HSU SA/NT

03/08/2026

The HSU SA/NT welcomes NT Labor’s health discussion paper and its commitment to negotiate a standalone Allied Health Enterprise Agreement.

For too long, Allied Health professionals have been covered by a one-size-fits-all agreement that fails to properly recognise their qualifications, responsibilities and essential contribution to patient care.

HSU members have fought for better wages, conditions and recognition. This commitment is an important step towards giving Territory Allied Health workers the agreement they deserve.

23/07/2026

🎉 HSU WIN!

HSU SA/NT members have helped secure paid placements for 10 allied health professions, a major victory for students who have long faced financial hardship while completing mandatory placements.

The Federal Government has announced that student paramedics and those studying physiotherapy, occupational therapy, clinical psychology, pharmacy, podiatry, speech pathology, audiology, radiography and rehabilitation therapies will become eligible for the Commonwealth Prac Payment of around $338 per week from 1 June 2027.

This expansion will help more students complete their qualifications and enter the health, aged care and disability workforces.

This is a win for all our allied health branches and a testament to the power of members standing together and campaigning for change.

But the fight isn't over. HSU will continue campaigning until all allied health students undertaking mandatory placements receive the financial support they need.

📸 HSU leaders, allied health members and students from across Australia who have helped drive the campaign for paid placements.

17/07/2026

16/07/2026

14/07/2026

What a decade. What a union.

Today we're celebrating a major milestone: 120,300 HSU members across hospitals, aged care, disability services, allied health and more.

In 2016, the Health Services Union had 74,465 members. That's growth of more than 45,000 members in a decade – thousands of health and community services workers choosing the collective strength of their union.

Our growth reflects the power of workers coming together to win better pay, stronger workplace rights, safer conditions and a bigger voice at work.

Thank you to every member, delegate, organiser and activist who has helped build our union over the past ten years. This achievement belongs to our entire union family – eight branches who show up every day to support workers and build a stronger union.

120,300 members strong – and still growing.

Not a member yet? Join the HSU today and be part of the fastest-growing health union in Australia.

hsu.net.au/join

02/07/2026

Today, social workers stood up. Together, we made our voices impossible to ignore.

Dozens of social workers walked off the job today to rally outside Minister Alice Rolls’ electorate office, sending a clear message: reverse the decision to axe South Australia’s Social Worker Registration Scheme.

After four years of consultation and millions of dollars invested, this decision abandons stronger professional standards and undermines the vital work social workers do every day to protect children, support people experiencing family violence, assist older South Australians, help people experiencing homelessness, and ensure safe hospital discharges.

This campaign is only just beginning.

A huge thanks to Public Service Association of SA Inc for standing shoulder-to-shoulder. It’s amazing to see Social Workers from both unions taking action in solidarity. When unions stand together, workers are stronger, our voices are louder, and governments have no choice but to listen.

The message from today was simple: Roll it back.

We’ll keep fighting until this decision is reversed and social workers receive the recognition, protections and professional standards they deserve.

30/06/2026

Come join the HSU and PSA to stand against the terrible decision to axe the Social Worker Registration scheme ✊

PSA Leadership, along with a PSA Councillor, met with Minister Alice Rolls today to discuss the deep disappointment expressed by our membership in relation to the Social Worker Registration Scheme being abruptly axed by the State Government on Friday 19 June 2026.

This was without consultation with PSA members.

Following results received from our PSA survey, and endorsement from members who participated in today’s webinar, it has become abundantly clear that PSA members are ready to escalate action.

The PSA will be working in conjunction with the HSU to orchestrate a rally to be held in front of Minister Rolls’ electorate office and we ask anyone impacted by this matter to attend.

👉Thursday 2 July 2026
👉12:30pm
👉Minister Rolls electorate office, 372 Unley Road, Unley Park.

PSA members who are able to attend should feel reassured that applicable Agencies and Departments have since been advised of our presence at this rally.

30/06/2026

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23/06/2026

Imagine visiting your GP and being told mid-consultation that your doctor needs to wrap up. Not because your appointment time has elapsed, but because their employer has set a revenue target for the hour.

For a growing number of optometrists working inside Australia’s corporate chains, some version of this has become routine.

Optometry is a registered health profession. Practitioners complete highly competitive, postgraduate-level training. Yet too many are underpaid, overworked, and pressured to prioritise sales over care.

That’s why optometrists across the country are coming together to push for recognition, respect and reform – and to protect patient care.

Join now, learn more and get involved at focusonoptometry.com.au