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Aged care workers to get 23% average pay rise as union heralds move as ‘one of the best outcomes’ ever achieved

Health Services Union says new benchmark pay rate will make sector competitive with public health system

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NSW government knocks back Inner West Council demerger proposal – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Hunter ambos in statewide campaign to get new responsibilities and a 30 per cent pay rise

Ambos want more work and 30% pay rise

Newcastle Herald

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Five weeks of fury: Hunter paramedics in statewide industrial action

NSW paramedics are intensifying their campaign for equal pay with interstate counterparts in "five weeks of fury" ahead of the NSW election.

Newcastle Herald

Free CPR lessons as ambos promise pre-election fury

NSW paramedics are intensifying their campaign for equal pay with interstate counterparts in "five weeks of fury" ahead of the NSW election.

AAP

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

Report commissioned by Health Services Union is scathing of failure to invest in community and preventative healthcare

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Royal commission into NSW health funding a must: HSU

The Health Services Union says a royal commission into the NSW health system's $33 billion budget is needed because funds are not reaching patients.

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Aged care on brink of collapse: union

Workers who care for older Australians will resign in droves unless aged care staff get a significant pay increase, a survey shows.

AAP

WA government forced into fresh pay offer

Western Australian public sector workers would receive pay increases of up to six per cent under a revised offer from the McGowan government.

AAP

Premiers back COVID isolation shortening

State premiers have called for a shortening of the mandatory isolation period for people with COVID-19, ahead of Wednesday's national cabinet meeting.

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Lawyer reveals dementia diagnosis after guilty verdict – as it happened

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Federal government promises to fund potential pay rise for aged care workers

The Federal Government promises to pick up the bill for any potential pay rise for aged care workers in a submission to the Fair Work Commission.

ABC News

Hundreds of Perth health staff, police and firefighters rally in stop-work meeting for pay rises

Pausing mortgages, carpooling to save on fuel, and asking for help to feed themselves - they're the many ways health staff say they're making ends meet.

ABC News

Health Services Union heads to tribunal to fight parking fees for workers at public hospitals

A union is going to the South Australian Employment Tribunal to try to stop healthcare workers having to pay to park at hospitals.

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Newcastle Herald

Paramedics welcome job boost to help "worked to the bone" workforce

The Health Services Union says the Hunter will be a "significant focus" when it comes time to determine where more than 2000 new paramedics will be dispatched, a win for the region's underresourced and overworked ambos.

ABC News

Sydney news: Health Services Union members to walk off job in hospitals today

MORNING BRIEFING: Patients are being warned to expect delays, with staff planning to hold stop-work meetings for up to four hours outside hospitals.

AAP

NSW health workers to strike for pay rise

Disaffected healthcare workers in NSW are gearing up for more industrial action next week in a bid to pressure the government to increase their pay

AAP

Voters back 25pct pay rise for aged care

Polling conducted for the Health Services Union has found a majority of Australians believe more financial resources should be poured into the aged care sector.

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