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, […]

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 […]

ANMF gives evidence to Industrial Relations Omnibus Bill Senate Inquiry

The government’s proposed Industrial Relations Omnibus Bill threatens to exacerbate systemic issues within the aged care sector, including stagnated wage growth and the increased casualisation of the workforce, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has argued at a Senate Inquiry. ANMF Assistant Federal Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp, ANMF (SA Branch) Director, Operations and Strategy Rob […]

The beginning of the end of nuclear weapons?

Experts have told us for decades that pandemics happen and will continue to occur. As a result, the advent of COVID-19 has created a new respect for science and the evidence and truth that it brings, in the face of opposing ideological baggage. Similarly, experts warn of the ongoing risk of nuclear war. It may […]

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