On this International Nurses Day (IND) and Mother’s Day, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s pledge to start taking action to improve the under-resourced aged care system in Australia, including the requirement for a Registered Nurse (RN) to be rostered on-site at all nursing homes, 24/7. Read more

Overworked nurses and carers are being spat at in the street, abused in shopping centres and physically and emotionally harassed and vilified, being made the ‘scapegoats’ for the crisis in aged care, according to a new national survey of thousands of residential aged care workers, released today. Read more

The 5th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference will be held on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 March 2020 in London and will celebrate the past achievements, present endeavours, and future contributions that nurses and midwives have made, are making, and will make to global health and wellbeing. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted by 31 May 2019. Read more

AN OPEN LETTER from an unprecedented coalition of health, welfare, and environment groups published today calls for all candidates in the upcoming federal election to recognise climate change as a core public health threat and commit to supporting policy to respond. Read more

Nurses and midwives are calling on all governments to work with our professions to support the health and wellbeing of our community. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says last night’s self-professed ‘back in black’ Budget, is a missed opportunity by the Morrison Government to provide safe, quality care for older Australians and fails to support the work of the nurses and carers who could make an actual difference. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says the Morrison Government must guarantee that any new funding for aged care in tonight’s Budget, is transparent and accountable and tied to ensuring the provision of safe, best practice care for every elderly Australian. Read more

On this Close the Gap Day 2019 the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) affirms our commitment to working towards, and ultimately eliminating unfair disparities between the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-indigenous Australians. Read more

In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on all politicians to take a united stance in condemning hate speech and acting on far-right extremism infiltrating our society. Read more

Today, the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is marking International Women’s Day (IWD) 2019, celebrating the crucial role women play in Australia’s health and aged care systems. Read more

Watch this space for information about the future launch of Nursing Now in Australia to coincide with the lead up to The Year of the Nurse in 2020! Read more

The issue of lack of access for the elderly to high quality aged care was neglected up until the royal commission began when compared to coverage of health issues for Indigenous peoples and asylum seekers, according to the federal secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. Read more

The Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), Annie Butler, has given evidence to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in Adelaide today, explaining how the systemic sub-standard and inadequate care provided to vulnerable nursing home residents can be addressed by the implementation of mandated staffing ratios and skills mix. This will fix the crisis in aged care. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on Federal MPs to support an amendment to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018, in relation to the transfer of asylum-seekers from offshore detention centres for urgent medical treatment. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has welcomed a Report by the Nurse Practitioner’s Reference Group (NPRG) in relation to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce, saying it acknowledges the crucial role that Australia’s 1,745 endorsed Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play in delivering integrated, efficient health care across the community. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is pleased to announce that Annie Butler has been re-elected unopposed as its Federal Secretary. Read more

After a series of deaths and overdoses this summer, and as we head into the final public holiday weekend of January and its traditional music festivals, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling for urgent national action on the introduction of pill-testing trials. Read more

With another burst of stories detailing the pain and suffering being experienced by nursing home residents appearing in the media as the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety prepares to commence its official proceedings tomorrow, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says it’s time we finally, and genuinely, acknowledge that the system has failed Australia’s most frail and vulnerable. Radical change is desperately needed, both to the system’s rules and the system’s culture. Read more

Nominations are called for the offices of Federal President, Federal Vice President, Federal Secretary and Assistant Federal Secretary. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the news that Australia’s Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) nurses, who so bravely and tirelessly served during the Vietnam War, will be finally recognised and awarded a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Gold Card. Read more