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Unions
‘We stand for love, we stand for peace’ – Nur...
February 14, 2025
Nurses and midwives have come together in Sydney’s CBD to promote cultural unity and harmony. It follows shocking reports of hate speech allegedly involving two nurses employed by NSW Health.…
Today
Unions
Statement on antisemitic investigation
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) condemns all forms…
Yesterday
Private Sector
‘We are not being supported’
“I’m a proud employee of North Shore Private. I stood…
2 days ago
Private Sector
Ramsay offer voted down for a third time
It seems the management of Ramsay Health Care won’t take…
2 days ago
Private Sector
Backpay owed to thousands of Ramsay nurses
Commission upholds NSWNMA case against Ramsay over miscalculated annual leave.…
2 days ago
Private Sector
Healthscope threatens Christmas pay packets
Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator, Healthscope, has docked the pay…
3 days ago
Private Sector
Private equity sickens our healthcare services
In October 2024, Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator, Healthscope, started…
3 days ago
Professional Issues
Public Health
The State government can resolve our PHS pay and condit...
February 11, 2025
The NSWNMA will argue a Special Case in the Industrial Relations Commission that will include a 35 per cent pay increase over three years. The NSW Government has let nurses…
3 days ago
Public Health
“MPs need to be supportive in parliament where it cou...
February 11, 2025
Catriona South RN, Greater Newcastle and Hunter Valley Community Mental Health Branch I’ve spoken with Kate Washington, the member for Port Stephens, about our claim…
Specialities
Private Sector
‘We are not being supported’
February 11, 2025
“I’m a proud employee of North Shore Private. I stood by you. For three years I wore a N95 mask – do you know what that’s like in PPE? ……
2 days ago
Private Sector
Ramsay offer voted down for a third time
February 11, 2025
It seems the management of Ramsay Health Care won’t take no for an answer. In the dying days of 2024, Ramsay Health Care made another…
Private Sector
Backpay owed to thousands of Ramsay nurses
Private Sector
Healthscope threatens Christmas pay packets
Workplace Issues
Unions
‘We stand for love, we stand for peace’ – Nur...
February 14, 2025
Nurses and midwives have come together in Sydney’s CBD to promote cultural unity and harmony. It follows shocking reports of hate speech allegedly involving two nurses employed by NSW Health.…
Today
Unions
Statement on antisemitic investigation
February 12, 2025
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) condemns all forms of racism, bigotry and hatred, including acts of antisemitism and Islamophobia. Responding to comments allegedly…
Branch Beat
Strike empowered other nurses
Social Justice & Action
Member Stories
Vale Robyn Knighten – Honouring a truly remarkabl...
February 5, 2025
May we all pause to remember and honour our dear NSWNMA colleague, Robyn Knighten, whose passion, dedication, and warmth left a lasting impact on all who knew her. Robyn was…
9 days ago
Community Campaigns
Almost 1 million Australians are LGBTQIA+ – and for t...
December 21, 2024
New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week shows one in 20 (4.5%) Australians over 16 are LGBTQIA+. For perspective: at…
Member Stories
Midwives’ cry for help
Member Stories
Casual employment needs to change in public hospitals
Life
Work
Know your penalty rates these holidays
December 23, 2024
With a few public holidays coming up this summer, nurses and midwives asked us to clarify what they’re entitled to. We’ve collated this information to help. The public holidays this…
21 days ago
Work
New visa reforms to help curb worker exploitation
November 3, 2024
New visa reforms introduced by the federal government have been lauded as a step towards improving migrant worker rights in Australia. Two pilots have been…
Editorial
Editorial
Why not us!
December 13, 2024
Good on the police for their historic pay outcome but what does it say about this NSW government when it tells nurses and midwives they should be grateful for what they are. Hypocrisy is on full show when we compare the recent decision by the Minns Government to grant police…
Yesterday
Editorial
We’re not going away, Premier
October 11, 2024
A statewide strike and large, dynamic rallies have shown Chris Minns and his government our resolve as we pursue a just and deserved pay rise. Kogarah didn’t know what hit it. On September 10, a tsunami of nurses and midwives from all of Sydney’s main metropolitan hospitals converged on the…
Editorial
Value us and our vital work!
After the devastation of COVID-19 and the suppression of pay through a decade-long, coercive cap…
Editorial
And we’re off!
The rollout of ratios has started with EDs at Liverpool and Royal North Shore Hospitals…
Editorial
Working for better pay on multiple fronts
Pay has been lagging behind the soaring cost of living. It’s time to fix this.…