Australia faces a critical shortage of nurses over the next decade unless governments address dwindling job opportunities, an over-reliance on skilled migration, and a lack of training in aged care.  With projections that Australia is to be short more than ...

An Australian lecturer has helped design an east African nation’s first bachelor of midwifery curriculum. Anna Bosco, from Curtin University, was the only international representative during the two-week midwifery curriculum meeting held in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma. Bosco was invited by ...

WA is suffering from a shortage of midwives and GP-trained obstetricians, says AMA. A baby boom in Western Australia has highlighted a shortage of doctors trained to deliver them, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has said. WA has a surging ...

Midwives fear doctors will have final say on women’s choice, writes Annie May. Midwives are fuming over new laws that will give doctors a veto over women’s choice, calling for them to be scrapped once parliament returns. From 1 November, ...

Federal government strikes deal to give midwives professional indemnity insurance. For the first time in more than seven years, midwives will be able to purchase professional indemnity insurance, under a deal struck by the federal government with a private company. ...