After two years of negotiations, 250 days of protected industrial action and three no votes, NSW nurses and midwives have voted to accept the latest enterprise agreement proposed by employer Ramsay Health Care. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives ...

The Queensland government is on the brink of a major union showdown, as wage contracts for tens of thousands of nurses and midwives are being negotiated. Tensions have risen, with strike action looming alongside the critical March 31 deadline, as exhausted ...

Registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will soon be paid more under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) changes to the Nurses Award 2020. The pay increases, outlined in the FWC's final determination in December of last year, will ...

The Albanese government has unveiled a $1.7bn funding boost for state-run hospitals amid “pressures” hampering the country’s health system. The funding will be delivered through a new agreement struck between the federal and state and territory governments. During yesterday's press ...

New South Wales public sector nurses and midwives are preparing to walk off the job again in the latest union-led industrial action for higher wages. The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association has warned that its members will commence a 24-hour ...

Barely one-in-100 rentals in Australia are affordable for the average nurse, construction worker, early childhood educator or hospitality worker. Anglicare Australia has crunched the numbers and finds essential workers who can get a rental have essentially no money left to live ...

NSW nurses have come to an interim agreement with the state government after a lengthy wage dispute, which led to nurses walking off the job for 24 hours. NSW Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed a proposal had been accepted nearly a week ...

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has slammed Tuesday's 24-hour walkout of union member nurses across NSW amid breakdowns in negotiations over pay. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) announced last week its members would participate in a strike for an entire ...

A new report claims that the public sector 'wages cap' enforced by the NSW Treasury between 2011 and 2023 has had a profoundly detrimental effect on the remuneration of nurses and midwives, resulting in a labour market in NSW under ...

NSW treasurer Dominic Perrottet has announced that the Berejiklian Government will cap annual public sector wages growth at 1.5 per cent in the upcoming NSW Budget, to reportedly save an extra $1.8 billion over three years. The union representing nurses ...