The federal government announced its Covid-19 inquiry this month. The enquire aims to analyse Australia's response to the pandemic and make recommendations to improve readiness for possible future pandemics. The final report is due September 2024, and will include a ...
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NSW lowest budget for mental health in Australia
NSW has been criticised for the lack of mental-health funding in the new state budget, which was released mid-September. It is the only state in which mental-health funding has decreased per capita over the last 10 years. October is Mental ...
More »Nurse practitioners continue to be key to GP crisis
Federation University Australia's (Fed Uni) new Masters of Nursing offers opportunity for registered nurses to become nurse practitioners (NPs) in regional Victoria to aid GP wait times. Masters degrees in nursing are now on the curriculum at a number of ...
More »Healthcare workforce grew the most this quarter
The labour market update for 2023's September quarter found employment grew the most in the aged and disabled carer, registered nurse and child carer workforces in the year to June 2023. The Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) report recognised these ...
More »What’s in it for nurses? State budget breakdown
The Minns government's first NSW budget released Tuesday afternoon includes $3.6 billion into fixing essential services and the largest wage increase for healthcare workers in a decade. Calls for more investment into the nursing industry have been heard by the ...
More »Nurses and healthcare workers at forefront of NSW budget
In Labor's first NSW budget, treasurer Daniel Mookhey makes $13 billion in cuts and savings, and increases a tax on big multinationals to fund a promised $3.6 billion in pay rises for public sector workers such as nurses and teachers. ...
More »“Racism is alive and well”: lack of cultural safety in nursing
Dr Odette Best, former nurse and pro-vice chancellor of First Nations education and research at the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), told Nursing Review improving unequal healthcare starts with addressing individual bias and racism head on. "Racism is alive and ...
More »Healthcare students set to receive scholarships throughout their degree
Last Tuesday, the NSW government announced that healthcare students willing to make a five-year commitment to the state's public health system will receive $4,000 scholarships in an effort to boost the number of health workers in the public system. New ...
More »Australia has had school nurses for more than 100 years – but we don’t use them enough
Teachers are not always equipped to deal with the growing health needs of their students, from mental health challenges to complex medical needs. Federal and state governments are currently looking at “key targets” as part of the next National School ...
More »Cost of living measures take effect this month
Billion of dollars worth of cost of living measures will this month begin flowing through for millions of Australians feeling the pinch at the checkout or when paying their bills. While the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data indicate inflation ...
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