The 2026 national theme, 50 Years of Deadly, marking five decades of NAIDOC Week is dedicated to amplifying and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures.
Australian Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement to legislate a new criminal offence for large companies that fail to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains, a long-overdue reform that will improve corporate accountability and help prevent labour exploitation.
Despite the federal government’s legislative reforms, Australia’s aged care sector continues to struggle with chronic understaffing, rising workplace violence and a lack of transparency over how providers are spending billions of dollars in taxpayer funding meant for resident care, a new national survey of the aged care workforce reveals.
Health organisations gathered at Parliament House in Canberra today to launch a new report calling on the federal government to fund feasibility studies to electrify nine pilot hospitals across every Australian state and territory.
Aged care and community sector workers who use their own vehicles for work will receive a temporary increase in their vehicle allowance from 1 September.
Unveiled at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday, the ANMF’s ‘Australia needs care you can count on’ campaign is calling on the federal government to deliver urgent reforms, including mandated staffing ratios and the prevention of workplace violence and aggression.
