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New powers for nurse practitioners, midwives to provide...
May 17, 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended MPs and Senators for supporting new Legislation which gives highly-trained nurse practitioners (NPs) and midwives the scope to provide people with safe, quality care. The Health Legislation Amendment (Removal of Requirement for Collaborative Arrangement) Bill 2024, passed the Parliament yesterday. The Bill had been introduced into…
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Climate Change and Environment
‘We adults have let the kids down over climate change...
September 3, 2019
The Lamp spoke to Deanna Hayes, an NSWNMA member and St George Private Hospital nurse,…
Midwifery
Staff act on Campbelltown’s maternity crisis
September 3, 2019
Campbelltown Hospital’s NSWNMA branch wants urgent action to alleviate pressure on its understaffed and overworked…
Workplace News
Tired, and tired of talking
September 3, 2019
Exhausted from soaring demand and unsafe staffing, Maitland nurses and midwives have moved to action.…
Workplace News
200 rally in Tenterfield over staffing cuts
September 3, 2019
Two hundred community members gathered in Bruxner Park in Tenterfield on August 9 to support…
Climate Change and Environment
Health’s battalions wage war on waste
September 3, 2019
The ABC’s “bin guy” Craig Reucassel fronted a stimulating brainstorm on cutting hospital waste at…
Climate Change and Environment
An “unlikely collaboration” defeats Goliath
September 3, 2019
Lock the Gate activists took on powerful global corporations, but they believed in the justice…
Climate Change and Environment
The power of corporate campaigning
September 3, 2019
Consumer pressure on financial institutions has put the future of the Adani coal mine in…
Workplace News
A core union belief becomes an entitlement that saves l...
September 3, 2019
When the ‘We won’t wait’ campaign started, one Australian state had family violence leave. Now…
Unions
Banks ignored, unions punished
September 3, 2019
Employers get rich from wage theft, banks make millions from unlawful fees, nursing homes are…