The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says tonight’s harrowing Four Corners investigation into aged care homes reveals a sector in crisis and an entire section of the Australian community that has been abandoned. Read more

A Royal Commission will do nothing to fix the crisis in aged care unless the Government introduces mandated staffing ratios in residential nursing homes as a matter of urgency, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). Read more

Legislated ratios are a safety net that allow us to provide safe, quality care for our patients. That's why we're calling on Victorian Upper House Liberals, Nationals, Greens and crossbenchers to improve nurse and midwife/patient ratios by passing the Safe Patient Care Amendment Bill unamended now. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has thanked those Federal Senators who stood up for elderly Australians by supporting a Bill aimed at ensuring safe, quality care is provided to our vulnerable nursing home residents. Read more

Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) is asking healthcare professionals across Australia to call on the government to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The ANMF is supporting this call and has signed the statement as an Australian health care organisation. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says it’s time for the top for-profit aged care providers, which accept over $2Billion in taxpayer subsidies, to use the funding to guarantee quality care for all their elderly residents - and for the Government to cease what can only be described as “corporate welfare”. Read more

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed a Private Member’s Bill being introduced into Federal Parliament today by Independent MP Rebekha Sharkie which will force aged care providers to publicly disclose their staffing ratios. Read more

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) will commence a review of their National Decision Making Frameworks (DMFs) for nurses and midwives later this year. To inform our national response to this review, the ANMF is conducting a brief survey of members about their awareness and use of the NMBA DMFs. Read more

This issue of Nurses & Midwives' Paycheck includes new rates of pay in the NSW public sector effective 1 July 2018. New agreements are still to be finalised in QLD and the ACT. Please note that aged care and private hospital wage data is not updated for this quarter. A revised edition will be circulated as soon as this is available. Read more

The author of a report commissioned by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) showing that Australia’s top for-profit aged care providers have posted large profits whilst taking advantage of AUD $2.17 billion in Australian taxpayer funded subsidies will today give evidence to a Senate Economics Reference Committee investigating the financial and tax practices of Australia’s for-profit aged care providers. Read more

Under the theme - Because of Her, We Can! - NAIDOC Week 2018 will be held nationally from Sunday 8 July and continue through to Sunday 15 July. This years theme celebrates the essential role that women have played - and continue to play - as active and significant role models at the community, local, state and national levels. Read more

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 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