Workforce

Aged care provider to repay $11.7m to workers

The Fair Work Ombudsman has ordered Southern Cross Care to repay millions in wages after a self‑audit uncovered years of…

National project amplifies carer voices

A new Silverchain project is inviting carers of older Australians with mental health conditions to share their stories, aiming to…

It’s time to prioritise mental health education

Silverchain has introduced it's free Foundations in Mental Health program, designed to help ready providers for the new Aged Care…

ANMF launches national aged care ‘pulse check’

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has launched a comprehensive assessment of Australia’s aged care system in a bid…

Essential workers priced out of the rental market

A new report shows decades of housing mismanagement has resulted in many Australian essential workers, including aged care workers, ambos…

Money matters: Your financial health check

Making informed financial decisions is a lifelong journey, one that evolves with each stage of your career. Whether you’re just…

Pay bump for 400,000 aged care workers

The pay rise, a result of the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) work value case decision, brings welcome changes for the…

CPD: Your career compass

The thought of accumulating a minimum of 20 hours of CPD per registration period might feel like a chore, it…

Palliative care workforce under siege

A new report by Palliative Care Australia has revealed that escalating demand, coupled with persistent funding constraints and workforce shortages,…

84 ENs to be sacked from Qld aged care

Queensland’s largest aged care provider has said it can no longer sustain the “funding gap” created by mandatory care minutes…

What aged care staff say about their grief

Research suggests aged-care staff experience a unique type of grief when residents die. However, their grief often goes unrecognised, and…

$21.5m in scholarships for aged care workforce

Scholarships will allow recipients to progress their careers in aged care with formal qualifications, like a Cert III or Masters…

ARIIA grants to boost innovation

Fourteen aged care providers across Australia are joining forces to address critical issues facing the sector, thanks to a new…

Aged care grads caught in diploma scam, again

Even more aged care workers are likely to lose their qualifications after another Vocational Educational Training (VET) provider was cancelled by…

Superheroes: ACED thanks aged care workers

Today, on Aged Care Employee Day, we say thank you the more than 400,000 invaluable aged care workers making a…

Aged care nurse placement program success

An intensive clinical placement initiative that has already placed dozens of nursing graduates into aged care jobs in Qld is…

Bupa is cutting staff hours, union claims

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has lodged a Fair Work dispute claiming Bupa is changing rosters of nurses and…

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.

Aged care grads in alleged cash-for-diplomas scheme

Thousands of aged and disability care workers have been forced to prove their skills as yet another vocational education and…

Shock aged care closure hits 1000 jobs, 3000 customers

Aged and disability care provider Annecto Incorporated have announced that they will cease all services in July 2025.

Revised NSW workers’ comp reform passes milestone but challenges remain

Controversial reforms to workers compensation in NSW which brought unions to the steps of Parliament House have passed the first…

Workers rally outside NSW parliament in fight to quash workers’ compensation reform

Unions NSW will join a number of unions including the NSW Teachers Federation and NSW Nurses and Midwives Association in…

Wellbeing: Start small and reframe negative thoughts

Spend too long on social media and you might start to hear the term “cortisol face” used to describe someone…

WHO estimates global nurse shortage at 5.8 million

Widespread shortages and vast inequities continue to plague the global nursing workforce, a new report has revealed. The World Health Organization’s…

“Wiping its hands of injured nurses”: Backlash to NSW govt proposed cuts to workers’ comp

Compensation payments for psychological injuries will cut off after two and a half years, unless an injured worker can prove…