On this International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) acknowledge the United Nations global theme I am Generation Equality Realizing Womans Rights and recognise the history of this day stems from International Workers Womans Day. Read more

On 6 March 2020 the ANMF lodged a notice setting out the particulars of alterations to it rules with the Fair Work Commission in accordance with r 126(1)(a) of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulation 2009 (Regulations). The ANMF publishes this notice on its website in accordance with r 126(1)(b) of the Regulations. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is working closely with the Federal Government, health departments and industry stakeholders on contingency plans to stop the transmission of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect the aged care workforce and elderly, vulnerable nursing home residents. Read more

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), supports the recommendations of Senior Counsel Assisting, Peter Rozen, to the Aged Care Royal Commission today for mandated minimum staffing levels and skills mix in the system, which importantly includes having a registered nurse on duty at all times. Read more

Information for Primary and Community Healthcare Workers and Emergency Department staff on the newly identified coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Read more

Nurses and midwives across Australia are being consulted on the digital health skills they need. Survey consultation started on Monday 3 February for six weeks (closing 13 March) on the draft National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework, a collaboration between HISA, the Australian Digital Health Agency and nursing and midwifery professional bodies. Read more

Leaders of nurses’ unions from 22 countries including the ANMF co-signed a letter to the Director-General of the World Health Organization concerning the coronavirus. Read more

At this terrible time for Australia, the ANMF acknowledges and expresses our sincere gratitude to all the emergency workers, volunteers, and community members who are working tirelessly, under extraordinary conditions, in and for fire-affected areas. We have compiled some links that may be useful for those who have been affected and those who would like to contribute. If and when you need assistance, please reach out for help. Read more

The ANMF are thinking of all our members and their communities who are devastated by these horrific bushfires, especially our comrades in NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Read more

With no laws in place to guarantee transparency in aged care funding, Australian taxpayers can’t be assured that $624 million (over four years) allocated for the sector in the 2019 MYEFO will actually be used by nursing home operators to provide quality care for residents, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). Read more

The Federal Government, with the support of One Nation, has blocked an Aged Care Legislation Amendment (New Commissioner Functions) Bill 2019 – which was seeking transparency and accountability for the billions of dollars in taxpayer-funding received by nursing home operators. Once again, the Government, this time with the support of One Nation, has failed to commit to genuine improvements in aged care and for older Australians, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) said today. Read more

Yesterday, the Medevac legislation was repealed in the Australian Senate by a margin of 37 to 35, in yet another shockingly disappointing display of inhumanity from the Australian Government and the Senators who supported them. This comes at the end of a year in which we’ve seen the Government attempt to attack Australian workers and their families, refuse to act on climate change in the face of devastating destruction of parts of the country by bushfires, and a continuing neglect of elderly Australians. Read more

Members of Australia’s three largest trade unions, representing more than half a million workers, will converge on Parliament house in Canberra today to push for an acceleration of the planned increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent and urge politicians to address the barriers that result in woman retiring into poverty. Read more

Elderly residents in Queensland’s 16 state-run residential aged care facilities (RACF) are set to benefit from better staffing and increased care hours, thanks to new legislation passed by the state government today. Read more

The Government’s statement today from the Prime Minister and the Ministers for Health, Aged Care and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, in response to the Aged Care Royal Commission Interim Report, is once again a disappointment. It fails to address the real causes, as described by the Report, of the ‘shocking tale of neglect’ that is the Australian Aged Care Sector, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) said today. Read more

The ANMF NT Branch acknowledge that our previous comments have caused harm to our Indigenous Community. The tragic death of a young Indigenous Yuendumu man is devastating & our thoughts are with all those directly affected & the wider Indigenous community. Read more

The title of today’s Interim Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety – “Neglect” encapsulates aged care in Australia. Unfortunately, it’s that simple – the history of aged care in Australia is a story of woeful and increasing neglect, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). Read more

After carefully analysing the cost involved in delivering the CPE to our members and non members alike, the ANMF Federal Office has made a decision to raise the prices of our CPE courses accordingly to $8.90 for ANMF and NSWNMA members and $40 for non-members, this is the first price increase passed on to our users in almost 10 years. Read more

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) are today jointly calling on the Federal Government to act now to guarantee quality and safety in aged care, and not wait till the conclusion of the Royal Commission in late 2020 to deliver much-needed new funding and reforms. Read more