From taxes and minimum wages to energy costs and superannuation, Australia’s financial landscape will change dramatically from July 1. All Australians will get a cash boost as the stage three tax cuts kick in, however low and middle income earners stand to benefit ...
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Have your say: Needs assessment survey open in northern Queensland
The Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) is calling for community members, healthcare professionals, politicians, and sector representatives to have their say on the health and service needs of the region. The Joint Regional Needs Assessment (JRNA) survey, which is ...
More »Sydney key workers in line for subsidised housing
The NSW government will invest $450m to build at least 400 new apartments in metro Sydney for essential workers to rent at a subsidised rate under the recently announced Key Worker Build-to-Rent Program. Essential workers including nurses, paramedics, teachers, allied health ...
More »University of Newcastle professor appointed National Rural Health Commissioner
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has announced University of Newcastle's Professor Jennifer May is to take over as National Rural Health Commissioner. The University of Newcastle graduate has dedicated her career to rural health care, working as ...
More »Inadequate pay rises for NSW nurses and midwives’ creates “wage curse”
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 ...
More »We’re only using a fraction of health workers’ skills. This needs to change
Roles of health professionals are still unfortunately often stuck in the past. That is, before the shift of education of nurses and other health professionals into universities in the 1980s. So many are still not working to their full scope ...
More »UK nurses move to regional southern NSW
Twelve nurses from the United Kingdom will be helping the communities across the Southern NSW Local Health District (SNSWLHD) at Moruya Hospital, Batemans Bay Hospital and South East Regional Hospital. The new nurses were recruited as part of the Rural ...
More »New study finds leadership roles harder to get for female nurses
A new study by Monash University has found multiple barriers holding female nurses back from being considered, applying for, or accepting leadership positions. Research spanning decades identified that healthcare systems and organisations limit female nurses' skill acquisition, motivation, and opportunities ...
More »Healthcare workers priority in new apartment block
Sydney healthcare workers could be allocated 15 per cent of a new housing development in Crows Nest to combat the lack of affordable housing that is close to hospitals or medical centres. The Hume Place project, by developers Phoenix Property ...
More »AMA calls for private health regulator to boost at-home recovery
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Stephen Robson on Friday called for a private health authority to regulate out-of-hospital care, a practice he said could save the sector millions. The 'Out-of-hospital models of care in the private health system' AMA ...
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