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Victorian Nurses Win: Unprecedented Campaign Improves Nurse/Patient Ratios & Secures Fair Pay!
Following a nine-month campaign Victorian nurses and midwives have stopped the Baillieu Government replacing nurses with health assistants, saved the state’s unique nurse/midwife patient ratios, achieved some improvements to ratios and secured increased money between 14 and 21 per cent! … Continue reading
Do you know the history of the NSWNA?
Can you help us identify the nurses in the three images below? We’re not 100% sure which is which! Two nurses, Evelyn Nowland and a Miss Clancy, began working separately on the idea of a union for nurses and were … Continue reading
Join the Defend Ratios Campaign!
O’Farrell introduces more laws that distract from campaigning for patient safety! In late February the O’Farrell Government announced it would legislate to introduce “competitive unionism” – an attempt to have unions compete against each other for members rather than be … Continue reading
Bravery award for murdered Orange nurse – Bob Fenwick
The awarding of an Australian Bravery Decoration to murdered Orange mental-health nurse, Bob Fenwick, is a fitting tribute to a man who bravely stepped in to assist a colleague, who was being attacked, and unfortunately paid with his own life, … Continue reading
Congratulations To Our ‘Favourite Movie Contest’ Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of our ‘What’s Your Favourite Movie?’ contest! Our four winners are: Emiline, Gordo, Maddie, and Amanda! You have won a copy of the ‘The Whistleblower’ DVD! The Whistleblower (RRP$39.95) starring Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz is … Continue reading
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Windsor backs Aged Care Campaign 100%
Our campaign to improve pay and conditions in for-profit aged care facilities is now well under away. The campaign received a boost this week when the Independent Member for New England, Tony Windsor declared 100% support for our position. Mr … Continue reading
Recommended Reading: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.
“Heart rending”. – The Sunday Times, UK “I’ve just finished one of the most powerful books I’ve read this year. It’s by a wonderful woman named Bronnie Ware, and it focuses in on the actual voiced regrets of people she … Continue reading
Increased Penalties for Unapproved Nurses’ Strikes
The O’Farrell Government’s latest changes to industrial relation laws would be met with waves of campaigns from public sector unions opposed to the changes. These changes include the following: an eleven-fold increase in the fine for strikes not approved by … Continue reading
ASU wins equal pay for community workers!
The Australian Services Union, which represents the rights of community workers, had been campaigning for two years for equal pay for its members. The ruling will see pay rises of between 19 and 41% for workers in the not-for-profit sector … Continue reading
Fixing Aged Care: “We have to give nurses more time to interact with residents.”
Nurses at Columbia Aged Care Services want to build on the benefits delivered by their first enterprise agreement, with a decent pay rise and reduced workloads their priority. Norma Bukalan remembers how pleased she and her fellow nurses at Columbia … Continue reading
