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‘The war is on top of you’: Red Cross nurse Ruth Jebb on caring for the injured in Gaza
- July 29, 2025
- Category: Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
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JUL-SEP 2025 ISSUE OUT NOW!
The Jul–Sep issue focuses on Midwifery and Maternal Health, exploring both the rewards and the challenges of the profession. This issue also showcases the progress being made to tackle the key issues facing the sector.

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Latest Interviews
Paediatric Organ Donation Specialist Nurse urges Australians to consider giving someone a second chance at life
- July 25, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
“This job enables me to offer families a chance to create a legacy for their child,” says Mellissa Short, a DonateLife Victoria paediatrics Nurse Donation Specialist based at Melbourne’s Royal
New ANMF Federal Vice President brings nursing and midwifery lens to national leadership team
- July 11, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
With a diverse career in midwifery, advanced nursing practice and perinatal mental health, new ANMF Federal Vice President Astrid Tiefholz, from Tasmania, brings a unique voice to the union’s leadership.
International Nurses Day 2025: Celebrating the life-changing impact of care
- May 8, 2025
- Tags: Campaign, International, Nurses, Students, Wellbeing
A conversation with Kerry Patford, Chief Nurse of the McGrath Foundation, this International Nurses Day. Ahead of International Nurses Day, Kerry Patford, Chief Nurse of the McGrath Foundation, whose 30-year
Latest Career & Practice
Between the frontline and the executive: A personal call to recognise and support healthcare’s middle managers
- July 24, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Middle managers—such as Nurse Unit Managers (NUMs), Midwifery Unit Managers (MUMs), and departmental leaders—play a critical role in translating strategic priorities into frontline care. They are the vital link between
Nurses can’t stay silent on medicinal cannabis: A call for safer, smarter practice
- July 21, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
As a nurse who has worked at the frontline of both traditional and cannabinoid-based care, I’ve witnessed the real-world consequences of our system’s slow and inconsistent uptake of medicinal cannabis
FUCHSIA study goes national
- July 7, 2025
The ANMF is pleased to announce funding for The FUCHSIA study: Future proofing the midwifery workforce in Australia. There is a nationwide midwifery workforce shortage and increasing reports of midwives
Latest Digital Health
Why AI can never replace the human touch in nursing
- July 10, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be highly advanced and tireless, but it will never fully replace certain jobs that require qualities beyond software capabilities, such as empathy, a human touch, or
Watch the highlights: Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging in MHR
- July 8, 2025
We’re pleased to share that the Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging results in My Health Record: New legislation webinar recording is now available. In partnership with the Digital Health Agency, the
Unlocking new digital tools in practice: leaders in nursing and midwifery discuss
- June 27, 2025
- Tags: AI, All Nurses And Midwives, Digital health, Podcast
Join us for the latest episode of the ANMF Podcast presented in partnership with the Australian Digital Health Agency. We know that many nurses and midwives see the benefits AI
Latest Grads & Students
Nursing and midwifery students welcome paid prac
- July 3, 2025
- Tags: Clinical placement
Nursing and midwifery students across Australia have welcomed the introduction of the $331.65 per week Commonwealth Prac Payment, which came into effect earlier this week. At a press conference at
Paid clinical placements a ‘positive first step’, says ANMF
- July 1, 2025
- Tags: Clinical placement
From today, nursing and midwifery students across Australia can apply for the $331.65 per week Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to manage the significant financial costs of undertaking their mandatory clinical
Latest Research
Wearable wound monitoring device could improve chronic infection care
- July 31, 2025
- Tags: Research
RMIT University researchers have developed a wearable wound monitoring device with integrated sensors that could reduce infection risks by minimising the need for frequent physical contact. Standard methods require regular
Intermittent fasting improves night shift worker health, study finds
- July 17, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Intermittent fasting (IF) used as an alternative to continuous energy restriction (CER) supports metabolic health improvements and weight loss in night shift workers, a Monash University-led study (the SWIFt study)
Latest Justice & Action
Speaking up on climate: How nurses and midwives can drive change
- July 31, 2025
- Tags: Climate Change
Last month, I had the opportunity to present at the Tasmanian Delegates Conference on climate action in nursing. These conferences play a vital role in shaping our collective movements. They
Gender affirmation, surrogate leave, among new progressive conditions won during enterprise bargaining
- July 30, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
What began in 1970 as the Family Planning Alliance of South Australia continues to lead the way advancing workplace conditions, thanks to an ANMF (SA Branch)-negotiated Enterprise Agreement that has
‘The war is on top of you’: Red Cross nurse Ruth Jebb on caring for the injured in Gaza
- July 29, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Latest Wellbeing
10,000 steps? New study suggests 7,000 just as good for health
- July 28, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
A new study suggests it might be time to rethink the common 10,000-steps-a-day goal, with just 7,000 daily steps achieving nearly identical health benefits. Led by Professor Melody Ding from the University of
Low FODMAP diet can ease symptoms of those with endometriosis, study finds
- July 8, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
A low FODMAP diet developed by Monash University researchers for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been shown to improve gastrointestinal symptoms in women with endometriosis, a new study has revealed.
Endometriosis linked to premature and early menopause
- June 4, 2025
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Women who suffer from endometriosis have an increased risk of premature and early menopause, both naturally and surgically, University of Queensland researchers have found. A comprehensive international study found women
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- June 2, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice, Sponsored Post
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
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The ANMJ is a proud publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the largest union in Australia with over 326,000 members.
The ANMF is run by nurses and midwives with the purpose of advancing the industrial, political and professional status of its members.
The ANMF also actively promotes the need for high quality, affordable and accessible healthcare for every Australian.
If you are a registered or enrolled nurse, midwife, assistant in nursing or doing nursing work, the ANMF is the union for you. We invite you to join one of our branches, where we will be there when you need us.