ANMF Media Release. 26 October, 2018. Community support for a Bill which would see aged care providers forced to publicly disclose the number of staff they roster on to care for elderly nursing home residents, is being strongly encouraged by the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). ANMF Federal Secretary Annie […]
ANMF Media Release 23 October, 2018 Members of the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), will take to the streets in a show of support for ‘Australia Needs a Pay Rise’ starting across the country today (Tuesday 23 October). The rallies are being held in capital cities and selected regional towns, […]
ANMF media release September 18, 2018 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says tonight’s harrowing Four Corners investigation into aged care homes reveals a sector in crisis and an entire section of the Australian community that has been abandoned. “Our members have long-been raising their concerns about dangerously low staffing levels in nursing homes, […]
ANMF media release Sunday 16 September, 2018 A Royal Commission will do nothing to fix the crisis in aged care unless the Government introduces mandated staffing ratios in residential nursing homes as a matter of urgency, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). “Every day that the Government fails to act on the […]
ANMF media release September 11, 2018 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has thanked those Federal Senators who stood up for elderly Australians by supporting a Bill aimed at ensuring safe, quality care is provided to our vulnerable nursing home residents. The Aged Care (Single Quality Framework) Reform Bill 2018 was introduced into Parliament […]
ANMF Media Release 4 September, 2018 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says it’s time for the top for-profit aged care providers, which accept over $2Billion in taxpayer subsidies, to use the funding to guarantee quality care for all their elderly residents – and for the Government to cease what can only be described […]
ANMF Media Release 20 August 2018 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed a Private Member’s Bill being introduced into Federal Parliament today by Independent MP Rebekha Sharkie which will force aged care providers to publicly disclose their staffing ratios. ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler said the Aged Care Amendment (Staffing Ratio Disclosure) […]
Over the last week, aged care nurses have been meeting in their own time outside Allity facilites, demanding the aged care provider end its 18 month delay on a new enterprise agreement. Allity nurses want the company to address serious understaffing issues and offer a fair wage increase, which should be back paid to October 2017 […]
ANMF Media Release: 17 July, 2018 The author of a report commissioned by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) showing that Australia’s top for-profit aged care providers have posted large profits whilst taking advantage of AUD $2.17 billion in Australian taxpayer funded subsidies will today give evidence to a Senate Economics Reference Committee investigating […]
ANMF Media Release 15 June 2018 Today’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day marks a day when people come together to voice their opposition to the abuse and suffering that is inflicted on older people around the globe, and to highlight the need for appropriate action. Elder Abuse is any act which causes harm to an […]
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