HSU members agree to $3500 wages boost, maintain industrial action over salary packaging stoush

News.com.au, 28th July 2023 After a months-long stand off with the NSW government, a powerful union has minted a wage rise offer, however…

Labor warned that gig worker laws will drive up NDIS costs

Financial Review, 26th July 2023 Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has signalled that the government’s forthcoming gig economy laws will extend to carer…

Exclusive: Listener stuck for 18 HOURS in emergency waiting room

2GB, 25th July 2023 A patient at Blacktown Hospital has waited over 18 hours for treatment. Gary told Ben Fordham…

Rates and inflation in ‘safe hands’ with new RBA governor Michele Bullock

The Australian, 14 July 2023 Michele Bullock will lead a historic makeover of the Reserve Bank as the central bank’s first female governor, while…

Aged care homes pushed to the brink as the sector struggles to retain staff

7News, 14th July 2023 A facility in Queensland is preparing to shut its doors by the end of the year, flying workers up…

NSW Health spent $40 million on private security but didn’t check their credentials

Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 2023 NSW Health spent almost $40 million on private security at western Sydney hospitals without doing any background…

NSW government promises crackdown on ‘unsustainable’ cost of temporary doctors

Sydney Morning Herald, 11 July 2023 NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has vowed to crack down on the use of private recruitment firms…

‘Incentivised price gouging’: The private companies making millions off doctor shortages

Sydney Morning Herald, 10 July 2023 Private recruitment companies responsible for finding temporary doctors and nurses to plug gaps in critically understaffed NSW…