The Latest Breaking News from Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Nurses continue action after rejecting renewed pay deal

A renewed pay offer from the state government has been knocked back by Victorian nurses as the dispute heads to more industrial action in hospitals.

AAP · May 19, 2024

'Staffing levels are so thin': Union's warning if nurses leave

Union warns of implications for wards ahead of Calvary takeover.

The Canberra Times · Jun 14, 2023

Nursing union pleads for better security after incident at South Australian hospital

The Nursing and Midwifery Federation is campaigning against violence towards nurses after an incident at the Wallaroo hospital left staff terrified.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Safe workloads would help fix Australia’s nurse shortage, union says

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation goes to jobs summit saying nurse-to-patient ratios more important than pay

The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2022

Health workforce shortages could hold back expansion of Grampians Health services

Enticing trained nurses back to work, recruiting international professionals and hiring university students are part of an immediate approach to fill vacancies within health care.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

Nurses are the solution to bulk-billing crisis, says peak body

They are a ‘threat to the back pocket of GPs’ – and that’s why nurses have been sidelined from the affordable healthcare debate, practitioners say

The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2022

'I'm terrified': Nurses reveal what's really wrong with the ACT health system

More than a dozen nurses and midwives have spoken to The Canberra Times detailing the issues they face day-to-day.

The Canberra Times · Jul 30, 2022

Hospital wards and aged care homes battling COVID-19 outbreaks as Tasmania records 1,812 new cases

Five hospital wards and more than a dozen aged care homes in Tasmania are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, as infections continue an upward trend in the state.

ABC News · Jul 12, 2022

Launceston General Hospital staff kept in the dark about paedophile co-worker James Geoffrey Griffin

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something which could be addressed by "education".

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022

SA opposition concerned by hospital project delays, nurses union warns budget does not go far enough

SA's opposition raises its concern over the future of the new Women's and Children's Hospital project, with budget papers revealing the timeline for its completion has been pushed back by at least a year.

ABC News · Jun 3, 2022