The Prime Minister has promised the NSW Nurses Association annual conference that a second term Labor Government will tackle our struggling aged care system. Ms Gillard said, if re-elected, the Government would offer more aged care places and better access to health services.
Does this pass the pub test? Direct aged care workers awarded wages rises of up to 13.5% by Fair Work Commission – but indirect care workers only given up to 6.8%
Workers across residential aged care and home care will receive wages rises between 3.2% and 13.5% after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) determined on Friday that their work has historically been undervalued. The Stage 3 decision in the long-running...