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Budget delivers welcome funding for health and aged car...
May 15, 2024
The largest union in the country, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the Albanese Government’s $8.5 billion in the Budget for health, including $2.8 billion to strengthen Medicare and $2.2 billion for aged care to continue implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations. The ANMF applauds new Medicare rebates for midwives to provide longer…
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New Zealand considers miscarriage leave
October 2, 2018
A bill legislating three days’ paid bereavement leave for women and their partners after a…
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Low wage growth now a top election issue
October 2, 2018
A ReachTEL poll commissioned by the ACTU reveals low wage growth is an increasingly important…
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Bid to gag nurses and midwives’ voice
August 28, 2018
New electoral funding laws are aimed at silencing the collective voice of workers such as…
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Grassroots organising the key to success
August 28, 2018
The state government’s treatment of public sector employees encourages management to flout industrial awards argues…
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Celebrating a special birthday
August 28, 2018
Born 70 years ago, the National Health Service was a major advance for the British…
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Inequality continues to rise
August 28, 2018
A report by the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) and the University of NSW…
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Rise of the robot ramps up slavery threat
August 28, 2018
According to the UN International Labour Organization 56 per cent of workers in south Asia’s…
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Banks have no place in super
August 24, 2018
We all deserve a dignified retirement after a lifetime of work. Our union-won superannuation system…
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A decade of neglect leads to NZ nurses’ strike
August 1, 2018
National stopwork is the culmination of a wage freeze and broken promises of improved staffing.…