New South Wales public sector nurses and midwives are preparing to walk off the job again in the latest union-led industrial action for higher wages. The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association has warned that its members will commence a 24-hour ...

New data has shown that the gender of an Australian nursing graduate has a profound effect on how much they will be paid and how quickly their career will progress. Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have published The gender ...

Stephen Duckett, The University of Melbourne Australians today are more likely than previous generations to live with complex and chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and depression. This means they’re more likely to need health care from a variety ...

Legislation to remove Collaborative Arrangement laws that will allow nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives to work to their full scope of practice came into effect last Friday. Scrapping the restrictive arrangements, which have been in place since 2010, means more ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thrown Labor’s first election pitch at a major campaign rally in Adelaide on Sunday, saying he is “determined to win the election next year”. Addressing supporters, Mr Albanese said his government came to power with ...

Data shows that vaccination coverage rates for Australian children have dropped for the third straight year, sparking concern from the nation's immunologists. The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) released their 2023 annual report last week, which shows ...

David Crisafulli has lead the Liberal National Party to victory in the Queensland state election, ending the Labor government's nine-year reign. The new premier has promised the state a "fresh start", with election promises centred on the state's youth crime ...

Data has revealed that over a third (38%) of health and wellness professionals are yet to file their tax return despite the looming October 31 deadline. Tax and accounting service Hnry have revealed in their quarterly Sole Trader Pulse report that ...

Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia; Guzyal Hill, Charles Darwin University; Hassan Vally, Deakin University; Kim M Caudwell, Charles Darwin University; Michael Toole, Burnet Institute; Steven McGloughlin, Monash University, and Tari Turner, Monash University With COVID still classified as an ...

Barely one-in-100 rentals in Australia are affordable for the average nurse, construction worker, early childhood educator or hospitality worker. Anglicare Australia has crunched the numbers and finds essential workers who can get a rental have essentially no money left to live ...