The NSW Treasurer has lashed the federal government over infrastructure cuts which will hurt the state’s bottom line by $1.6bn over the next four years, $200m more than previously expected. The NSW’s government’s Half-Yearly Review, which will be released on Thursday, will report a further budget deterioration of $1.7bn toContinue Reading
After days of tense and tumultuous negotiations, the NSW government has cemented a historic pay deal for paramedics, preventing a potential breakdown of the state’s triple-0 services on January 1. Urgent negotiations between the government and the Health Services Union (HSU) were held in the tense backdrop of about 2000Continue Reading
A major health union has claimed a dropped media story dropped during tense wage negotiations has “derailed” wage negotiations. The Health Services Union (HSU) is meeting with NSW Health representatives at the Industrial Relations Commission on Monday in an attempt to broker a deal amid threats more than 2100 paramedicsContinue Reading
The fight between NSW Ambulance paramedics and the state government will go before the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) on Monday. Negotiations with the Health Services Union (HSU) stalled on Friday when the union rejected an average 19 per cent increase to take home pay — including base pay, penalties, andContinue Reading
NSW’s New Year’s Day celebrations could be thrown into chaos as more than 2100 paramedics will be unable to work following a registration boycott, following a protracted wage dispute with the NSW government. Negotiations came to a stand still on Friday morning after the Health Services Union (HSU) rejected theContinue Reading
“Used and let down” paramedics have written to NSW Premier Chris Minns, urging his government to honour an election promise to drastically improve pay and conditions. More than 1900 NSW paramedics have pledged to boycott renewing their medical registration, which would severely restrict their ability to administer clinical work fromContinue Reading
Industry and medical bodies representing nurses and doctors have called on the NSW government to urgently implement pill and drug-checking measures during the summer festival season or risk putting young lives at risk. A joint letter between The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), NSW Nurses and Midwives Association,Continue Reading
One of Labor’s signature election promises to boost the salaries of about 400,000 public sector wages has cost the government a massive $8bn. Across Australia, the majority of public sector employees have been given a 4 per cent pay bump, which also includes a 0.5 per cent boost to superannuation,Continue Reading
Major NSW sporting events are at risk of not being attended by on-call paramedics, in their latest move to secure more competitive rates of pay. On Tuesday, paramedics represented by the Health Services Union (HSU) said they’d begin instituting an indefinite ban on events like regional and metro horse racing.Continue Reading
Members of a major health workers union have agreed to the NSW government’s wage increase offer, however, the threat of industrial action still remains. On Friday, 54 per cent of members of the Health Services Union (HSU) agreed to a one-year flat salary increase of $3500, plus a 0.5 perContinue Reading