Social and support sectors react with disappointment to federal budget

SBS News, 15 May 2024 They say this is a budget that falls short of providing what the most vulnerable people in the…

Budget 2024: Union warns pay rise delay will create staff crisis

The Australian, 15 May 2024 Unions have attacked the government’s attempt to stagger pay rises for aged care workers over two years, warning…

Aged care providers back delaying pay rises

The Financial Review, 13 May 2024 Aged care employers have backed the Albanese government’s proposal to stagger pay rises over two years due…

Pro-Palestine HSU members in small, ‘hard to fathom’ protest

The Daily Telegraph, 6 May 2024 About 20 pro-Palestine HSU union members and supporters have gathered to protest a meeting between Health Services…

Pressure grows for NSW royal commission into domestic violence

Sydney Morning Herald, 26 April 2024 NSW Premier Chris Minns will convene an urgent cabinet meeting with experts on domestic violence, including Rosie…

Please, ministers, spare us your pathetic platitudes on the domestic violence crisis

Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April 2024 The platitudes offered by federal ministers over the weekend in response to growing demands for more action…

Woman dies after available paramedic was instead covering horse races

Sydney Morning Herald, 21 April 2024 An elderly Grafton woman died of a cardiac arrest after the Northern Rivers town was temporarily left…

Health union leader backs random knife checks

The Australian, 19 April 2024 Health sector union leader Gerard Hayes says Australians are letting the next generation down “through our own inaction” as reports…