Thousands of nurses and midwives walked off the job for 24-hours today, the fourth statewide strike this year, desperate to have their voices heard by the NSW government and for widespread staffing concerns to be urgently addressed.
The NSWNMA has filed a major prosecution case in the Supreme Court against the state of NSW for widespread and repeated staffing breaches of the Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives’ (State) Award.
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.
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.
