The country’s largest union, the Australia Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Annie Butler as its new Federal Secretary. Ms Butler replaces Ms Lee Thomas, who stepped-down from the role, in December, 2017. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has submitted a number of key recommendations to the federal Senate Inquiry into the financial and tax practices of Australia’s for-profit aged care providers - to ensure operators only receive taxpayer funding if they can prove it will be spent on the care of elderly nursing home residents. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) will mark today’s International Nurses Day (IND), with the launch of its new, national campaign to fix the crisis in aged care. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the Opposition’s pledge to restore $2.8 Billion to public hospitals, unfairly slashed from health budgets by a succession of Coalition governments, saying it will help hard-working nurses and midwives deliver better care to people in their communities. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is commending the Senate Economics Reference Committee which today announced an Inquiry into the financial and tax practices of Australia’s for-profit aged care providers. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed aged care funding in the 2018/19 Federal Budget for additional home care packages, but says this will not fix the crisis in aged care and is disappointed that, once again, the Government has failed to address the urgent need for safe staffing in nursing homes. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has launched a new national petition calling for greater transparency and accountability in the Government funding of the for-profit aged care sector after a report found Australia’s top nursing home operators are making massive profits by benefitting from $2.17 billion in taxpayer funded subsidies – at the expense of residents living in nursing homes. Read more

Australia’s top six aged care providers, some with foreign ownership, posted enormous profits whilst taking advantage of AUD $2.17 billion in Australian taxpayer funded subsidies, using various loopholes, corporate structures and discretionary trusts to avoid paying their fair share of tax, according to a new report examining tax avoidance in the rapidly-growing aged care sector. Read more

The ANMF continues to work towards securing employment opportunities for newly graduating nurses and midwives. To do this, we need accurate information, which includes understanding how many of you have secured jobs in nursing or midwifery. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) does not dispute Minister Ken Wyatt’s recent comments that the government was working hard to ensure older Australians had the best care possible, but it does reject his claim that increasing staffing levels won’t necessarily solve the problems in aged care. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is supporting calls for the introduction of nationally-consistent mandatory reporting laws for nurses, midwives and other health professionals, which will be raised at the COAG meeting of Health Ministers in Sydney today. Read more

The declining quality of care in residential aged care facilities, as highlighted once again by last night’s ABC 7.30 report, must be addressed without any further delay, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is sending a message to all federal politicians with a new public awareness campaign calling for staff ratios in aged care to be legislated as a matter of urgency – to protect vulnerable, older nursing home residents who are the victims of Australia’s crisis in aged care. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is delighted that nurses, midwives and assistants in nurses (AIN) finally have a voice in the Federal Parliament after Ged Kearney’s victory in the Batman by-election. Read more

The ANMF invites all nurses who practice in school nurse settings to participate in reviewing the revised draft National School Nurse Standards for Practice. Read more

The International Women's Day 2018 campaign theme is #PressforProgress. Read more

The Federal Executive of the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling on federal politicians to make staffing ratios in aged care law – to protect vulnerable, older Australians. Read more

From 1 February 2018, medicines containing codeine will no longer be available without a prescription. Nurses and midwives are well placed to discuss the changes to codeine access. Read more

Nurses and carers will join other health professionals, community groups and concerned members of the public, in a rally in Adelaide tomorrow (Saturday 17 February) calling for urgent action to fix the crisis in aged care. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has expressed its disgust at the findings of a new study showing some nursing home providers are spending a measly $6.08 a day for three meals a day per resident. Read more