Social Justice & Action
Climate Change and Environment
Climate Change and Environment
“As a mother, I am terrified”
February 7, 2020
Deanna Hayes, a private hospital nurse and a mother of three including Ambrose, a school striker, spoke about the health implications of climate change when she addressed a recent Students…
12 days ago
Climate Change and Environment
Bushfires create “a serious health emergency”
January 31, 2020
The health consequences of the bushfires are massive and long term. The Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) has called bushfire smoke in NSW “a public…
Climate Change and Environment
Bushfire information for nurses and midwives
Climate Change and Environment
Pentagon: climate change will lead to “all hell break...
Community Campaigns
Community Campaigns
That is Violence
October 11, 2019
1800RESPECT has launched the That is Violence campaign. This campaign is part of our Disabilities Pathways Project, and aims to improve pathways and support for women with disability who are impacted…
8 days ago
Community Campaigns
Help Save the Kalang Headwaters from Logging
September 24, 2019
Nurses and midwives have a responsibility to advocate for the health of our patients and communities. Here, Kevin writes about how local logging efforts are…
Community Campaigns
Cumberland nurses raise patient safety fears over light...
Community Campaigns
Community forum to discuss health in Tenterfield
Member Stories
Member Stories
‘It was like Armageddon’
February 7, 2020
Grafton Base Hospital was surrounded by multiple bushfires this fire season. Remana Harris, an RN in Grafton hospital’s emergency department, looked outside at 3 o’clock one afternoon and saw the sky…
12 days ago
Member Stories
Sydney had its fireworks while Conjola Park went up in...
February 7, 2020
Nurse Jennifer McKnight shares her story of being caught in the recent South Coast bushfires on New Year’s Eve. On 31 December 2019, our home,…
Member Stories
Thanks from a bushfire victim
Member Stories