Western Australia's new abortion laws came into effect last Wednesday, six months after they were passed last year. Abortion has officially been removed from WA's criminal code, putting an end to clinically unnecessary barriers, and improving access to reproductive healthcare ...
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Vic nurses and midwives threaten to strike
After unanimously rejecting the government's wage and conditions offer, Victorian nurses and midwives have threatened to walk off the job following the start of protected industrial action by union members. On Thursday, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) members voted ...
More »Tough cold and flu season ahead
The forthcoming flu season is forecast to be just as bad or worse than 2023, with one in three people tipped to get a cold or influenza. Flu cases are already double the weekly rate of last year, but one ...
More »Labor to begin paying super on paid parental leave in major win for gender equality
Australian women are set to be thousands of dollars better off by the time they retire, with the government promising superannuation on paid parental leave in a landmark win for gender equality. After long citing budget restraints, the government will ...
More »Qld nurses rally for their jobs amid vaccine refusal
Nurses dismissed for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine rallied outside a major Queensland hospital, demanding re-employment. Dozens of nurses and midwives waved placards outside Gold Coast University Hospital on Saturday, following leaked Qld Health emails in The Courier Mail revealed a ...
More »Casual nurses at WA hospital dismissed due to ‘admin error’
Casual nurses at a Western Australian hospital saw their employment terminated abruptly, a move the union has called an attempt to recover from budget overruns, but the hospital claims it was a simple administrative error. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery ...
More »WorkSafe Vic charges Monash Health over death of Indigenous woman
Monash Health is facing a charge over the death of an Indigenous woman who took her own life while receiving mental health treatment at Dandenong Hospital in 2022. WorkSafe Victoria announced that it had charged the public health service for ...
More »Concord Hospital staff walk out over parking
Calls for fair parking rang out from Concord Hospital as staff walked out for the second time, protesting against an increase in parking fees. Dozens of staff stopped working from noon today to protest the reintroduction of the parking permits ...
More »Westmead Hospital nurses threaten to quit over staff parking fees
Nurses at Sydney's largest hospital are threatening to quit after parking fees will force them to pay hundreds of dollars a year. Westmead Hospital healthcare workers, including cleaners, professors, doctors and nurses, will have to pay $11 a day to ...
More »WA nurses union to run for 2025 state election
The Australian Nurses Federation Western Australia (ANFWA) has confirmed it will be running in next year's state elections after formally registering the party on Monday. ANFWA secretary Janet Reah confirmed the party had reached the required 500 signatures over the ...
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