Nurses, midwives and aged-care workers stand to lose more than $359 million a year if Sunday penalty rates are reduced to Saturday levels, a new report commissioned by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has found. The McKell Institute report, ...

The Australian Senate is accepting submissions for an upcoming inquiry into the future of Australia’s aged-care workforce. This inquiry and subsequent report will look at the current composition of the workforce, challenges in attracting and retaining aged-care workers and how government ...

The treatment director at a Thai-based rehabilitation clinic popular with Westerners has stressed the need to view addiction as an ecological problem, as opposed to a moral dilemma, in an as yet unpublished paper about gambling addiction. Dr Phil Townshend ...

An Australian clinical nurse who has been deployed as a volunteer 50 times across nine countries has been recognised through an Order of Australia award in this year’s honours. Kym Stuart was recognised for her service to nursing through a ...