Latest News
Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship 2025: Applications Open
May 2, 2024
Applications for the Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship for the 2025 academic year are now open from 1 May 2024 to 31 July 2024 That means studies that fall within the academic year 2025 (including part-there-of) are eligible to apply! The scholarship is open from 1 May, closing 31 July 2024. Full Members and Student Members of…
Today
Community Campaigns
Indigenous kids are “warped” by incarceration
October 2, 2020
A host of health and human rights organisations are calling for Indigenous children to be…
Editorial
Investing in your future
October 2, 2020
Superannuation is again in the news, as a push is on to stop the super…
Drug and Alcohol
Alcohol consumption spikes during lockdown
October 2, 2020
The epidemic has led to new habits of increased drinking. An Alcohol and Drug Foundation…
Aged Care
Lifestyle changes could reduce dementia cases
October 2, 2020
Excessive drinking and exposure to pollution are among the risk factors. A report by the…
Midwifery
Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD to partner Birthing on Country
October 2, 2020
Studies have shown Aboriginal-centred care can reduce preterm births by 50 per cent. The Birthing…
Unions
A jobs plan is needed post-COVID, says ACTU
October 2, 2020
Australia needs a national economic reconstruction strategy, including a comprehensive jobs plan, in response to…
General
Health workers catching COVID on the job
October 2, 2020
A Victorian government report has found that 70–80 per cent of the state’s health workers…
Drug and Alcohol
Opioids still the leading cause of overdose deaths in A...
October 2, 2020
Over 2000 Australians are dying from drug overdoses every year and there is a clear…
Workplace News
Hard hats valued more than healthcare workers in NSW
October 1, 2020
The Berejiklian Government has delivered a shocking blow to thousands of public hospital nurses and…