Preliminary analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) text, released late last Thursday, leaves Federal Trade Minister, Andrew Robb, with serious questions to answer, according to the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA). The TPP is a free trade agreement, signed in October, between 12 Pacific Rim nations including Australia, the United States, Japan, Canada […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says an increase in the GST must not be extended to include basic health services. ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said today reports the Turnbull Government is considering raising the GST from 10% to 15% and extending it to health, food and education, would […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has criticised the Abbott Government for failing to recognise the adverse impact further cuts to health funding in the 2015-16 Budget will have on public health outcomes and the broader health workforce. Following devastating cuts to state health funding in the 2014-15 federal Budget, General Secretary of the […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed plans for a review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), announced by the Federal Minister for Health today. The ANMF also welcomed the Minister’s statement of commitment to “protecting … Medicare to ensure universal access remained for all Australians long term”. […]
NSWNMA councillor and midwife Annette Alldrick will be among speakers at a forum on Medicare next Wednesday March 4 at 5.30pm in Trades Hall, Sydney.
Joint media statement from the Saving Medicare roundtable held at NSWNMA on Wednesday 11 February 2015. Australia’s universal health insurance scheme, Medicare, has ensured world-leading public health care is accessible for all, for over 30 years. The availability of bulk-billing has delivered a health system that is more cost-effective and equitable than in many comparable […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says Liberal MP Mal Brough is right – there is no need for any GP co-payment or any further attacks on Medicare. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas said: “As the ANMF has been insisting since the Federal Budget was announced last year, the Government’s attacks on Medicare are […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed a decision by the Abbott Government to scrap changes to Medicare rebates which were due to begin next week. The ANMF’s Acting Federal Secretary, Annie Butler, said she was pleased the new Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, had “clearly listened to […]
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