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

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says funding of $552.9 million for aged care home care packages in the 2018-19 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), will have minimal impact on the quality and quantity of care provided to vulnerable nursing home residents still suffering as a result of chronic understaffing. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has released compelling evidence which outlines how mandated minimum staffing ratios in aged care can be implemented to bring improvements in care outcomes for elderly nursing home residents while also providing economic benefits. Read more

Today, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and key national medical groups have been joined by Professor John Pollaers, Chair of the 2018 Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce, in calling on Prime Minister Morrison, the Government and all sides of the Australian Parliament, to legislate and fund minimum staffing ratios that deliver the holistic care plans required to ensure safe and best practice care for all elderly Australians. Read more

The Federal Parliament must act on recommendations from a Liberal-led Parliamentary Committee which calls for the mandatory disclosure of staffing ratios in Australia’s nursing homes, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed many of a Senate Committee’s recommendations aimed at greater transparency for the country’s taxpayer-funded, for-profit aged care providers. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling on the Senate Economics Reference Committee investigating the financial and tax practices of Australia’s for-profit aged care providers, to support its recommendations which will ensure greater transparency and accountability of taxpayer-funded subsidies for the 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