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ANMF welcomes new support payments for student nurses &...
May 6, 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended the Albanese Government on new support payments for student nurses and midwives undertaking clinical placement training. Under the ‘Commonwealth Prac Payment’, eligible undergraduate nursing and midwifery students and diploma of nursing students will be paid $319.50 a week during their mandatory clinical and professional training periods.…
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Workplace News
Surgery fall off leads to redundancies at Berkeley Vale
December 3, 2018
Approximately 50 nurses at Berkeley Vale Private Hospital will be laid off just prior to…
Career
Complaints are an opportunity for insight
December 3, 2018
Regulators are looking for more than reflection from nurses and midwives following a complaint. They…
Unions
Wage theft rampant among overseas workers
December 3, 2018
A comprehensive survey of international workers and temporary migrants in Australia has found a third…
Mental Health
13.5 million lives a year could be saved if mental ill...
December 3, 2018
Every country in the world is facing a mental health crisis, according to a commission…
Climate Change and Environment
Green the food sector or eat up the planet
December 3, 2018
Livestock provide just 18 per cent of calories but take up 83 per cent of…
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TV and online advertising feeds children’s junk food...
December 3, 2018
The results of a study of 2500 children commissioned by Cancer Research UK suggests using…
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Labor promises $400 million to reduce super gender gap
December 3, 2018
Women, on average, retire with $113,000 less in superannuation than men. Labor has announced measures…
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170,000 rally for a pay rise
December 3, 2018
Massive rallies of union members – “aimed directly at the Morrison government” – send home…
Public Health
Resistant infections could kill 2.4 million people by 2...
December 3, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says antibiotic-resistant superbugs are “one of the…