workforce shortage
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Jul- 2024 -29 JulyTop Stories
We have too few aged care workers to care for older Australians. Why? And what can we do about it?
Hal Swerissen, La Trobe University In a country like Australia, we all expect that when we get old, we’ll be…
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May- 2023 -1 MayTop Stories
Australia’s migration system ‘too complex’ to solve staff shortage
Australia's migration system has been branded 'crazily complex' in a landmark review published last week calling for major reforms to…
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Mar- 2023 -31 MarchPodcasts
Influx of overseas staff ‘opportunity’ to address racism: podcast
Recruiting overseas staff to fill workforce shortages in aged care could prompt the sector to become more culturally safe, a…
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27 MarchNews
ACCPA proposes new aged care working visa
Aged care providers have proposed the federal government establish a specific visa for skilled migrants to deliver 24/7 registered nurses…
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Nov- 2022 -21 NovemberNews
AI funding to upgrade quality in aged sector
Australia's major scientific research organisation has granted researchers from Victoria University over a million dollars to speed up the use…
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Oct- 2022 -6 OctoberAged Care Royal Commission
Report reveals Australia’s care economy shortfalls
Australia's care economy will be in need of a thousand staff within the next five years, a figure that is…
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Sep- 2022 -15 SeptemberSpecialty
$4K income credit not enough to let all pensioners work: Q&A
As workforce shortages approach 500,000 vacancies in Australia's care system, older Australians are voicing their interest to re-enter paid work…
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1 SeptemberPolicy & Reform
Rural homes need more support to meet new standards
As severe workforce shortages cripple the industry, rural and remote aged care homes may have been fighting the hardest to…
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Aug- 2022 -29 AugustPodcasts
Report reveals workforce has lost faith in aged care reform: podcast
Close to 60 per cent of Australia's workforce say the reforms in the new aged care bills are impossible to…
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Jul- 2022 -21 JulyIndustry News
Urgent visa change to fill aged care gap
The government will fast-track the processing of 60,000 permanent visa applications by overseas skilled workers in a bid to fill…
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4 JulyPodcasts
‘It’s time for action’ – union’s response to CEDA’s worrying report: podcast
With nearly 65,000 aged care workers leaving the sector each year there are dire concerns for the future wellbeing of…
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Oct- 2011 -4 October
‘Dumbing down’ of child health workforce under fire
Proposals to remove midwifery qualifications for child and family health nurses have attracted widespread criticism. Linda Belardi reports. Child and…