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NSW government offers 8.5% pay rise to lowest-paid health workers to head off industrial action

Offer comes after the Health Services Union gave the government until Friday to propose a new pay deal

The Guardian - AU

Health workers' pay offer won't cost taxpayers extra

Aged care workers, hospital staff and allied health professionals in NSW are being offered an extra $67 a week after a public stoush with the state government.

AAP

'Really is home': community rallies for Wallsend Aged Care Centre

'People should not be in hospital because they can not get an aged care bed. We have 68 empty beds.'

Newcastle Herald

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John Hunter Hospital staff call for 6 per cent wage rise

Labor has been in power for two months now and 'nothing's been done'.

Newcastle Herald

‘Golden opportunity’: NSW Labor under pressure to deliver promised public sector wage rises

Unions urge incoming premier Chris Minns to overhaul working conditions for frontline workers

The Guardian - AU

Hunter ambos in statewide campaign to get new responsibilities and a 30 per cent pay rise

Ambos want more work and 30% pay rise

Newcastle Herald

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.

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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

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

Young mother suffers miscarriage waiting 11 hours to access emergency department

Ambulances stuck waiting to unload patients as region's EDs struggle to cope.

Newcastle Herald

Paramedics welcome job boost to help "worked to the bone" workforce

The Health Services Union says the Hunter will be a "significant focus" when it comes time to determine where more than 2000 new paramedics will be dispatched, a win for the region's underresourced and overworked ambos.

Newcastle Herald

Health workers’ union takes fight for kitchen staff in NSW aged care home to federal court

Case to test the limits of outsourcing in sector amid concern about food standards in some facilities

The Guardian - AU

Sydney News: Corruption inquiry to probe Angelo Tsirekas over bribe allegations

MORNING BRIEFING: A corruption inquiry commencing in Sydney today will examine allegations Canada Bay Mayor, Angelo Tsirekas, took bribes from property developers.

ABC News

Thousands of health workers across NSW strike over 'draconian' wage cap

Paramedics, hospital cleaners and allied workers walk off the job across NSW, demanding higher pay after two years of tough working conditions during the pandemic.

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Sydney news: Health Services Union members to walk off job in hospitals today

MORNING BRIEFING: Patients are being warned to expect delays, with staff planning to hold stop-work meetings for up to four hours outside hospitals.

Newcastle Herald

'We're sick of being called heroes': Hospital workers strike for better pay

Hospital workers across the Hunter will walk off the job today in a state-wide strike to demand better pay.

ABC News

Sydney news: NSW Premier to announce $20,000 grants for flood victims

MORNING BRIEFING: On his first day back from paternity leave, Dominic Perrottet is in Lismore to assess the damage from the city's latest flood.

AAP

NSW health workers to strike for pay rise

Disaffected healthcare workers in NSW are gearing up for more industrial action next week in a bid to pressure the government to increase their pay

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The Guardian - AU

Survey finds 97% of Australia’s aged care workers have not received $800 bonus

Staff across Australia take first steps towards industrial action as promised payments are caught up in bureaucratic delays

Manchester Evening News

He has a toaster, microwave and nice gardens. But how was Hashem Abedi allowed to form a jihadi gang in a high-security prison?

There is palpable anger over how the jailed Manchester Arena bomb plotter could mix with other extremists

The Independent UK

Prison attack by Manchester and Parsons Green terrorists ‘must be wake-up call’, government told

Hashem Abedi was accused of trying to be ‘emir’ of Muslim prisoners on high-security unit hours before launching attack

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Aged Care Workers To Receive $800 Bonus To Aid Retention But The Govt Still Won’t Boost Wages

"People are leaving the industry, they are being paid $22 an hour, they are leaving for retail and hospitality and this is the best they can do? It’s a disgrace.”

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