State governments and health experts have come out swinging against the federal government's plan to slash public hospital funding. The government's 2014/15 budget included plans to change the way it funds public hospitals from 2017/18, indexing it on population growth ...

Nurses have called on the government to rule out any move that would result in the GST being extended to include basic health services. In a statement, ANMF federal secretary Lee Thomas said reports that the Coalition was considering such ...

The ANMF has added to recent pressure on Health and Aged Care Minister Sussan Ley to address pay and staffing issues in the sector, urging the government to devise a workforce strategy in order to guarantee quality care for aging ...

The newly minted Turnbull ministry has already come under fire for not including a designated minister for ageing or aged care. Aged care has remained under the banner of Social Services in the Cabinet shake up. In announcing the appointment ...

As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull begins to reframe the government's approach to economic management, discussions on how Australia funds its health system must remain front and centre, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association has said.  AHHA's chief executive, Alison Verhoeven, ...

Union members, community groups, local government representatives and aged-care workers gathered outside NSW Parliament last week ahead of a debate on the future of registered nurses in NSW nursing homes. Prior to the scheduled parliamentary debate on a petition of ...

Nurses angrily rejected comments from the NT health minister, after he argued last week that valuable research dollars were being wasted on extending the lives of ageing terminal patients at the expense of furthering treatments for children’s health. In an ...

Gender diversity within the medical technology industry has come under the spotlight as a leading body in the field works to address the under-representation of women. The Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA), which represents companies in the industry, commissioned an ...

Union says current work programs need to change because they’re taking jobs from Australians and exploiting migrant workers. By Amie Larter Australia’s temporary work visa programs are having negative impacts on both Australian graduates and 457 workers, the nursing union says. ...

A Charles Sturt University academic has told a Legislative Council committee about the value of registered nurses in residential aged care.  Last week, nursing lecturer Dr Maree Bernoth gave evidence to the inquiry into RNs in NSW nursing homes. She said: "I'm quite perplexed ...