The doctor’s union will be striking at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle where a medical administration manager accidentally sent an email to junior doctors calling them a “workforce of clinical marshmellows [sic]”.
As Guardian Australia first revealed on Friday, the local health district has apologised for the incident which the union representing doctors, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (Asmof), called “tone-deaf” and “unacceptable.”
The NSW branch of Asmof has this afternoon announced on its instagram page that junior doctors will protest for a safer workplace on Thursday:
Junior doctors, aka clinical marshmallows, are saying enough is enough. They’ve had it with the Minns Government and how it treats healthcare workers.
Join us at the Royal Newcastle Centre this Thursday 11am, to stand with NSW Doctors and their demand for a safe workplace.
What we learned; Tuesday 4 February
Thanks for joining us on the blog today, here’s our top stories from today:
The embattled NSW transport minister, Jo Haylen, has resigned after days of revelations about her use of a ministerial driver for private trips.
Allegra Spender and Jacqui Lambie introduced a motion on antisemitism that was backed by the government and the Liberal party.
The government’s Senate leader, Penny Wong, accused her Liberal counterpart – Michaelia Cash – of spreading misinformation after Cash asked Wong whether the Albanese government would commit to no longer supporting “one-sided anti-Israel motions at the United Nations that fail to condemn Hamas”.
The Greens will support Labor’s childcare legislation, which partially abolishes the activity test to guarantee three days of subsidies for families earning up to $530,000.
The commonwealth ombudsman has announced it will investigate the mutual obligations framework, with a focus on whether income support cancellations are being made in a way that is lawful, reasonable and fair.
Australia has sweltered through the second warmest January on record, according to Weatherzone, with temperatures 2.15C above the national long-term average.
More than 100 firefighters have been battling a significant blaze at a recycling plant in Sydney’s west this afternoon, with stores of chemicals at the factory making it a “complex operation”.
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