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Nursing union accepts pay deal after months of deadlock

WA's nursing union has accepted a three per cent pay rise but says its 40,000 members remain the lowest paid in the country.

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WA nurses union fined $350,000 over strike for pay rise

The WA Industrial Relations Commission has fined the nurses' union $350,000 over a state strike during which thousands of health workers took to the street.

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Australian Nursing Federation's WA branch fined $350,000 over strike outside state parliament

WA's Australian Nursing Federation is fined $350,000 for a strike outside state parliament last year that attracted thousands of nurses at the height of a bitter dispute over pay and conditions.

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'Action needed on staffing' after day-long nurse shifts

The nurses union says action is needed to address staffing issues after two staff worked 24-hours shifts at a major Perth hospital.

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Nursing graduates to get up to $12,000 for HECS-HELP university debts if they work in country WA

The WA government will pay $12,000 towards the university fees of nursing and midwifery graduates who agree to work in regional parts of the state.

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Nurses union, St John condemn 'abhorrent' assaults on Kalgoorlie health workers

After separate court cases this week, health officials say their staff are not "punching bags" for a public they are "devoting themselves to care for".

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Australian Nursing Federation's WA branch agrees to pay potential $350,000 fine over strike at parliament house

The union agrees to accept a potential $350,000 fine after "flagrantly" flouting orders not to strike at parliament house, but the final figure still needs to be approved by the Industrial Relations Commission.

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Australian Nursing Federation's WA branch compared to Hitler, Karl Marx at Industrial Relations Commission hearing

The Industrial Relations Commission's registrar alleges the ANF's WA branch breached its orders 3,590 times, which the union says could see it fined more than $27 million.

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Aishwarya Aswath's parents call for WA Health Department shake-up over daughter's death

The father of a girl who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to a Perth hospital calls for clarification of the coroner's report on her death, and a new WA Health Department head.

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WA nurses union avoids deregistration, says no plans for further strikes in bitter pay dispute

The Australian Nursing Federation says a threat to deregister the union in WA will not be carried out after it met with the state's Industrial Relations Commission, adding it has no plans for further strikes.

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Australian Medical Association slams Industrial Relations Commission over nurses union threat

The head of the peak medical organisation representing doctors in WA describes a threat to deregister the Australian Nursing Federation as "Thatcher-like".

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Western Australian nurses and midwives strike after rejecting pay and conditions offer

Nurses and midwives have walked off the job, after their union rejected the government's latest pay and conditions offer.

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WA nurses ordered to call off strike after fresh Industrial Relations Commission hearing

Western Australia's Industrial Relations Commission orders the state's nurses to call off planned industrial action – an instruction that will almost certainly be ignored.

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WA nurse strike could be stopped by heeding five per cent pay demand, says union

A planned state-wide strike of nurses on Friday will only be stopped if the WA government agrees to a five per cent pay rise, says the Australian Nursing Federation.

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WA nurses planning statewide strike after wage negotiations with government break down

The nurses union's bitter industrial dispute with the WA government escalates, with a statewide strike planned for Friday.

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WA's nurses union and a Labor government are at loggerheads. How did it come to this?

The Australian Nursing Federation's WA branch and a Labor state government are at loggerheads, and not for the first time. How did it come to this?

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Industrial Relations Commission gags WA nurses union, scraps vote over government offer

The workplace relations umpire shuts down a vote by nurses and midwives on the McGowan government's proposed wages offer, and gags their union's leadership.

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WA nurses set to reject government pay offer as statewide strike looms

The McGowan government's in-principle pay agreement with nurses and midwives appears all but sunk, with their union now describing it as insulting.

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Nurses union rejects latest pay offer from WA government including staff-to-patient ratios

The Australian Nursing Federation knocks back a WA government offer on pay and conditions, including a proposal for nurse-to-patient ratios, as it weighs up whether to press on with industrial action.

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Review of West Australian hospital staffing levels presents scathing findings of 'cumbersome' nurse rostering system

An independent review of the number of nurses in West Australian hospitals finds the present system of rostering does not provide staffing levels to enable safe and quality patient care.

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WA nurses warn public to avoid hospitals during industrial action slated for next week

WA nurses will walk off the job next week, angered by the state government's refusal to implement nurse-to-patient ratios, while the Health Minister has not ruled out going to the Industrial Relations Commission to halt the action.

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WA coroner's inquest into tragic death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath set to begin

As a coronial inquest begins into the death of Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children's Hospital, the seven-year-old girl's family hopes the hearings provide clarity on what happened in her final hours.

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