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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mater’s nursing diploma applications have soared since the Queensland Government’s Fee-Free TAFE initiative. Applications for the Diploma of Nursing at Mater Education have surged by more than 330 per cent since the fee removal, with almost 400 applications to join ...

Working women in Australia are still earning hundreds of dollars less per week than men. On average, women earn $252.30 less per week than their male colleagues, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This adds up ...

Western Australian nurses are supporting a move to form a political party for the state election after the WA Labor government refused to budge on its pay offer. The Australian Nursing Federation WA (ANFWA) have been struggling with the Cook ...