Around 60 aged care nurses and carers from across Australia travelled to Canberra to address "ongoing failures" by providers, and to call for accountability. The group stood together to call out aged care providers, saying "they can't be trusted" to ...

Independent MPs and unions have formed an alliance in an effort to get a parliamentary inquiry into how the New South Wales government can deliver housing for essential workers, such as nurses, teachers, and paramedics. In a joint letter sent ...

Aged care workers have secured a “historic” pay rise – up to 28.5 per cent – in what has been called a “life-changing” improvement for one of Australia’s most undervalued workforces. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) delivered the major update on Friday ...

Queensland has passed new legislation to allow nurse practitioners, endorsed midwives, and registered nurses to prescribe termination-of-pregnancy drugs, as well as laws that reform midwife-to-patient ratios Last week, laws allowing nurses and midwives to provide the drug MS-2 Step passed ...

Misdiagnosed, misled, and miserable – these are some words Queensland women have used in relation to their their experiences in healthcare, according to a government survey. Almost 12,000 females were consulted for the government's landmark Women and Girls' Health Strategy ...

A report reviewing universities has recommended "sweeping changes" to support students who undertake unpaid placements better financially. The Universities Accord Review, released on Sunday, has called for the federal government to pay for placements in areas of skill shortages, such ...

Labor's "closing loopholes" industrial relations bill has passed the Senate following deals with the crossbench, including the insertion of a Greens amendment to create a right to disconnect from work. The Greens announced last Wednesday that the Albanese government had ...

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has filed a "landmark" application to increase award wages for nurses by up to 35 per cent. The application to the Fair Work Commission asks for an increase of up to 35 per ...

Western Australian nurses have reluctantly accepted a pay rise offer from the WA government, with union members saying yes to one of the two offers that were put to them. After a lengthy battle with the state government, the WA ...

The Albanese Government is committing a further $166m for an Australian Cancer Nursing and Navigation Program, with $74.5m of it allocated to cancer care nurses. The investment is set to improve cancer outcomes across Australia, from cancer prevention and early ...