.5%

June 3, 2025

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/ Tag: Aged Care, All Nurses And Midwives

Millions of Australians will get a 3.5% pay rise from 1 July, following the Fair Work Commission (FWC) annual wage review, handed down this morning. The national minimum wage will increase by: The increase will

‘Landmark moment’: Advance copy of RN prescribing standard released

June 2, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

An advance copy of the registration standard that will enable suitably qualified RNs to prescribe scheduled medicines has been released.

Queensland nurses and midwives vote to strike

May 29, 2025

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/ Tag: Clinical placement

More than 96% of Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) members have voted to strike for the first time in decades as they ramp up the fight for improved wages and conditions. QNMU Secretary Sarah

National Reconciliation Week 2025: ‘Bridging now to Next’ in truth-telling

May 27, 2025

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/ Tag: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, All Nurses And Midwives, Health, Reconciliation, Truth-telling

This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Bridging Now to Next, urges us to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us. At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation