Aged Care
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Funding
$12m for regional NSW health upgrades
A $12 million NSW Government fund will support 17 regional health projects, including a new dialysis unit in Leeton, maternity…
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Aged Care
ANMF calls for major aged care reforms
The ANMF has launched a new national aged care campaign after a survey of more than 3,500 workers found ongoing…
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Wages
Aged care nurses receive final wage increase
Aged care nurses have received a fifth wage increase, completing a series of Fair Work Commission-ordered pay rises that have…
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Industry & Reform
Nurses gain PBS prescribing powers
Registered nurses will be able to prescribe PBS-subsidised medicines for the first time from October, with the Federal Government and…
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Industry & Reform
Nurses, midwives showcase skills at Parliament
More than 20 nursing and midwifery organisations gathered at Parliament House to demonstrate how full‑scope practice could strengthen primary care,…
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Wages
Minimum wage rise a win for health workers
Australia’s lowest‑paid workers will receive a 4.75% pay rise from July 1, lifting the national minimum wage to $26.44 an…
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Health & Wellbeing
Qld Health revokes Special Pandemic Leave
The QNMU says removing Special Pandemic Leave amounts to a “gender‑based attack” on Queensland’s predominantly female nursing workforce and warns…
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Industry & Reform
What was in the budget for Australians’ health
This year’s federal budget delivers stability rather than sweeping reform in health, with most new funding directed to hospitals, medicines…
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Industry & Reform
Federal budget a chance to empower nurses: Unions
As the Budget coincides with International Nurses Day, national nursing bodies say recognition must be matched with investment, warning that…
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Clinical Practice
Elder abuse under-recognised in hospitals
A national study of nearly one million older Australians has found that hospitals record only a tiny fraction of elder…
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