The quiet death of an aged care facility

Medical Republic, 6 July 2023 Members of the Health Services Union fear that the Wallsend aged care facility is being closed down by…

'Intense negotiations' are underway as thousands of nurses across the country threaten to strike over pay conditions

Sky News, 5 July 2023 Thousands of nurses across the country are threatening to walk off the job, including in New South Wales…

Health Services Union calls on Labor platform to include an aged care levy and a royal commission into health funding

The Australian, 20 June 2023 The Health Services Union will call on the Albanese government to launch a royal commission into health funding…

Aged Care Workers To Receive Historic 15% Pay Rise, But Unions Say It's Not Enough

The Project, 4 May 2023 Aged care workers are in for a historic pay rise that will total $11.3 billion across the country.…

Aged care workers’ ‘historic’ wage boost to cost $11.3 billion

Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May 2023 A long-awaited pay rise for aged care workers will cost the federal budget more than $11 billion…

Fair Work Commission overrules government on incremental aged care workers’ pay rise

The Guardian, 22 February 2023 Federal government had planned to split increase over two years, as union eyes push for further increase …

Pay rise locked in as FWC rejects Labor plan

The Australian, 21 February 2023 Hundreds of thousands of aged care workers will receive their 15 per cent pay rise from July 1…

Fair Work accelerates aged care pay rise in hit to the budget

Australian Financial Review, 21 February 2023 The Fair Work Commission has ruled its 15 per cent interim increase for up to 320,000 aged…