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$93.1m for mental health nurses in Qld
A $93.1 million Queensland Government investment will fund 53 specialist mental health nurses in emergency departments, with recruitment already underway…
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Industry & Reform
First National Nursing Workforce Strategy launched
Australia’s first National Nursing Workforce Strategy has been launched, with nursing organisations welcoming the roadmap while calling for funding, accountability…
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Health & Wellbeing
Australia could be short 80,000 nurses by 2035
Australia’s nursing workforce is facing mounting pressure, with workforce projections, burnout data and rising early-career attrition highlighting the scale of…
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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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Health & Wellbeing
Assaults, falls hospitalising healthcare workers
New AIHW data shows workplace assault hospitalisations among healthcare workers have doubled over the past decade, with violence now ranking…
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Health & Wellbeing
ED nurses face systemic ‘moral distress’: Study
A new study has linked moral distress among emergency department nurses to burnout, emotional exhaustion and higher intentions to leave…
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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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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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Wages
NSW nurses’ pay lifted after landmark ruling
NSW nurses and midwives will receive their largest pay rise in decades after the Industrial Relations Commission ruled the professions…
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Clinical Practice
Cultural competency doesn’t equal better nursing: Study
A study of nurses in New Zealand has found that while awareness and reflection on cultural assumptions improves performance, deeper…
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