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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet denies preferential treatment sought for sick wife

Premier Dominic Perrottet is quizzed ahead of Saturday's state election about calling the state's health minister before his wife ended up in hospital.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2023

Paramedics 'at their wits' end': vow to leave non-urgent patients at hospital

The Health Services Union says the decision is being taken to address ramping, when paramedics are stuck in hospitals supervising patients with minor ailments while needed urgently elsewhere.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 19, 2023

Frustrated paramedics make call on non-urgents

Paramedics will leave non-urgent patients at NSW public hospitals so they can get back out on the road to respond to fresh emergency calls.

The New Daily · Mar 19, 2023

Five weeks of fury: Hunter paramedics in statewide industrial action

NSW paramedics are intensifying their campaign for equal pay with interstate counterparts in "five weeks of fury" ahead of the NSW election.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 16, 2023

Free CPR lessons as ambos promise pre-election fury

NSW paramedics are intensifying their campaign for equal pay with interstate counterparts in "five weeks of fury" ahead of the NSW election.

AAP · Feb 16, 2023

New South Wales union calls for royal commission into health spending 'mismanagement'

Tess Oxley works in western Sydney, where she says patients are calling for an ambulance to get health care because they can't get into a GP — an issue highlighted by new union research into NSW Health funding.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2023

Union says NSW health system ‘at breaking point’ and calls for royal commission into funding

Report commissioned by Health Services Union is scathing of failure to invest in community and preventative healthcare

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2023

Royal commission into NSW health funding a must: HSU

The Health Services Union says a royal commission into the NSW health system's $33 billion budget is needed because funds are not reaching patients.

AAP · Feb 12, 2023

Clash over claim aged care workers better off at KFC

The Health Services Union is pleading its case for a 15 per cent rise to be implemented immediately, rather than phased in over a two-year period.

AAP · Feb 8, 2023

Unions want to slug non-members for wins

All employees subject to an enterprise agreement would have to contribute money to a union under a proposal prompted by declining membership.

AAP · Jan 10, 2023