February 26, 2021
The magazine of the NSW nurses and midwives’ association

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Getting super focused Offers The older we get, the more clearly we’re able to see what our future might look like. When you’re young, the idea of retirement is almost abstract. As we get older, a once blurry future comes into focus. This is true Continue Reading Credit is great, but we need cash Member Stories Enrolled Nurse Brett Sutherland decries the government's rhetoric towards nurses and midwives, that always seems to come without meaningful action. The World Health Organization has designated 2021 as the Year of Health and Care Workers – an acknowledgement of the great Continue Reading Healthscope gets thumbs down Workplace News Nurses and midwives vote for improved staffing by rejecting Healthscope’s enterprise agreement. Healthscope nurses have voted to reject a company proposal for a new enterprise agreement that offered no solution to widespread understaffing of its hospitals. Healthscope arranged the secret ballot in Continue Reading COVID-19 Updates and Guidelines COVID-19, Private Sector, Public Health The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Members are encouraged to login to Member Central via the main website online.nswnma.asn.au and access Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 related Continue Reading

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COVID-19

Aged Care information on COVID-19

February 23, 2021
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Ensure you’re covered at work by joining the NSWNMA.…
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Public Health

More nurses needed to help curb violence

February 17, 2021
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the state government’s long-awaited release of its final report into hospital security, but fears it won’t…

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Aged Care

Aged Care information on COVID-19

February 23, 2021
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Ensure you’re covered at…

Workplace Issues

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Unions

“Cruel” IR omnibus bill passes Lower House 

February 25, 2021
The Morrison Government’s industrial relations omnibus bill has passed its first hurdle by being passed in the Federal House of Representatives.  The bill seeks to shift power away from employees towards employer…
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Work

Regional visa scheme now open

February 23, 2021
Expressions of interest for the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa subclass 491 visa have opened. Nurses on temporary visas are encouraged to visit their local Regional Development Australia website to…
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Editorial

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Editorial

Collective action is vital as we navigate a pathway out...

February 5, 2021
Solidarity has been at the heart of our success against COVID and we’ll need a lot more of it to deal with the financial and political consequences of the coronavirus. A commitment to collectivism is what helped to protect us during the pandemic and it also gave us “a glimpse…
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Editorial

Safety is the number one priority

December 2, 2020
In a difficult and dangerous year, the safety of nurses, midwives and patients has been our overriding concern. At the end of this strange year, full of uncertainty, light is appearing at the end of the tunnel. Evidence that several vaccines are showing signs of strong effectiveness against COVID gives…
Editorial

Essential but not valued

The Berejiklian government plays a sly hand when it effusively praises nurses for their role…