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In August, the government introduced a radical new bill to tackle the nation's rental crisis, crack down on shonky immigration pathways, and direct more international students to our universities rather than private vocational providers. The Minister for Education Jason Clare ...

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has slammed Tuesday's 24-hour walkout of union member nurses across NSW amid breakdowns in negotiations over pay. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) announced last week its members would participate in a strike for an entire ...

Health Minister Mark Butler has declined to say how the government intends to respond to a damning report that found both the health system and workplaces were failing women. Released last week, the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's report made ...

A new study published in The Lancet has forecast that drug-resistant infections will be the direct cause of tens of millions of deaths by the middle of the century. The Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project (AMR) predicts that by ...

National peak body for nurses, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), has released a position statement proposing that all school-aged children in Australia have access to a registered nurse that is suitably qualified to provide guidance on maintaining a healthy ...

After a lengthy research and engagement process, the draft of Australia's first National Nursing Workforce Strategy is now open for public consultation.  The federal and Victorian governments, in collaboration with all states and territories, are seeking feedback from a range ...

Nicole Sutton, University of Technology Sydney and Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney After months of negotiations between the major parties, the government has announced it will implement the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. The government already signalled back in March ...

From Albury to Tweed, NSW public sector nurses and midwives will walk off the job today (10th September) for more than 12 hours, saying they are "fed up with being ignored" by the state government. NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association ...

The Albanese government is being called on to give all workers 12 days reproductive leave to cover IVF treatments, severe period pain, menopause, vasectomies and gender transitioning therapies. The powerful Health Services Union (HSU) on Monday began a national campaign for the ...

Stacy Carter, University of Wollongong; Farah Magrabi, Macquarie University, and Yves Saint James Aquino, University of Wollongong Imagine this. You’ve finally summoned up the courage to see a GP about an embarrassing problem. You sit down. The GP says: before ...