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…

Pay increase for aged-care workers accelerated in Fair Work Commission ruling

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

NSW paramedics to stop work to seek pay promise before state election

News.com.au, 17 February 2023 “Humiliated” NSW paramedics have promised to unleash “five weeks of fury” in a bid to seek improved pay in…

Labor to create special inquiry into NSW health budget

Australian Associated Press, 16 February 2023 Labor will set up a royal commission-style inquiry into the bulging $33 billion NSW health budget, saying…

Union heads pressure Albanese to push again for wages to match inflation

Sydney Morning Herald, 16 February 2023 Three major union heads and the secretary of a state trades hall are calling on Labor to…

Aged care wage rise timing not up to Fair Work: government

Sydney Morning Herald, 13 February 2023 The federal government says its own workplace reforms improving gender equality and job security should not dictate…

Union says NSW health system ‘at breaking point’ and calls for royal commission into funding

The Guardian, 12 February 2023 Report commissioned by Health Services Union is scathing of failure to invest in community and preventative healthcare …

New South Wales union calls for royal commission into health spending 'mismanagement'

ABC News, 12 February 2023 A New South Wales paramedic and Health Services Union (HSU) delegate says it has become "the norm" for patients to be forced to wait…