The New South Wales mental health system is teetering on the verge of collapse as hundreds of psychiatrists are due to leave their job today amid ongoing pay disputes. The mass resignation comes after psychiatrists raised the alarm about the ...

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed that Australia's public hospitals admitted the highest number of elective surgery patients on record during the 2023-24 year. AIHW spokesperson Clara Jellie said that while most elective surgeries are still ...

More nurses and midwives will hit the streets of Sydney today to rally for fairer pay and better conditions. Hundreds of nurses and midwives from 17 Ramsay Health Care operated private hospitals across NSW are expected to walk off the ...

More than 50,000 nurses and midwives walked off the job for 24-hours last week as pay disputes with the NSW government have intensified. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) took to the streets of Sydney from 7am Wednesday morning, ...

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 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 ...