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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 18/11/2024
- 14:14
MEDIA ALERT – NURSES IN THE HOUSE
Parliamentary Friends of Nursing 2024 – A Showcase of Modern Nursing Nursing and midwifery leaders from around the country will gather in the Mural Hall at Parliament House in Canberra tomorrow, Tuesday 19 November 2024, for the biggest-ever Parliamentary Friends of Nursing event. Convened by the Assistant Minister for Health Ged Kearney, the Assistant Shadow Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster, and the Independent Member for Indi Dr Helen Haines, the event this year is a Showcase of Modern Nursing. The event runs from 8.00am until 12pm, with official welcome and speeches from 8.30am. MPs, Senators, their staff, and…
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- Insurance
- 18/11/2024
- 14:12
Beneficiary of community benefit payment
We are pleased to announce that we have selected registered charity Northern Rivers Community Gateway as the beneficiary of the community benefit payment from an insurer following its sanction in June 2024. We invited a wide range of organisations to be considered for the payment and decided on a shortlist of the best candidate charities based on their work and impact. Following review of the shortlist, we selected Northern Rivers Community Gateway as the recipient for its community programs and activities in several communities. Northern Rivers Community Gateway is dedicated to grass-roots welfare support and capacity building services for disadvantaged…
- Veterans Affairs
- 18/11/2024
- 14:11
Media Release – Minister Keogh – Accessing Higher Education Made Easier For Veterans
OFFICIAL THE HON MATT KEOGH MP Minister for VETERANS’ AFFAIRS MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL MEDIA RELEASE 18 November 2024 ACCESSING higher education made easier for veterans The Albanese Labor Government is making it easier for veterans to pursue higher education through the Veteran Recognition of Prior Learning – Tertiary Support Grant Program. Veterans gain valuable skills and experience during their service in the Australian Defence Force however, these are not always readily recognised by education providers. Through the Recognising Prior Learning Grant Program, universities can develop initiatives to better recognise these skills, adapt tertiary credit-mapping frameworks, and create entry pathways…
- Defence, Government Federal
- 18/11/2024
- 14:08
PJCIS recommends urgent passage of cyber security laws
TheParliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security(PJCIS) has today presented its advisory report for its review of the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024, recommending that the package be urgently passed by the Parliament. The legislative package consists of theCyber Security Bill 2024,theSecurity of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024and theIntelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024. The Cyber Security Legislative Package intends to implement seven initiatives under the2023-2030Australian Cyber Security Strategy, which aims to bring Australia in line with international best practice and to help ensure Australia is on track to…
- Political, Property Real Estate
- 18/11/2024
- 14:05
***EMBARGOED BRIEFING*** Rental Affordability Index exposes regional NSW rental crisis
MEDIA ALERT ***EMBARGOED BRIEFING*** FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Rental Affordability Index exposes regional NSW rental crisis A penetrating snapshot of rental affordability in regional NSW…
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- National News Current Affairs, Political
- 18/11/2024
- 13:53
***EMBARGOED BRIEFING*** Rental Affordability Index shows Victorian crisis has hit historic low
MEDIA ALERT ***EMBARGOED BRIEFING*** FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Rental Affordability Index shows Victorian crisis has hit historic low A penetrating snapshot of rental affordability in regional Victoria has laid bare the crisis that is reshaping the housing market and making life harder on people on low and moderate incomes. National Shelter and SGS Economics & Planning are holding an embargoed zoom briefing for journalists ahead of the release of the 2024 Rental Affordability Index showing plummeting affordability across regional Victoria. There will be time for questions after the briefing. When: 1pm, Wednesday November 20 Who: Principal Policy Officer at Shelter NSW…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 18/11/2024
- 13:21
GPs urge government to make healthcare more affordable as patients delay care
GPs are urging the government to do more to make essential GP care affordable after a national survey showed more people are delaying care they need due to financial concerns amid the cost-of-living crisis. ABS data released today revealed the proportion of patients citing cost as a reason they have delayed or avoided seeing their GP has increased from 7% to 8.8%. It also confirmed that females, younger people, lower income people and patients with long-term health conditions were more likely to delay or not use health services when needed due to cost. RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins said: “Funding…
- Mental Health
- 18/11/2024
- 13:16
WINGS of Hope Gathering Returns to Inspire Hope and Remember those Lost to Suicide
WINGS of Hope Gathering Returns to Inspire Hope and Remember those Lost to Suicide The annual, free event unites community members impacted by suicide…
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- Industrial Relations, Medical Health Aged Care
- 18/11/2024
- 12:57
Unprecedented: St Vincent’s Private Hospitals nurses and midwives start industrial action for safe staffing
Almost 1000 nurses and midwives across St Vincent’s Private Hospitals’ four Melbourne healthcare facilities have started unprecedented protected industrial action from 7am, Monday 18 November. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch) has been negotiating a new enterprise agreement since June with St Vincent’s Private Hospitals management for its hospitals in Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Kew and Werribee. ANMF members’ stage one protected industrial action includes: wearing red campaign t-shirts, speaking to residents, family, the community and the media about their campaign, administrative bans, a ban on non-clinical paperwork linked to funding, a ban on admin related to billing clients…
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