NPAA - Nurses' Professional Association of Australia

22/06/2026

Twelve national nursing and midwifery organisations are telling a Senate inquiry the truth: Medicare is failing rural Australia. Recent telehealth rule changes are cutting off nurse practitioners from the communities who depend on them - and the consequences are real.

Are you a nurse practitioner, or a patient in a rural or remote area? Tell us what you're experiencing on the ground. Your voice matters in this inquiry.

21/06/2026

“The burden of that failure falls almost entirely on nursing and midwifery staff and their patients.”

President of the Nurses Professional Association of Australia Kara Thomas wrote to high-level officials at the state-backed hospital, including Chief Executive Officer Kieran Keyes and Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery Judy Morton, to raise a number of serious patient and staff safety concerns raised by a recent survey of membership.

“The issues set out below are likely the cumulative consequence of a hospital that has been chronically under-resourced, required to implement policies that place inordinate pressure on frontline staff who are constrained by larger structural issues, and led by an executive culture that responds to clinical overload by setting performance targets rather than addressing structural causes."

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19/06/2026

NPAA is in the Geelong Advertiser again - and for good reason.

After two midwives were attacked in a Geelong hospital carpark, NPAA wrote directly to Barwon Health and the Victorian Health Minister—and set a deadline of today, June 19, for action.

A new security coordinator has been appointed. Our members pushed for that. But a job title doesn't es**rt you to your car at midnight.We'll keep the pressure on until the job is done.

Have you ever felt unsafe travelling to or from your workplace? Tell us what needs to change.

Weeks after two midwives were assaulted in a Geelong hospital carpark, Barwon Health has appointed a new security co-ordinator as pressure mounts over staff safety at its facilities.

19/06/2026

NSW nurses and midwives are receiving backpay after winning an historic pay rise of up to 28% — and the ruling has set a national benchmark. Every state and territory should be asking the same question: are nurses being paid what they're actually worth?

We want to hear from nurses across Australia. What does pay and conditions look like where you work? Are you being valued — or still fighting for it?

19/06/2026

Australia needs 110,000 more aged care workers by 2036. Right now, over 60% of providers can't fill their registered nurse vacancies.

Mandatory care minutes were introduced to protect residents. But they can only work if the workforce is there to deliver them. At the moment, it isn't.

This is a patient safety gap — and it needs to be named as such.

Health professionals: what are you seeing on the ground in aged care? Are care standards being maintained?

Australia's Aged Care Crisis: How Employer-Sponsored RNs Can Bridge Critical Workforce Gaps Australia faces an unprecedented aged care workforce shortage with 110,000 direct-care workers needed by 2036 and 400,000 by 2050. With 51% of residential employees overseas-born and 1 in 6 personal care work...

11/06/2026

South Australia has done it. Mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios are now law — 1 nurse to every 4 patients in major metropolitan hospitals.

This is what fighting for safe care looks like. SA nurses: your advocacy made this happen.

Victoria. Queensland. South Australia. The question now is: when does the rest of Australia catch up?

Which state should be next? Drop your state below and let your voice be heard.

The South Australian state government will this week introduce landmark legislation to mandate nurse-to-patient and midwife-to-patient ratios across public hospitals, delivering on its pre-election commitment. The proposed new laws, strongly lobbied for by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federa...

10/06/2026

From 1 March 2026, nurse practitioners gained significant new Medicare rights — including the ability to request ultrasounds for complex gynaecological conditions, provide patient end support during specialist video consultations, and deliver surgical assistance in underserved areas.

This is a meaningful recognition of advanced practice roles in Australia's health system, and a step forward for access to care in rural and regional communities.

Medical and nursing professionals: how is the expanded NP scope affecting your practice or your team? Are there areas where you'd like to see this go further?

10/06/2026

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09/06/2026

Read our open letter to health representatives on the crisis in Geelong 👇

https://hubs.la/Q04kD8mH0

09/06/2026

Two midwives, both mothers, were assaulted and chased back to the hospital after a late-night shift. When we surveyed staff, every single respondent said they felt unsafe walking to their car.

The shocking part? Most of them had never even reported it — because they didn't believe anything would change.

We've written to Health Minister Harriet Shing and Barwon Health CEO Frances Diver demanding immediate action: 24/7 security es**rts, the return of the shuttle bus service, better-lit parking, upgraded CCTV, and a formal council parking partnership. We've given them 14 days to respond.

Healthcare workers keep our community safe. It's time someone kept them safe.

We want to hear from you — have you ever felt unsafe walking to or from your car during a shift? Tell us in the comments.

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The president of the national nurses’ association is demanding “systemic action” over an attack on two Geelong Hospital midwives in a letter to Victorian Health Minister Harriet Shing and Barwon Health chief executive Frances Diver.