Editorial
Essential but not valued
July 24, 2020
The Berejiklian government plays a sly hand when it effusively praises nurses for their role in containing COVID-19 while effectively reducing their real wages. Politicians have a habit of treating health as a sideshow somehow subservient to the main game of economics and the power that flows from that discipline. This year has exposed the…
27 days ago
Editorial
Persistence pays
October 2, 2018
The state of the aged care sector is a national disgrace and our arguments for…
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Working with the community for positive change
August 1, 2018
Nurses, midwives and the community all have a common interest in improving the public health…
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Our resolve for better ratios is undiminished
July 3, 2018
Nurses and midwives deserve the pay rise they are about to receive but our patients…
Editorial
Let’s change the rules on staffing
May 3, 2018
The current rules on staffing in our public health system are clearly not working. Our…
Editorial
An aged care crisis that shames us
April 3, 2018
The NSWNMA will throw all its weight behind the national campaign to improve staffing ratios…
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Let’s keep fighting for a better public health system
March 22, 2018
Our successful campaign to stop the privatisation of five regional hospitals provides us with the…
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Let’s keep fighting for a better public health system
March 5, 2018
Our successful campaign to stop the privatisation of five regional hospitals provides us with the…
Editorial
Not-for-profits are not the answer
January 31, 2018
The Berejiklian government wants to give over the operation of the new Maitland hospital to…
Editorial
A wonderful win
November 29, 2017
Retaining Shellharbour and Port Kembla Hospitals in public hands is a significant victory. When the…