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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
‘Under-resourced, shambolic and at times, dangerous....
January 31, 2020
Blacktown Hospital ED staff tell minister the human cost of understaffing. “Mr Hazzard, our department…
Work
A dietitian’s seven tips to healthier eating
January 31, 2020
Dietitian Kathryn Hawkins shares her top tips for healthy eating for nurses and midwives. 1…
Unions
Historic strike by Northern Irish nurses
January 31, 2020
Unsafe staffing and poor pay in the absence of a functioning government in Northern Ireland…
Climate Change and Environment
Pentagon: climate change will lead to “all hell break...
January 31, 2020
The US military views climate change as an existential threat to human society and has…
Registration
Swedish success in reducing antibiotic use
January 31, 2020
Experts say Australia can learn an important lesson from the Swedish experience with antibiotics: only…
Research
Australian teens rank 140th out of 146 in the world for...
January 31, 2020
Australia ranked dismally in a study using World Health Organization guidelines to measure physical activity…
Research
Bushfire threat to drinking water safety
January 31, 2020
Bushfires pose serious short- and long-term impacts to public drinking water quality and the consequences…
Research
Smoke exposure presents unique risks for pregnant women
January 31, 2020
There’s no safe level of air pollution and the health hazards tend to be greatest…
Unions
Anti-union bill shot down
January 31, 2020
The defeat of the Morrison government’s grotesquely named “ensuring integrity” bill is a victory for…