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New wage cuts rotten to the core
November 3, 2020
One month after being dealt a bitter 0.3% wage freeze for 2020, thousands of nurses and midwives who have kept public hospitals and health services running across NSW will now face further wage constraints. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has announced the Berejiklian Government will cap annual public sector wages growth at 1.5% in the upcoming…
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New wage cuts rotten to the core
November 3, 2020
One month after being dealt a bitter 0.3% wage freeze for 2020, thousands of nurses…
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Queensland ratios win improve outcomes for nurses and p...
October 30, 2020
Researchers have found sizeable improvements in patient safety and staff satisfaction arising from the Queensland…
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Health workers catching COVID on the job
October 2, 2020
A Victorian government report has found that 70–80 per cent of the state’s health workers…
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ICU ratios save lives and money: study
September 30, 2020
A study of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse-to-patient ratios has found sizeable clinical and economic…
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Many more health workers than we ever thought are catch...
September 17, 2020
The Victorian government released much-anticipated figures showing the proportion of the state’s health-care workers who…
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Elective surgery backlog needs extra hands
September 16, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is urging the NSW Government to bring forward…
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“Gowns out of garbage bags”: study highligh...
August 24, 2020
An Australian study has found “insufficient personal protective equipment (PPE)” was being made available in primary…
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PPE unmasked: why health-care workers in Australia are...
August 10, 2020
In Victoria, more than 1,100 health-care workers have now been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus…
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“More positive view”: most Australians see health w...
June 30, 2020
COVID-19 has changed Australians’ perspectives on fellow members of their community, and none more so…