ANMF compares health policies of major parties as federal election looms

The ANMF has analysed the health policies of the major parties in the lead up to this Saturday’s federal election to find out where they stand on key issues. It includes an overview of health policy announcements and funding commitments unveiled throughout the election campaign across areas such as aged care, Medicare and mental health. […]

Nurses and midwives outline key federal election priorities to improve health

Australia’s peak nursing and midwifery bodies have released a set of joint federal election priorities calling on all political parties to work together with the professions to better recognise and utilise the workforce so it can support the health and wellbeing of communities. Signatories include the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), the Australian College […]

Nursing Now campaign launches in Australia

Australian nursing organisations, including the ANMF have welcomed the Australian launch of the global Nursing Now campaign. Nursing Now aims to improve health globally by raising the profile and status of nurses worldwide influencing policymakers and supporting nurses themselves to lead, learn and build a global movement. Nursing Now Co-Chair and UK All Party Parliamentary […]

Change the Rules: change the government rallies

ANMF members and officials rallied alongside other working Australians across the country today to protest against the failure of the Morrison government to deliver secure jobs and fair pay. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Change the Rules rallies took part in 14 centres across the country, from Cairns to Launceston, to Perth. ACTU […]

Labor’s health injection welcomed

Labor’s pledge to restore $2.8 billion to the health system and inject $2.3 billion into Medicare will provide much needed relief for Australia’s public hospitals and increase access to the health system for many, says the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten committed to reinvest ‘every single dollar’ stripped from public hospitals, […]

Federal Budget: A ‘missed opportunity’ to support aged care

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has called the Federal Budget a missed opportunity to provide safe, quality care for older Australians and says it fails to support nurses and carers who work in the sector. The $21.6 billion for the aged care sector provides a patchwork of fragmented solutions but does not address […]

Why the ANMF supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has declared its national support for the historic Uluru Statement from the Heart calling for a ‘First Nations Voice’ enshrined in the Constitution. The ANMF officially pledged its support at a Federal Executive meeting in November last year. The decision to publicly back the Uluru Statement from the […]

ANMF takes the stand at Royal Commission

Implementing mandated minimum staffing levels and skills mix in aged care is not the sole indicator of a quality system yet one undoubtedly cannot be achieved without taking the action.  That was the key message from Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Federal Secretary Annie Butler as she took the stand at the Royal Commission […]

ANMF federal leadership team re-elected

Annie Butler has been re-elected unopposed as Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s (ANMF) Federal Secretary. Lori-Anne Sharp has also been re-elected Assistant Federal Secretary, with Sally-Anne Jones re-elected Federal President and James Lloyd re-elected Federal Vice President. All were elected unopposed. Today Ms Butler thanked the ANMF’s growing 275,000-strong membership of nurses, midwives, assistants in […]

The ANMF calls for pill-testing trials

Heading into the Australia Day long weekend and its traditional music festivals, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling for urgent national action on the introduction of pill testing trials after a series of deaths and overdoses this summer. ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler said that for many years the ANMF and other […]