Media Releases
Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements from the ANMF.
Media Articles
Media Release Joint Statement: Nursing and Midwifery Campaign for Better Primary Health Care for all Australians
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Nine of the nation’s largest nursing and midwifery organisations have formed an Alliance to campaign for significant and...
Media Release Nurses and midwives helping deliver new models of healthcare
Wednesday 06 November 2024
The recommendations of the ‘Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce’ Scope of Practice Review’ Final Report (‘R...
Media Release Fee-free TAFE to help fix skills shortages in nursing and aged care
Monday 04 November 2024
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Albanese Governmen...
Media Release Reforms to empower nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives
Wednesday 30 October 2024
From this Friday, November 1, landmark laws come into effect across Australia, removing barriers, which for too long, pr...
Media Release Media Statement: Midwifery Workforce in Crisis
Friday 25 October 2024
In 2023, the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia (NMBA) funded Midwifery Futures: The Australian Midwifery Workforce P...
Media Release 100 years old, 100 years strong: ANMF marks a remarkable milestone
Wednesday 23 October 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), its Executive, State and Territory Branches and members all acro...
Media Release ANMF stands for the end to global conflict on International Day of Peace
Saturday 21 September 2024
On this International Day of Peace, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is expressing its support fo...
Media Release Joint Statement: Primary Health Care Alliance - PHC Congress
Tuesday 27 August 2024
On 26 July 2024, the inaugural Primary Health Care Congress (PHC Congress) was convened at the International Convention...
Media Release ANMF welcomes payments for student nurses & midwives – helping alleviate ‘placement poverty’
Thursday 15 August 2024
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed new legislation which ...
Media Release ANMF condemns aged care providers for reclassifying lifestyle and allied health staff to meet mandated care minutes
Thursday 04 July 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the tactic being used by some aged care providers to reclass...
Media Release Media Statement: ANMF welcomes pay rise dates for aged care workers, but disappointed aged care nurses kept waiting
Tuesday 02 July 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the certainty of a final wage outcome for aged care work...
Media Release New powers for nurse practitioners, midwives to provide quality care
Friday 17 May 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended MPs and Senators for supporting new Legislation whi...
Media Release Budget delivers welcome funding for health and aged care
Tuesday 14 May 2024
The largest union in the country, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the Albanese Governmen...
Media Release Celebrating International Nurses Day 2024
Sunday 12 May 2024
‘Our Nurses. Our Future. The economic power of care’ On this International Nurses Day (IND), the Australian Nursing and...
Media Release ANMF welcomes new support payments for student nurses & midwives
Monday 06 May 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended the Albanese Government on new support payments for...
Media Release Joint Statement from Australia’s Peak Nursing & Midwifery Organisations - Scope of Practice Review: Issues Paper 2
Wednesday 01 May 2024
Australia’s peak nursing and midwifery organisations welcome the release of the Scope of Practice Review Issues Paper Tw...
Media Release Aged Care nurses raise their voices in Canberra
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Around 60 aged care nurses and carers from across the country have travelled to Canberra to address the ongoing failures...
Media Release Nurse Practitioners, Midwives empowered to provide quality care
Wednesday 20 March 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended the Albanese Government for introducing new laws wh...
Media Release Wage case recognises historic undervalued work of aged care nurses
Friday 15 March 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) further recognition...
Media Release ANMF welcomes superannuation boost for working women
Thursday 07 March 2024
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2024, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has commended the ...
Media Release ANMF Statement: Vale Linda White
Friday 01 March 2024
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has been deeply saddened by the tra...
Media Release ANMF launches landmark Nurses Award work value case
Friday 09 February 2024
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has filed a landmark Application at...
Media Release ANMF Statement on Middle East Conflict
Tuesday 31 October 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) condemns the escalating conflict and suffering in the Middle East...
Media Release ANMF Statement: A Voice to Parliament Lost
Sunday 15 October 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has expressed its deep disappointment at the Voice referendum res...
Media Release Nurses & midwives say ‘Yes’ to a Voice to Parliament
Tuesday 10 October 2023
Members of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) are supporting a First Nations Voice to Parliament — a...
Media Release Nursing Peaks Coalition support a Yes Vote to the Referendum on the Voice to Parliament
Friday 15 September 2023
A First Nations Voice to Parliament protected by the Constitution is a key element of the Uluru Statement from the Heart...
Media Release Historic meeting for Lifeblood ANMF members
Sunday 10 September 2023
Hundreds of Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) members employed by Lifeblood, will meet today (Sunday 10...
Media Release Working Together to Deliver Better Staffing in Aged Care Facilities
Thursday 10 August 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and its members have welcomed new data showing that the overwhelm...
Media Release ANMF Statement: Allowing Women Better Access to Medical Terminations
Tuesday 11 July 2023
The ANMF supports the the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) decision to improve access to medical terminations, b...
Media Release Major changes to rebuild the Aged Care sector start tomorrow
Friday 30 June 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) applauds two significant achievements to rebuild the aged care se...
Media Release Nurses & Midwives supporting ‘Yes’ vote for a Voice to Parliament
Monday 29 May 2023
This National Reconciliation Week (27 May - 3 June), the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery F...
Media Release A New Plan to Boost Nurse Practitioners in Health and Aged Care
Tuesday 16 May 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is supporting the Nurse Practitioner Workforce Plan (Plan) which ...
Media Release International Nurses Day 2023: Why Nurses are the Future
Friday 12 May 2023
On this International Nurses Day (IND), the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is asking us all to recog...
Media Release A pathway for Nurses & Midwives to deliver better healthcare
Tuesday 09 May 2023
The Albanese Government’s review of the scope of practice of healthcare professionals, including nurses and midwives, as...
Media Release Taxpayer-funding for aged care must go directly to nurses and care workers – not into providers’ pockets
Thursday 04 May 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Albanese Government’s funding for a long-awaite...
Media Release ANMF says RN 24/7 is Critical to Ensuring Safe Care for Older Australians
Friday 14 April 2023
The country’s largest union and professional nursing organisation, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF...
Media Release International Women’s Day: Aged Care Workers’ Entitlements at Risk
Wednesday 08 March 2023
On this International Women’s Day (IWD) the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has revealed that some a...
Media Release Providers threaten to withhold aged care wages
Monday 27 February 2023
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has raised concerns that some aged ...
Media Release Wage Win For Undervalued Aged Care Workers
Tuesday 21 February 2023
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has applauded the order by the Fair...
Media Release ANMF Welcomes Funding for WA Nurse Practitioners
Monday 20 February 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the Federal and Western Australian Governments’ $11.7 mi...
Media Release ANMF Calls for Funding for Medicare Reforms in May Budget
Friday 03 February 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on the Albanese Government to use the Federal Budget t...
Media Release ANMF Welcomes Medicare Reforms
Tuesday 24 January 2023
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the news that nurses have been recognised as playing...
Media Release ANMF Celebrating Nurse Practitioner Week 2022
Monday 12 December 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says Nurse Practitioner Week (12-18 December) is an opportunity f...
Media Release ANMF Federal Executive Statement regarding WA State Union
Wednesday 30 November 2022
The Federal Executive of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has noted recent correspondence from the...
Media Release Southern Cross Care Tasmania, Where’s the Compassion, Integrity and Respect?
Wednesday 30 November 2022
An Enrolled Nurse (EN) made redundant by aged care provider Southern Cross Care Tasmania has publicly questioned the ‘Co...
Media Release Albanese Government Acts to Stop Sackings in Aged Care
Friday 25 November 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the Albanese Government’s urgent intervention to sto...
Media Release Albanese Government Must Stop Nurse Sackings in Aged Care
Thursday 24 November 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on the Albanese Government to urgently act to stop gre...
Media Release Enrolled Nurses Cut from Understaffed Nursing Homes
Thursday 17 November 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has expressed concerns that Enrolled Nurses (EN) are bein...
Media Release ANMF Welcomes 15% Increase to Award Wages for Aged Care Workers
Friday 04 November 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) 15% interim pay inc...
Media Release Better Bargaining System will Achieve Wage Growth & Equity for Female Workers
Thursday 27 October 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is urging MPs and Senators t...
Media Release ANMF Welcomes Budget Funding for Health and Aged Care
Tuesday 25 October 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the Albanese Government’s funding for health...
Media Release ANMF Concerned by Removal of COVID-19 Safety Measures
Friday 30 September 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has expressed concern that the mandatory COVID isolation ...
Media Release ANMF Cautions Against Hasty Removal of COVID-19 Safety Measures
Wednesday 31 August 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is urging caution on the potential scaling-back of mandat...
Media Release Pay Rise to Recognise Undervalued Aged Care Workforce
Monday 08 August 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the Federal Government’s Submission supporting a pay...
Media Release Access To Paid Family Violence Leave Will Help Save Lives
Thursday 28 July 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) commends the Albanese Government on new Legislation which...
Media Release ANMF Appointed to Medicare Taskforce
Thursday 28 July 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is pleased to announce that...
Media Release ANMF Welcomes ‘Historic’ Aged Care Reform Laws
Wednesday 27 July 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and its members welcome the Albanese Government’s introdu...
Media Release ANMF Welcomes Reinstatement of COVID Disaster Payments
Saturday 16 July 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Federal Gov...
Media Release Support Us to Support You to Stay Well this Winter
Wednesday 13 July 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is urging members of the public to protect themselves, the...
Media Release ANMF Pays Tribute To Marea Vidovich
Friday 08 July 2022
The membership of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is today mourning the death of our forme...
Media Release ANMF Calls on Government to Keep COVID Payments For Workers
Friday 01 July 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling on the new Albane...
Media Release ANMF ready and willing to work with newly appointed Ministers to achieve much needed health and aged care reform
Wednesday 01 June 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), congratulates new Ministe...
Media Release ANMF Congratulates Anthony Albanese on Election Win
Sunday 22 May 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), congratulates Anthony Alb...
Media Release Morrison Government Must be Held Accountable for Deaths in Aged Care
Friday 20 May 2022
As Australia heads to the polls tomorrow, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is reminding v...
Media Release Three Months On, Aged Care Workers Still Waiting for COVID Payments
Tuesday 17 May 2022
More than 70% of aged care workers still haven’t received their $400 bonus, as promised by Prime Minister Scott ...
Media Release Celebrating International Nurses Day
Thursday 12 May 2022
On this International Nurses Day (IND), the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is asking us all ...
Media Release ANMF Corrects Mr Morrison’s Aged Care Claim
Monday 09 May 2022
In response to Mr Morrison’s claim during last night’s Leaders’ debate that he ‘blew the whistle’ on aged care, A...
Media Release Support for Care and Community Workers
Sunday 01 May 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), welcomes an election pledge b...
Media Release Securing Nurses and Care Workers in Aged Care
Tuesday 26 April 2022
Today, the Hearing for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s (ANMF) and Health Services Union’s (HSU)...
Media Release Supporting Australia’s Nurses and Midwives
Wednesday 13 April 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has today welcomed the Opposition’s election pledge to fun...
Media Release ANMF Announces Election Priorities for Health and Aged Care
Monday 11 April 2022
In the lead-up to the federal election, the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federat...
Media Release Opposition’s Aged Care Reform Package Gives Hope for Older Australians
Thursday 31 March 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s pledge to mandate...
Media Release Budget 2022: Scott Morrison fails to do his job
Tuesday 29 March 2022
The lack of sustainable funding and real reform for health and aged care shows that Prime Minister Scott Morrison h...
Media Release New Report: Morrison Government Must Ensure Billions in Public Funding is Tied to Care of Australian Aged Care Residents
Tuesday 29 March 2022
A NEW report examining the financial and tax practices of some of Australia’s largest nursing home operators, again ...
Media Release ANMF celebrates International Women’s Day 2022
Tuesday 08 March 2022
On this International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March 2022, the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwif...
Media Release Aged care crisis: nurses and care workers feel ‘unseen, unvalued and cast aside’
Thursday 03 March 2022
Overwhelmed, overworked nurses and care-workers identified chronic understaffing as the ‘fundamental contributor’ to ...
Media Release It’s disgusting Mr Morrison hasn’t done his job to fix aged care
Tuesday 01 March 2022
To mark the one-year anniversary of the Royal Commission’s Final Report into the troubled aged care system, members of...
Media Release ANMF rejects draft Religious Discrimination Bill
Wednesday 09 February 2022
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has warned that ironically, the Mo...
Media Release Crisis in aged care: Mr Morrison, you let it happen
Tuesday 08 February 2022
Aged care nurses and workers will hold a COVID-safe protest in Canberra today (Tuesday 8 February) to voice our frustra...
Media Release Nursing organisations condemn Morrison Government for failures in aged care
Wednesday 02 February 2022
The country’s peak nursing organisations today stand together to condemn the Morrison Government for its failure to prot...
Media Release Aged care nurses and carers forced to pay for RATs
Tuesday 01 February 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is extremely concerned that many nurses and carers are still bein...
Media Release Private aged care in crisis - needs immediate action from the Morrison Government
Thursday 27 January 2022
As we witness the Omicron wave spread through private aged care facilities across the country, vulnerable, elderly Austr...
Media Release COVID-19 private aged care crisis escalates: Morrison Government must do more to protect residents and staff
Wednesday 12 January 2022
As the Omicron variant runs rampant through the country’s aged care facilities, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Fed...
Media Release Workforce Representatives ‘Left Out’ of Aged Care Advisory Council
Thursday 25 November 2021
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has expressed its extreme disappoin...
Media Release New bill calling for a national law requiring registered nurses 24/7 in nursing homes
Wednesday 01 September 2021
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on all Federal Senators to support a private member’s ...
Media Release MPs call on Morrison Government to act on mandated nursing levels in aged care
Monday 23 August 2021
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) commends Dr Helen Haines, the Independent Member for Indi, for pu...
Media Release Calls for nurse practitioners to be utilised in COVID vaccination roll-out
Friday 30 July 2021
A coalition of peak nursing organisations is calling on National Cabinet today to include Australia’s highly-skilled nur...
Media Release Still many questions over mandatory aged care vaccinations
Tuesday 29 June 2021
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) continues to strongly encourage aged care nurses and carers to re...
Media Release ANMF calls for urgent injection of public hospital funding
Thursday 03 June 2021
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling for urgent funding and r...
Media Release International Nurses Day 2021: Nurses leading the way
Wednesday 12 May 2021
On International Nurses Day (IND), the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and its members are ca...
Media Release ANMF says aged care budget falls short of reform promise
Tuesday 11 May 2021
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the $17.7 Billion for aged care in the Budget is def...
Media Release International Day of Mourning - Remembering nurses who have died from COVID-19 during global pandemic
Wednesday 28 April 2021
On this International Day of Mourning, which commemorates those who have died at work, The End COVID for All cam...
Media Release ANMF launches new national aged care campaign: ‘It’s not too much’
Monday 26 April 2021
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has launched its new national campaign aimed at ensuring ...
Media Release Aged care nurses and carers converge on Parliament House
Tuesday 16 March 2021
A delegation of aged care workers from across Australia will converge on Parliament House, Canberra, today (Tues...
Media Release A plan for ‘Care, Dignity and Respect’ for older Australians
Monday 01 March 2021
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) today calls on the Morrison Government to urgently respon...
Media Release Retirement Income Review – Another attack on Women
Friday 20 November 2020
Here we go again. The Australian Services Union (ASU), Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and th...
Media Release Budget fails to deliver real investment in nursing, midwifery and aged care
Wednesday 07 October 2020
The Treasurer may have acknowledged Australia’s local ‘heroes’, our healthcare workers, for their courage, commi...
Media Release Aged care staffing recommendations don’t go far enough
Friday 02 October 2020
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Aged Care Royal Commission’s six recomm...
Media Release ANMF pays tribute to former Labor Senator Susan Ryan
Sunday 27 September 2020
On behalf of its members across the country, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has paid trib...
Media Release Urgent action needed now in aged care - ANMF and AMA say Care Can't Wait
Friday 25 September 2020
Doctors and nurses have united to call on the Federal Government to take urgent action now to prevent further CO...
Media Release Government must implement ANMF’s aged care action plan
Thursday 13 August 2020
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) today is calling on the Morrison Government to urgently i...
Media Release It’s time to show aged care workers genuine respect
Friday 07 August 2020
Today as the nation is being asked to honour aged care workers and say ‘thanks for caring’, the Australian Nursi...
Media Release ANMF calls for paid pandemic leave for all aged care workers
Tuesday 04 August 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling for paid pandemi...
Media Release Government breaks another promise to aged care workers
Tuesday 09 June 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says the Federal Government...
Media Release ANMF celebrates International Nurses Day 2020
Tuesday 12 May 2020
On International Nurses Day (IND) this year, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), the proud u...
Media Release Aged care workers' inspiring efforts to keep older Australians safe despite the challenges of COVID-19
Friday 08 May 2020
In presenting the findings of its national Aged Care COVID-19 Survey, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Feder...
Media Release Aged care funding injection must guarantee the safety of all nursing home residents
Friday 01 May 2020
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says the Federal Government must guarantee that the addi...
Media Release ANMF Welcomes Government’s Guarantee for Private Hospitals
Tuesday 31 March 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Australian...
Media Release ANMF calls on the community to stay home to stop spread of COVID-19
Monday 23 March 2020
Frontline nurses, midwives and carers have urged members of the public to stay at home, where possible, and if g...
Media Release Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities must be protected from COVID-19 pandemic
Thursday 19 March 2020
On this Close the Gap Day, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the Federal Government’s health c...
Media Release ANMF calls for immediate stop on all non-essential visits to nursing homes
Wednesday 18 March 2020
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling for a temporary ban on all non-essential visi...
Media Release Nursing students are only one solution in responding to COVID-19 pandemic
Wednesday 18 March 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the Federal Government...
Media Release Federal Government needs to be clear on strategies to prevent spread of COVID-19
Monday 16 March 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), representing over 280,000 m...
Media Release ANMF calls for equal rights this International Women’s Day
Sunday 08 March 2020
On this International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Feder...
Media Release ANMF calls on Government to protect nursing home residents and staff
Wednesday 04 March 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is working with the Federal...
Media Release ANMF welcomes Senior Counsel’s calls for minimum staffing in aged care
Friday 21 February 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), supports the recommendation...
Media Release ANMF questions ‘transparency’ in MYEFO aged care funding
Tuesday 17 December 2019
With no laws in place to guarantee transparency in aged care funding, Australian taxpayers can’t be assured that...
Media Release Government and One Nation fail to support transparency in aged care funding
Thursday 05 December 2019
The Federal Government, with the support of One Nation, has blocked an Aged Care Legislation Amendment (New Comm...
Media Release Workers call on politicians to stand-up for super & women
Monday 02 December 2019
Members of Australia’s three largest trade unions, representing more than half a million workers, will converge ...
Media Release Disappointing Announcement Means No Change, No Relief For Older Australians
Monday 25 November 2019
The Government’s statement today from the Prime Minister and the Ministers for Health, Aged Care and the Nationa...
Media Release Neglect ... it must stop in aged care
Thursday 31 October 2019
The title of today’s Interim Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety – “Neglect” enca...
Media Release ANMF Biennial National Conference 2019 - Fairer, Stronger, Healthier. Nurses and Midwives Make it Happen
Thursday 17 October 2019
The crucial role nurses and midwives play in enabling the community to access quality healthcare will be the foc...
Media Release Aged Care in Crisis - Care Can’t Wait: Doctors and Nurses Unite to Put Care Back Into Aged Care
Monday 30 September 2019
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) are today jo...
Media Release Nurses left out of preventative health planning
Tuesday 24 September 2019
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has expressed its disappoin...
Media Release ANMF opposes drug testing welfare recipients
Tuesday 10 September 2019
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), opposes legislation that se...
Media Release ANMF calls on all politicians to support greater transparency in aged care
Monday 22 July 2019
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on Federal MPs and Senators to support the Pri...
Media Release ANMF clarifies misinformation about aged care staff ratios
Tuesday 04 June 2019
Aged care is chronically understaffed. Currently there are no laws which provide for safe minimum levels of care...
Media Release ANMF welcomes new Federal Shadow Cabinet
Monday 03 June 2019
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the ALP’s new Shadow Ministry, saying the appoin...
Media Release ANMF Calls On New Minister To Act Now to Fix The Crisis In Aged Care
Monday 27 May 2019
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed Senator Richard Colbeck into the crucial rol...
Media Release New report shows the lack of transparency and accountability of millions of dollars in aged care funding
Thursday 16 May 2019
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says a new report examining the tax and financial practic...
Media Release ANMF welcomes Opposition’s pledge for action in aged care
Sunday 12 May 2019
On this International Nurses Day (IND) and Mother’s Day, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welc...
Media Release Nurses and carers abused, bullied and harassed - the ‘scapegoats’ for the crisis in aged care
Friday 03 May 2019
Overworked nurses and carers are being spat at in the street, abused in shopping centres and physically and emotionally ...
Media Release Returning to Fairness in Medicare and Public Health
Friday 05 April 2019
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s pledge to restore $2.8 billion to our health system and inject $2.3 billion into Medica...
Media Release Budget a ‘missed opportunity’ to support aged care nurses and care staff
Wednesday 03 April 2019
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says last night’s self-professed ‘b...
Media Release Budget aged care funding must be tied to residents’ care
Tuesday 02 April 2019
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says the Morrison Government must g...
Media Release Everybody deserves the right to a healthy future: Nurses and midwives support National Close The Gap Day
Thursday 21 March 2019
On this Close the Gap Day 2019 the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) affirms our commitment to working ...
Media Release ANMF celebrates International Women’s Day 2019
Friday 08 March 2019
Today, the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is marking International Wome...
Media Release ANMF Federal Secretary gives evidence to Aged Care Royal Commission
Wednesday 13 February 2019
The Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), Annie Butler, has given evidence to the...
Media Release Asylum seekers must be allowed medical treatment in Australia
Monday 11 February 2019
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on Federal MPs to support...
Media Release ANMF welcomes wider scope of practice for nurse practitioners
Friday 08 February 2019
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has welcomed a Report by the Nurse Practitioner’s Reference Group (NPRG)...
Media Release ANMF Federal leadership team re-elected
Wednesday 06 February 2019
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is pleased to announce that Annie B...
Media Release ANMF calls for implementation of pill-testing trials
Friday 25 January 2019
After a series of deaths and overdoses this summer, and as we head into the final public holiday weekend of January and ...
Media Release Chronic Understaffing in Aged Care Is Causing Enormous Pain and Suffering for Residents and Families
Thursday 17 January 2019
With another burst of stories detailing the pain and suffering being experienced by nursing home residents appearing in ...