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Three months on, Aged Care workers still waiting for COVID payments 18 May - More than 70 per cent of aged care workers still haven’t received their $400 bonus, as promised by Prime Minister Scott Morrison back in February, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) revealed today. Read more
Major political parties detail how they will support aged care if elected 18 May - Three key political parties have described what specific actions they will take to reform aged care if elected in the lead up to the federal election on Saturday. Read more
We need your help to Fix Aged Care 3 May - We will be hosting pop-up events this week and next in your electorate of Boothby, to engage with the general public to raise awareness and discuss aged care as an election issue. Read more
May Day March 2022 29 April - Support nurses and aged care workers by attending the May Day March on Saturday 30 April, with guest speaker ACTU Secretary Sally McManus. Read more
Welcome to our aged care nightmare 28 April - Another week, another litany of horror stories about the perilous state of aged care in this country. Read more
Grim aged care death toll a ‘shocking indictment’ on Canberra’s inaction 28 April - In a shocking indictment on the Federal Government’s inaction on aged care, Department of Health statistics reveal more than half of all the aged care residents who succumbed to COVID-related illnesses during the pandemic died within the f Read more
Aged Care pledge gains more Greens support 28 April - Greens candidate for Sturt Katie McCusker says she has seen first-hand the challenges the aged care sector is facing on a daily basis. Read more
The grim reality of what happens in a nursing home that doesn’t have registered nurses 24/7 21 April - I’m a nurse practitioner working in specialist palliative aged care. Let me share with you just a little bit about what happens in a residential aged care facility/‘nursing home’ that doesn’t have registered nurses 24/7, 365 days of the ye Read more
Put the 'Care' back into Aged Care as PM announces election date 14 April - South Australians are heading back to the polling booths just over two months after voting in the new State Government. Read more
Beer boost set to benefit Aged Care sector 11 April - The South Australia-based Maggie Beer Foundation would have a greater focus on food in aged care, including the development of new standards, if Labor wins the upcoming federal election. Read more
Our battered Aged Care sector is on the ropes 11 April - The coming federal election could deliver a lifeline … or a devastating knockout blow. Read more
Labor pledges to crack down on ‘dodgy’ aged care providers 6 April - Federal Labor will introduce tough new penalties, including jail time, to stop ‘dodgy’ aged care providers neglecting and mistreating their residents, if it wins the upcoming federal election. Read more

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