Soapbox ‘Love doesn’t pay the rent’: A better future for care workers starts with better wages Transforming aged care: 100 days of impactful change – higher wages, brighter futures for dedicated workers and our elders.
News & Views Nurses and carers to benefit as $11.3 billion committed for aged care worker pay rises Aged care workers will see a 15 per cent pay rise as the federal government commits a record $11.3 billion in next week’s budget.
News & Views ‘Serious rental stress’: Essential workers are unable to rent by themselves Essential workers would need to spend two-thirds of their income on rent to be able to afford to live alone.
Health A heart attack at 33 led Busi Faulkner to create her own home-care service After a terrifying heart attack at just 33, Busi Faulkner decided to create a business that centres the patient: Home Care Nurses Australia.
News & Views Victorian nurses call for Richard Colbeck to resign over aged care vaccinations Nurses are calling for the federal aged care minister, Richard Colbeck, to resign for his failure to take responsibility for vaccinating workers in aged care.
News & Views Working conditions in aged care homes are awful, largely because the work is done by women Vulnerable Australians in aged care are in the hands of workers who don’t have time to properly care for them, writes Sarah Kaine and Emmanuel Josserand.
