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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 [...]
Firing up mental health chats among Australian men
Lifeline Australia has teamed up with Barbecues Galore during Men’s Health Week (13-19 June) to encourage Australian men to take [...]
NT residents alerted about Japanese encephalitis
Northern Territory residents have been put on alert after local authorities revealed an uptake in positive cases of Japanese encephalitis [...]
UOW Vice-Chancellor Patricia Davidson awarded Honorary Fellowship to Royal College of Nursing
University of Wollongong (UOW) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Patricia Davidson, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship to the world’s largest nursing union [...]
Aged care residents worried staff too ‘run off their feet’ to help with toileting, study finds
Aged care residents worried staff too ‘run off their feet’ to help with toileting, study finds
The road ahead for ACT nurses and midwives
The road ahead for ACT nurses and midwives
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Briefing: ATAGI update on recommendations on a winter booster of COVID -19 Vaccine
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation ATAGI updated and expanded their recommendations on a winter booster dose of COVID-19 [...]
A Breakfast with Rosemary for International Nurses Day
Strength, trust, leadership, and willingness to take risks enables the professions of nursing and midwifery to drive changes to improve [...]
Last days of life: Paediatric and Neonatal Toolkit
"Care of the dying is urgent care" 1, yet many clinicians feel unsure about what is best practice. This uncertainty [...]
Skechers supports essential workers this International Nurses Day
On May 12, we celebrate International Nurses Day, a time to acknowledge the ongoing contribution nurses and midwives make to [...]
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‘You might have five or six buzzers going at a time’: Aged care AIN calls out government for abandoning sector
A year on from the Aged Care Royal Commission’s damning final report, the Morrison Government has failed to take action [...]
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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
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Lifting weights for as little as three seconds a day can boost muscle strength
Lifting weights for as little as three seconds a day can significantly improve muscle strength, a new study from Edith [...]
Healthcare Heartbeat: Giving back to healthcare workers
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a major impact on the professional and personal lives of frontline healthcare workers across [...]
What you need to know about mental health and sleep
There are strong links between sleeping well and good mental health, according to the Sleep Health Foundation. “Mental health problems [...]
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Education launched for care workers to address financial elder abuse
A new educational module to help care workers identify signs of financial abuse has been added to Dementia Australia’s Ask Annie app , [...]
Vitamin D deficiency linked to dementia
A new study from the University of South Australia has found a direct link between dementia and a lack of [...]
Aged care residents worried staff too ‘run off their feet’ to help with toileting, study finds
Aged care residents worried staff too ‘run off their feet’ to help with toileting, study finds
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