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“Regrettable” funding announcement gets us no c...
December 3, 2020
The Morrison Government’s response to the Aged Care Royal Commission recommendations on COVID-19 will not provide the staffing levels, training, or transparency needed to end the crisis in aged care, according to unions involved in the aged care sector. As deaths began to pile up through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Morrison Government first refused to…
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Workplace News
How to improve safety at your workplace
December 2, 2020
There are strong reasons for NSWNMA members to become HSRs: to represent members of your…
Work
Voices for our safety
December 2, 2020
Health and Safety Representatives have the backing of strong health and safety policies and procedures…
Unions
Picking the pockets of nurses and midwives
December 2, 2020
NSW Treasurer, Dominic Perrotet, thinks a miserly 0.3 per cent pay increase for the next…
Member Stories
The government’s “little trinket” is insulting
December 2, 2020
Debbie Ross, Branch Secretary of the Sydney Hospital, Sydney Eye Hospital branch, shares her thoughts…
Member Stories
Give honour where honour is due
December 2, 2020
Suzie Melchior, branch Secretary of the Ballina Hospital Branch and RN in Emergency, writes of…
Workplace News
Senior positions saved in restructure
December 2, 2020
NSWNMA members in the Southern NSW Local Health District (LHD) have mobilised to save senior…
Public Health
Regional nurses have their say
December 2, 2020
Nurses in country NSW will tell city-based decision makers how their local health services can…
Workplace News
Loss of doctor left nurses in the lurch
December 2, 2020
Community angered over hospital’s reliance on telehealth Gulgong Multi-Purpose Service (MPS), 300 km northwest of…
Aged Care
Time to reward aged care workers
December 2, 2020
Royal commission lawyers call for mandatory staffing ratios, significant wage increases and a greater role…