General and aged care public sector members will receive a further three per cent pay rise in December.
Public sector mental health nurse members have won a 10.5 per cent wage increase, achieving pay parity with general public sector nurses and midwives.
With the support of Labor MP Ged Kearney, Senator Rex Patrick’s private member’s bill seeks to mandate the 24/7 on-site presence of a registered nurse in every aged care facility.
Gippsland-based registered nurse and midwife Therese Smyth comes from a long line of nurses, and her daughter Nicole Semmler is carrying on the family tradition.
