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Congratulations for your amazing contribution
December 2, 2021
Summer is always a time of optimism and positivity and as we slip into the holiday season the NSW community should, and I think does, appreciate the enormous contribution of the state’s health workforce in getting us through the biggest health emergency in 100 years. People in NSW will be able to enjoy with their…
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Mental Health
COVID-19 weighs heavily on psychiatric nurses
December 2, 2021
Cumberland mental health nurses knew COVID-19 would eventually reach their understaffed and ill-prepared hospital, but…
Workplace News
Essential today, on the scrapheap tomorrow
December 2, 2021
It will be much harder for nurses and midwives to get workers compensation for being…
Workplace News
Recovering nurse tells MPs: Do the right thing
December 2, 2021
The law that automatically grants workers compensation to essential employees who get COVID-19 has been…
Research
Saving lives and livelihoods in regional areas
December 2, 2021
New research finds that public sector employment is an important foundation of regional economies and…
Aged Care
Federal election will be aged care’s moment of truth
December 2, 2021
When the country votes – probably early next year –it will be a rare opportunity…
Climate Change and Environment
Health needs to be part of Australia’s climate soluti...
December 2, 2021
Healthcare contributes seven per cent of Australia’s carbon emissions – but health is missing from…
Climate Change and Environment
This is the Australian Way? Australia ranked last for c...
December 2, 2021
The federal government’s climate policy, titled The Plan to Deliver Net Zero: The Australian Way,…
Climate Change and Environment
200 health journals call for urgent action on climate c...
December 2, 2021
Editors called on governments to take emergency action to tackle the “catastrophic harm to health”…
Ask Shaye
Parental leave – other parent
December 2, 2021
What are the leave provisions available to public hospital workers who may not be the…