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Qld frontline workers pay rise threatened by budget

Frontline workers, like nurses, police, teachers, and firefighters, are fighting for pay bumps after the state's budget dropped last week.

Pay rises for aged care nurses funded with additional $2.6 billion

The Albanese government has quashed any remaining questions of how it will afford a pay rise for over 60,000 aged…

Aged care nurses set to earn more from March 1

Registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will soon be paid more under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) changes…

Dates for care workers’ pay rises set by Fair Work Commission – nurses still waiting

The Australian Fair Work Commission has finalised the decision to determine when 250,000 Australian aged care workers will receive a…

NSW offers nurses pay rise, short of unions demands

The NSW government has offered public sector workers, including nurses, a three-year pay rise worth 10.5 per cent, which is…

Budget ’24: $2.2bn invested into aged care

The 2024-25 Federal Budget was revealed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday night, with aged care cited as a funding…

Aged care workers may wait until 2026 for full pay increase

The Albanese government seeks to delay aged care workers' wage rises of 23 per cent by almost two years due…

Aged care AINs and PCWs secure 23 per cent pay rise

An increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers has "finally" been secured. The Fair Work Commission ordered…

Aged care workers have won a huge pay rise. What about the cleaners, cooks and admin staff who support them?

Matthew Xerri, Griffith University This month, the Fair Work Commission handed Australia’s aged care workforce an historic pay rise, with…

New agreements bump up aged care pay by 4.4 per cent

Workers on new collective agreements are scoring average wage increases of up to 5.8 per cent, according to fresh data…

Aged care workers receive a pay increase

More than 250,000 aged care workers in Australia are set to receive a 15 per cent wage increase after the…

‘Few homes’ can achieve key staffing requirements

A recent aged care report has identified that only one in ten residential care facilities in Australia could meet all…

Accountability concerns rise as aged care workers await wage hike

Concerns are mounting among industry experts about the government's lack of enforceable rules to ensure the pay rise funds are…

Budget to fund $11.3bn aged care pay rise

Next week's federal budget will fund a highly-anticipated salary increase for aged care workers after Labor announced a major increase…

Dispute over aged care wage rise payout

Lifeview has disputed claims made by the ANMF that it won't pass on a 15 per cent wage rise for…

ACCPA asks for changes to funding system

Australia's aged care providers have asked to address workforce and worsening operating losses in the upcoming federal government's budget. Today,…

Pay rise could attract more men to workforce

The pay rise for aged care staff will help attract more men to the care sector, an aged care peak…

Industry peak chief pushes for pay rise for all aged care staff: podcast

One of Australia's major aged care peaks has said expanding the 15 per cent pay rise to all staff is…

Better Pay bill may affect pay rise case

As the Fair Work Commission's aged care pay rise case moves to the second stage, government pressures rise after shocking…

Aged care pay rise leaves ‘questions unanswered’

While the majority of the aged care industry has welcomed the interim decision to raise wages by 15 per cent,…

‘We don’t exist’: non-care staff miss out on pay rise

Aged care support staff say they feel “insulted” after being excluded from the Fair Work Commission's interim decision to increase…

Budget ‘better than nothing’ but promises ‘no reform’: aged care experts

Aged care advocates and experts have said the federal government's first budget fulfilled key election promises but does not financially…

Rumours FWC won’t decide on pay rise until next year: podcast

Aged care providers are voicing concerns the fair work umpire's verdict on increasing staff's wages will come too late. On…