Tasmanian nurses and midwives have accepted a deal with the state government, which will pay them in the same league as other Australian states. Although welcomed by unions, one advocate said it wouldn't be "a silver bullet" to the sector's ...

In 2004, chief executive Kim Macgowan was chatting with The District Nurses team and came across a student nurse who was sobbing. The nurse felt she had just made the last visit to one of the service’s clients. The man ...