Empowering workers for a brighter future
With 47,000+ members across NSW, ACT and QLD, you’re in good company!
Welcome to the HSU
The HSU is a specialist union that covers members working in public hospitals, ambulance, aged care, allied health, private hospitals, imaging, pathology and disability care. With 47,000 members across NSW, ACT and QLD, you’re in good company!
It's time to Fix NSW Health
The NSW Health budget is massive – over $33 billion. So why isn’t there enough to go around?
Health workers’ wages are stalling and we need to know why. We need a Royal Commission to find out where the health dollar is going and why it isn’t in health workers’ pockets.
The HSU has launched the Reform Critical report into the state of NSW Health. The HSU has commissioned this important and wide-ranging report into the state of NSW Health.
TAKE ACTION NOW - ADD YOUR VOICE
Why join the HSU?
Being a union member is one of the best decisions you can make in your working life.
If you work in health, aged care, or disability services, there's never been a better time to stand with 47,000 workers across NSW, ACT & QLD in the fight for better wages and conditions for all health workers!
HSU members are what makes our union special and strong
It's the active involvement of HSU members that determines our direction and whether we succeed or fail.
Are you an existing member? Need some help or guidance, or keen to become more involved in the Union? Or are you an activist or delegate searching for more resources?
Our Latest Campaigns
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Ambulance
Value Our Service
The Ambulance Division of the HSU is fighting for a pay rise for NSW Paramedics that is in line with the value of their service. As…
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Hospitals - We Won!
Free parking for health workers
The HSU has campaigned long and hard for free parking for health care workers. We firmly believe that if you work in a hospital you shouldn't…
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Aged Care
We're Worth It
Aged care professionals deserve more than the scraps. They deserve a decent pay rise and we are going to fight for fair wages in aged care.
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Aged Care
Delivering Decent Residential Aged Care
Funding the care elderly Australians deserve: A report into the challenges confronting residential aged care in Australia, including those confronting the aged care workforce, and an…
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Public Health
Let's Get It Fixed
Our Public Health Awards are broken and outdated.
We need a complete overhaul to get the system working for health workers and for the community. -
50,000 Reasons to Vaccinate for Victory
50,000 Reasons to Vaccinate for Victory
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Our Latest News & Articles
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
A message from the Secretary
This is our time. That’s the message I want all HSU members to pass on to their colleagues. The last…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Negotiation wins at Lifehouse
Members in Private Health are standing up for a better deal. Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, the cancer treatment centre in central Sydney, has a…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Calls to change aged care ring through Canberra
It’s been over two years in the making, and the story continues to be told today. On Wednesday 30 March 2022, we loaded…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
NSW State Wide Industrial Action: Standing Up For What We Deserve
It’s fair to say that HSU members have had a very tough few years, being on the frontline with a global pandemic raging through our country…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
HSU Conference 2022: Success Through Adversity
It’s been a long time coming, with more than a couple of false starts, but it’s finally here – the next HSU Delegates Conference! …
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Welcome to ParaEd – specialised education for HSU Paramedics
In recognition and support of the professional work of Paramedics, the HSU has now funded access to CPD and specialised training for Ambulance Division members through ParaEd - a new…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
SNSWLHD Security on a good footing
Members in Southern NSW LHD have claimed a significant victory, with Health and Security Assistants claiming previously a previously unpaid allowance – plus backpay of up…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Win for Calvary Bruce Medical Imaging members
Members working at Calvary Bruce Public Hospital in Canberra are celebrating after the Union won funding for an expanded Medical Imaging service. HSU…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Assistant Secretary Report
It’s been a very active start to the year, and I have been thrilled to see our members taking the bull by the horns. …
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Defend the NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was heralded as a once in a generation reform. It promised to empower people with disability in the development of…
June 14, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Conference Edition 2022
Support is here
For members affected by severe flooding all along the east coast, but particularly in the Northern Rivers of NSW, the last couple of months has felt…
June 14, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2021
A message from the Secretary
A few months ago, I wanted to talk to you about the HSU’s upcoming conference and planning for the future. I had a lot of exciting…
January 18, 2022