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Paramedics' industrial action ruled out of order

A 12-hour industrial action that would have resulted in some paramedics refusing all but the most serious calls has been ruled out of order amid a pay dispute.

AAP · Nov 30, 2023

Paramedics waiting for pay offer call premier to table

Paramedics want senior ministers to emerge "from the shadows" and make a real pay offer as threats of significant industrial action remain.

AAP · Nov 22, 2023

NSW government offers 8.5% pay rise to lowest-paid health workers to head off industrial action

Offer comes after the Health Services Union gave the government until Friday to propose a new pay deal

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

Hunter ambos in statewide campaign to get new responsibilities and a 30 per cent pay rise

Ambos want more work and 30% pay rise

Newcastle Herald · Feb 17, 2023

New South Wales union calls for royal commission into health spending 'mismanagement'

Tess Oxley works in western Sydney, where she says patients are calling for an ambulance to get health care because they can't get into a GP — an issue highlighted by new union research into NSW Health funding.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2023

Union says NSW health system ‘at breaking point’ and calls for royal commission into funding

Report commissioned by Health Services Union is scathing of failure to invest in community and preventative healthcare

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2023

Unions want to slug non-members for wins

All employees subject to an enterprise agreement would have to contribute money to a union under a proposal prompted by declining membership.

AAP · Jan 10, 2023

Young mother suffers miscarriage waiting 11 hours to access emergency department

Ambulances stuck waiting to unload patients as region's EDs struggle to cope.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 25, 2022

Paramedics welcome job boost to help "worked to the bone" workforce

The Health Services Union says the Hunter will be a "significant focus" when it comes time to determine where more than 2000 new paramedics will be dispatched, a win for the region's underresourced and overworked ambos.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 5, 2022

Health workers’ union takes fight for kitchen staff in NSW aged care home to federal court

Case to test the limits of outsourcing in sector amid concern about food standards in some facilities

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2022