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27 February 2023
Unions have opened up a new front in the fight for aged care pay, insisting aged care providers pass on the Fair Work Co...
01 December 2022
The federal secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Annie Butler, said the union had warned that p...
09 November 2022
Everything that workers have ever won has been hard fought. That truism was once again underlined by the recent decision...
01 November 2022
The budget committed $1.7 billion towards strengthening safety measures for women, of which $1.3 billion is going toward...
01 September 2022
Achieving safe workloads for nurses is more important than higher wages when it comes to stopping health workers from cu...
22 July 2022
Australia is in the midst of a health crisis — one it cannot staff. More than two and a half years into the pandemic, CO...
21 July 2022
Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp joins 3CR Wednesday Breakfast to speak about the call for Australians to pro...
12 July 2022
Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp joins ABC News to discuss how the growing number of COVID-19 cases have adde...
23 June 2022
SBS News Podcast reporting on how nursing groups are keen to see an increase in transparency and accountability applied,...
24 May 2022
ABC Radio AM report discussing the building blocks of Labor’s aged care policy including RN 24/7, ratios, wage increase ...
13 April 2022
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has pledged a new national service to support the wellbeing of nurses and midwives, s...
04 April 2022
Federal Labor will introduce tough new penalties, including jail time, to stop ‘dodgy’ aged care providers neglecting an...
01 April 2022
A delegation of 10 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) aged care members watched on in Federal Parliament...
15 March 2022
ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler speaks with chief political correspondent Laura Tingle on ABC 7.30. One of the key r...
03 March 2022
An “overwhelmed” workforce coupled with “chronic understaffing” has been identified as the “fundamental contributor” und...
01 March 2022
A once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform aged care is slipping through Australia's grasp, peak industry bodies warn....
28 January 2022
ANMF Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp speaking with The Guardian about surveying members on COVID-19 with pre...
27 January 2022
ANMF Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp on PM on ABC Radio, re-issuing a plea from the ANMF to the Federal Gove...
25 January 2022
ANMF Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp speaking with The Guardian about the uncertain supply of rapid antigen ...
12 January 2022
ANMF Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp on PM on ABC Radio, discussing the soaring Covid case numbers crippling...
12 January 2022
ANMF Federal Assistant Secretary Lori-Anne Sharp interviewed by Inside Ageing, expressing concerns that the Morrison Gov...
18 December 2021
Appearing on Today on 9 News, ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler says in the last two years, during the COVID-19 pandem...
17 December 2021
ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler one of the featured guests on PM on ABC Radio with the discussion about entering the...
16 December 2021
Federal Secretary Annie Butler joins ABC News radio speaking on the anxious time for nurses in NSW, Victoria and across ...
14 May 2021
Opinion piece by ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler in the Sydney Morning Herald following the federal budget and how i...
07 May 2021
In this ABC News article, ANMF members and nurses Jocelyn Hofman, Rebecca Woodfield and Adam Weaver describe what it is ...
03 September 2020
An Aged Care 360 special investigation delving into aged care, with ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler joining the roun...
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