Budget fightback forum on Medicare
Judith Kiedja, Assistant General Secretary of the NSWNMA, will speak at a post-Budget forum, for analysis of threats to Medicare and to plan a fightback. Bill Mithcell, Professor of Economics, Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE) and co-author of a recent CPSU report, will also be a guest speaker. The forum is […]
Nurses and midwives fight to save Medicare
Acting General Secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), Judith Kiejda, will today celebrate the 30th anniversary of Medicare’s existence along with other community leaders, health workers and supporters. Update: photos from the event can be seen here. “This Saturday marks 30 years of one of Australia’s greatest achievements,” Ms Kiejda said. “Medicare […]
Nurses rally to defend Medicare
Acting General Secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), Judith Kiejda, today said nurses would turn out in numbers to Saturday’s’s rally in defence of Medicare, to be held outside Sydney Town Hall at 1pm. “For decades now Medicare has been sacrosanct – above politics. The idea that all Australians can see a […]
Bathurst community urged to rally round hospital
By Louise Eddy, November 2, 2013 from Western Advocate The people of Bathurst are being urged to stand up and fight as they have never fought before for our hospital. NSW Nurses and Midwives Association assistant state secretary Judith Kiejda has issued the battle cry in the wake of revelations that Bathurst Hospital faces what […]
