Aged Care
23% pay rise for aged care AINs
April 11, 2024
Years of campaigning by the ANMF NSW and other unions has delivered a 23 per cent increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers. The Fair Work Commission has ordered new pay increases for aged care workers in further recognition that this mostly female workforce has been historically undervalued. On 15 March, the…
17 days ago
Aged Care
Federal departments had no specific COVID plan for aged...
August 11, 2020
Australia’s aged care sector was “underprepared” to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak and federal authorities…
Aged Care
It’s time to show Aged Care workers genuine respe...
August 7, 2020
Today, as the nation is being asked to honour aged care workers and say ‘thanks…
Aged Care
Aged care crisis reflects poor preparation and a broken...
July 31, 2020
Scott Morrison wasn’t going to be caught out twice. In Hawaii during the bushfires, the…
Aged Care
NZ aged care nurses campaign for pay parity
July 27, 2020
Nearly 14,000 New Zealanders have signed a petition calling for an end to the pay…
Aged Care
“COVID-19 has added to those stress levels”: an age...
July 6, 2020
An aged care nurse shares her story of working in the sector through COVID-19 I…
Aged Care
Government breaks another promise to aged care workers
June 10, 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says the Federal Government…
Aged Care
Eye of the storm
June 4, 2020
Coronavirus outbreaks at two Sydney nursing homes have highlighted the virus’s threat to aged care…
Aged Care
From non-essential to heroes
June 4, 2020
When Jocelyn Hofman hears politicians describe nurses as “frontline heroes” in the fight against the…
Aged Care
What can workers in aged care facilities learn from the...
June 4, 2020
The national Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, Janet Anderson, has described managing a COVID-19…