Tag: Action

Australia needs to push new UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons

The EveryAGE Counts campaign and the Older Persons Advocacy Network are calling on the Australian Government to support the development of a new UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons, claiming the human rights of older people are currently poorly defined and routinely overlooked. Today marks an international day of action in support of […]

COVID: ‘Tightening the screws’ on existing workforce pressures

An Australian nurse researcher and co-author of a new study looking at nursing workforce shortages during COVID-19 has said that the pandemic has exposed pre-existing healthcare pressures, exposing shortfalls in the retainment and recruitment of workers. Dr Judith Anderson, Head of Discipline in Health Management and Leadership at Charles Sturt University (CSU), said issues such […]

Westmead hospital staff urge action from NSW Premier and Health Minister

More than 200 staff at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital have signed an open letter addressed to the NSW Premier and Health Minister, demanding the immediate fix of staffing and accessibility issues at the site. Emergency nurses and registrars, as well as administrative, security and orderly staff, were among those to put their name to the letter, […]

ANMF opposes new voting identification laws

The ANMF has called for new federal voter identification laws to be scrapped, stating it will discriminate against marginalised members of the community, including those living in remote areas. In a letter to all sitting senators, ANMF Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp said that portions of Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 created unnecessary […]

Meet Sye Hodgman, the QNMU’s First Nations Strategy, Policy and Research Officer

For Sye Hodgman, a Trawlwoolway Palawa-Pakana nurse, his direct engagement with the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union’s (QNMU ANMF QLD Branch) First Nations Branch means advocating for workplaces that allow Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives to thrive. “My main role is to identify areas, based on conversations I’m having with our […]

Mark Butler commits to working with the ANMF on mandating aged care staff ratios

The Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing has committed to working with the ANMF and representative groups to ensure that Labor’s policy on aged care staffing ratios incorporates the professions’ views ahead of the next federal election. Speaking at the ANMF’s 15th Biennial Conference last Friday (15 October), MP Mark Butler, who replaced Chris Bowen […]