Unified Magazine
The official journal of the Health Services Union
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
A message from the Secretary
It’s been an incredible year for HSU members and standing up for what you know is right. We’ve seen some epic struggles, equal…
December 18, 2023
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
Time to end the bottlenecks: Over-servicing and waste
HSU members secured a historic Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Funding this year – the first step toward preserving our universal healthcare system for our…
December 18, 2023
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
All I want for Christmas is 25% in Aged Care!
It’s been three years since HSU aged care members launched our Aged Care Work Value Case, advocating for fairness across the aged care sector and pushing…
December 18, 2023
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
NSW Government playing with lives over paramedic professional claim
Before the NSW election last year, Labor leader Chris Minns made a commitment to HSU paramedics: to honour the work of the Paramedic Taskforce established with…
December 18, 2023
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
Pathology push for a better industry
At the HSU Conference in May this year, delegates in the Private Health Division got together to tackle a serious problem: the private pathology industry. Delegates…
December 18, 2023
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
The need for urgent action to prevent increasing rates of alcohol harm
Caterina Giorgi, CEO, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) In September this year, data released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)…
December 18, 2023
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
HSU calls out over-reliance on consultants
NSW Health has a consultancy problem. The reliance on consultants is truly staggering, running into very many millions of dollars. It’s often difficult to get a…
December 18, 2023
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Unified Magazine: Summer 2023
Overstretched ACT Radiation Therapists walk off the job
Canberra’s radiation therapists took action this year, walking off the job to demand a competitive pay increase to keep skilled professionals in the Territory. …
December 18, 2023
Catch up on Winter's Unified edition
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Unified Magazine: Winter 2023
A message from the Secretary
It hasn’t been an easy year so far. We have been dealing with dramatic cost of living increases, forcing many workers to their breaking point; and…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Winter 2023
Setting the Agenda: Conference 2023
Three days. Over 500 delegates. One conference. We are Setting the Agenda. The 2023 HSU Delegates Conference took place on 2nd, 3rd and…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Winter 2023
March to Martin Place
“Paramedics, united! We’ll never be defeated!” The chants became louder and louder, as over 50 members moved into Martin Place in a sea…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Winter 2023
Dirty Laundry
“We’re not going to take second best … our people who hold the (health) system together are not going to be treated as second-class citizens.” …
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Winter 2023
HSU members rally for Wallsend’s future
In early July, HSU members held a rally at Wallsend Aged Care Facility, a publicly-run and vital asset to its community. HSU received…
June 15, 2022
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Unified Magazine: Winter 2023
Private Health Update
ACL: Couriers take a united stand for a safer workplace For the last few months, Courier members from ACL Management and Health and Safety Reps…
June 15, 2022