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Health organisations gathered at Parliament House in Canberra today to launch a new report calling on the federal government to fund feasibility studies to electrify nine pilot hospitals across every Australian state and territory. The All-Electric Healthy Hospitals campaign is seeking $1.5 million in funding from the federal government to invest in feasibility studies for a nine-hospital electrification pilot program.

Despite the federal government's legislative reforms, Australia's aged care sector continues to struggle with chronic understaffing, rising workplace violence and a lack of transparency over how providers are spending billions of dollars in taxpayer funding meant for resident care, a new national survey of the aged care workforce reveals.

Australian Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement to legislate a new criminal offence for large companies that fail to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains, a long-overdue reform that will improve corporate accountability and help prevent labour exploitation. The strengthened laws are a significant step towards stamping out slavery, forced labour and debt bondage.

Digital health at the ANMF ensures nurses and midwives lead safe, inclusive and human-centred innovation, strengthening workforce capability, protecting rights and improving access and quality of care. Digital transformation is reshaping how care is delivered. The ANMF works to ensure nurses and midwives remain at the forefront of this change – informed, confident and protected.

We advocate on a national level for nurses, midwives and care workers in primary care, promoting fair pay, safe conditions, working to full scope of practice and meaningful sector reform. Primary care is vital for a sustainable healthcare system. It is where most people first seek support, build long-term therapeutic relationships, and receive preventive, chronic, and community-based care.

We advocate nationally for safe staffing, strong reform implementation, sustainable workforce planning and quality education, ensuring aged care nurses and care workers practise confidently, safely and to full scope. Aged Care Reform Australia’s aged care system is undergoing major structural reform under the Aged Care Act 2024. The new framework strengthens older people’s rights, regulatory oversight and provider accountability.

News Release Nurses Midwives aboriginal and torres strait islander NAIDOC Week 2026 The 2026 national theme, 50 Years of Deadly, marking five decades of NAIDOC Week is dedicated to amplifying and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures. For fifty years, NAIDOC themes have spoken to survival, resistance, culture and pride. 50 Years of Deadly is both a reflection and a declaration.

The ANMF has urged federal MPs to strengthen the National Employment Standards (NES), arguing that current provisions fail to meet the needs of a highly feminised workforce and fall short of the Fair Work Act's objectives of job security and gender equality.

In 2024, the ANMF’s landmark Aged Care Work Value Case delivered significant wage increases for nurses and AINs across aged care. That win was only the beginning. The ANMF is now pursuing a second Work Value Case, seeking a 35% increase to minimum award wages under the Nurses Award 2020 for all RNs, midwives, ENs and AINs working outside aged care. Here’s why it’s important for you.

Join us online for the South Pacific Nurses Forum (SPNF) conference Strengthening National Nursing Associations to Support Our Members: Amplifying Pacific Voices, on 3 July 2026. The 2026 SPNF one-day forum will feature keynote presentations and sessions hosted by national nursing association leaders from across the South Pacific.