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Unions
Your penalty rates this Labour Day public holiday
October 3, 2024
With the Labour Day Public Holiday on the Monday 7 October 2024, make sure you know what you’re entitled to if you’re working on this day. In the NSW Public…
Today
General
Could mpox become established in the Indo-Pacific?
Once thought to be mainly contained to Africa, cases of…
Today
Workplace News
Working when daylight savings starts? Here’s what...
If you are working a shift when daylight saving time…
Today
Community Campaigns
Attacks on health care during war are becoming more com...
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom…
2 days ago
Private Sector
Statewide strikes for Ramsay nurses and midwives
Fed up Ramsay nurses and midwives from 14 hospitals across…
6 days ago
Unions
Nurses and midwives press ahead with 24 hour strike
More than ten thousand of NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association…
8 days ago
Community Campaigns
ANMF stands for the end to global conflict on Internati...
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) released the following…
11 days ago
Professional Issues
Career
Essential workers fleeing NSW due to pay: research
September 1, 2024
Essential workers in NSW are taking on second jobs or considering a move interstate as the Minns government faces pressure over its recent pay offer to public sector employees. A…
2 days ago
Public Health
Nurses and midwives ramp up fight with stop work action...
August 29, 2024
Thousands of public sector nurses and midwives across New South Wales stopped work for one hour this week, as they ramped up their fight for…
Specialities
General
Could mpox become established in the Indo-Pacific?
October 3, 2024
Once thought to be mainly contained to Africa, cases of mpox (previously known as monkeypox) have been detected in Sweden, Pakistan and the Philippines over the last few days. This…
Today
Private Sector
Statewide strikes for Ramsay nurses and midwives
September 26, 2024
Fed up Ramsay nurses and midwives from 14 hospitals across New South Wales took to the streets for another four-hour work stoppage on Thursday 26…
Workplace Issues
Unions
Your penalty rates this Labour Day public holiday
October 3, 2024
With the Labour Day Public Holiday on the Monday 7 October 2024, make sure you know what you’re entitled to if you’re working on this day. In the NSW Public…
Today
Workplace News
Working when daylight savings starts? Here’s what...
October 3, 2024
If you are working a shift when daylight saving time starts this weekend (2am, Sunday, 6 October), you will work an hour less than you…
Social Justice & Action
Community Campaigns
Attacks on health care during war are becoming more com...
October 1, 2024
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned attacks on health-care workers, patients and facilities “must not become the norm”. Yet reports from wars across…
2 days ago
Community Campaigns
ANMF stands for the end to global conflict on Internati...
September 21, 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) released the following statement on the International Day of Peace. On this International Day of Peace, the Australian…
Climate Change and Environment
Why are we seeing more pandemics? Our impact on the pla...
Community Campaigns
“A significant day for Aboriginal land rights”: Bre...
Life
Offers
Introducing Clove: Comfort and support for nurses and m...
July 31, 2024
In a significant development for Australia’s healthcare industry and with over a million pairs already sold to happy nurses and midwives across the US – Clove footwear is built to…
Yesterday
Work
Common super myths busted
July 4, 2024
For many of us, the world of superannuation can be a confusing one. But it doesn’t need to be. HESTA has busted the most common…
Editorial
Editorial
Value us and our vital work!
August 2, 2024
After the devastation of COVID-19 and the suppression of pay through a decade-long, coercive cap on wages, it is time to rebuild our public health system, starting with some respect for the workforce. Our fight for a 15 per cent pay rise has escalated with more than 50 rallies held…
Today
Editorial
And we’re off!
June 7, 2024
The rollout of ratios has started with EDs at Liverpool and Royal North Shore Hospitals in the vanguard and recruitment for the new positions under way. It has been a lengthy process as we have methodically worked our way through the detail but, finally, we are starting to see our…
Editorial
Working for better pay on multiple fronts
Pay has been lagging behind the soaring cost of living. It’s time to fix this.…
Editorial
A foundation but more to do
The rollout of ratios is complex and at every step we will need to be…
Editorial
Serious health reform is not negotiable
We must ensure the State government delivers the funding necessary to fulfill its promises on…