The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation is gathering information for a submission to the Federal Government’s expert panel which is reviewing current regulations on employers accessing skilled labour offshore, including nurses and midwives. The ANMF submission will focus, in particular, on the high numbers of new nursing and midwifery graduates who have been finding it […]
Australia’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is urging renewed action on climate change after a new report has revealed its deadly impacts across the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, states that “the impacts of climate change have already […]
Safe patient care will suffer if the Abbott Government’s razor-gang goes ahead with savage cuts to healthcare spending predicted in the upcoming Budget, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has warned. Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said the ANMF joined other health stakeholders in voicing concerns that cuts to health spending will dramatically impact on […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has offered Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton a solution to mounting pressures on the nation’s health budget: a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). An FTT is a tiny tax of about 0.05% on banks and other financial institutions, levied on speculative investment transactions, high frequency traders and short term […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has vowed to fight any attempts by the Abbott Government to abolish penalty rates and other workplace awards for nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing. Acting ANMF Federal Secretary, Yvonne Chaperon, warned that stripping away workplace awards would only compound Australia’s critical shortage of nurses, with Australia needing […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has expressed its outrage that the Federal Government has axed wage improvements for low-paid aged care nurses. Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas said the ANMF and its members were appalled the Coalition Government had used its numbers in Parliament last week to vote against […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the axing of the controversial $2000 a year cap on tax deductibility on work-related self-education expenses. The ANMF had warned the tax, announced by former Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan in April, compromised the delivery of safe patient care – if nurses and midwives were unable to […]
At the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) National Biennial Conference this Thursday-Friday 17-18 October 2013 in Brisbane, a rally will be held. Members and supporters of the ANMF from around Australia will march to Parliament and present a petition calling on the Newman LNP government to immediately cease its vicious cuts to jobs and […]
Australia’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has expressed disappointment that the new Coalition Government plans to walk away from historic wage reforms for the low-paid aged care workforce. “This is just so mean-spirited,” said ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas. “Aged care nurses and workers have been abandoned by the incoming […]
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