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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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Social Justice & Action
Super works for the economy
August 17, 2020
Governments are using the cover of COVID-19 to dismantle superannuation. At the start of the…
Aged Care
Morrison government needs to improve, rather than defen...
August 17, 2020
The state of aged care preparation in the era of COVID-19 is, it seems, in…
COVID-19
Union Win for Public Health Nurses! Fit testing now req...
August 14, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association has been fighting make sure fit testing is undertaken…
Aged Care
Report shows funding for non-profit aged care operators...
August 14, 2020
A new report, Caring for Growth, Australia’s largest non-profit aged care providers, by the Centre…
Aged Care
Government must implement ANMF’s aged care action...
August 13, 2020
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) today is calling on the Morrison Government to…
Community Campaigns
Maternity history facing demolition in Sydney’s west
August 12, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has joined the CFMEU NSW and North Parramatta…
Aged Care
Federal departments had no specific COVID plan for aged...
August 11, 2020
Australia’s aged care sector was “underprepared” to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak and federal authorities…
Research
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the health and aged...
August 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on all Australians and notably on the…
General
PPE unmasked: why health-care workers in Australia are...
August 10, 2020
In Victoria, more than 1,100 health-care workers have now been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus…