Tonight, the second Labor Budget will be delivered by Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Mr Chalmers has said the Budget will focus on easing financial pain and bolstering new growth without worsening inflation. "This is not the time for scorched earth ...

A nurses' union has warned the state government that it will be pursuing more action to build up the depleting public hospital workforce. In a statement released yesterday, the NSW Nurse and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) called for a 15 per ...

One hundred endometriosis nurses will be specially trained and stationed in regional, rural and remote parts of the country to help improve the outcomes for the hundreds of thousands of Australians with the chronic disease. An estimated one in seven Australian women ...

Nurses rank as the most trusted and dedicated profession in the world. According to the nurses' peak body, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the number of nurses in Australia's workforce has grown by 23 per cent, with figures from ...

Nurses and midwives at Hawkesbury District Health Service hospital have secured their leave entitlements following months of bargaining. From July, Hawkesbury District Hospital Health Service – which had been operated by St John of God Health Care for eight years ...

Nursing, teaching, midwifery and social work students will be eligible for a $320-a-week payment in a bid from the federal government to ease the financial burden of unpaid placements. A day after revealing it will wipe $3bn worth of student ...

Hospital beds could be closed and and elective surgeries cancelled across Victorian public hospitals if a pay dispute is not resolved by the Allan government within the next week. The "last resort" action was supported by members of the Victorian ...

A $25.2m government program for nurses and midwives is being funded in hopes of combatting burnout, stress, and abuse that leads them to leave the industry. The Nurse Midwife Health Program Australia is in its first phase with a support ...

Leaving home after telling her partner she would buy their daughters McDonald’s, a Melbourne nurse did the unthinkable in a horror act of family violence. This week, a Victorian coroner found Jasmine Sara Thomas, 36, killed herself and her daughters, Evelyn and ...

Tens of thousands of patients have avoided going to the emergency department as the NSW government expands access to urgent care services across the state. Health Minister Ryan Park released the data as he celebrated ahead of the official opening ...