Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ANMF Federal Office
Authorised by A.Butler, Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation, Melbourne Butler, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Melbourne.

The ANMF is the largest union in the country with over 302,000 nurses, midwives and carers joining strongly together since 1924. We are proud of the work that our members do, in every hospital, nursing home, GP clinic, community health practice, from rural and remote Australia to large hospitals in big cities. As a national body, the Federal Office would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging across Australia, with particular acknowledgement to the Greater Kulin Nation, the Traditional Owners of the lands where the Melbourne Office is located and the Ngunnawal people, the Traditional Owners where the Canberra office is located. We remain committed to healing work through Voice, Treaty, Truth and our Reconciliation Action Plan. https://www.anmf.org.au/about/reconciliation-action-plan
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Federal Office represents our members in federal industrial, professional and political arenas, getting decision-makers, politicians and bureaucrats to enable nurses, midwives and carers to provide quality patient care. Our Branches are there for you when you need support and representation, when you have a workplace issue, to help you with education, professional and career development, campaigning for improvements to wages and conditions or when you simply want to talk to other nurses, midwives and carers. Contact your State or Territory Branch to join the nursing and midwifery collective. https://www.anmf.org.au/join-anmf
You can follow ANMF Federal on twitter at https://twitter.com/anmf_federal
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Happy Easter! 🐰 Thanks to all the nurses, midwives and direct-care workers who are working to support communities, famil...
05/04/2026

Happy Easter! 🐰 Thanks to all the nurses, midwives and direct-care workers who are working to support communities, families and patients over these holidays.
If you are working over Easter, don't forget to check your correct entitlements with your ANMF state or territory branch.
You deserve your penalty rates! 🐣

Wishing you a peaceful and blessed Good Friday.Our thanks to all the nurses, midwives and carers working over this time.
03/04/2026

Wishing you a peaceful and blessed Good Friday.

Our thanks to all the nurses, midwives and carers working over this time.

02/04/2026

Nurses and midwives deserve financial relief as ongoing conflicts send fuel prices soaring.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation is calling on the Australian government to make hospital parking tax deductible, to assist nurses and midwives with ongoing cost of living concerns.

What is it like starting out your career as a graduate registered nurse? Grad RN Benjamin works in a hospital emergency ...
01/04/2026

What is it like starting out your career as a graduate registered nurse?
Grad RN Benjamin works in a hospital emergency department and talks about his experience with '7 Questions' from the ANMJ.
Link in comments below 👇

A federal law continues to prevent nurses and doctors from using telehealth to discuss Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), c...
31/03/2026

A federal law continues to prevent nurses and doctors from using telehealth to discuss Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), creating delays and distress for eligible terminally ill Australians.
The 2026 State of VAD report says reform is overdue.
Read the full story in the ANMJ. Link in the first comment

As conflict intensifies in Lebanon, attacks on healthcare are rising, with devastating consequences.Since 2 March, the W...
31/03/2026

As conflict intensifies in Lebanon, attacks on healthcare are rising, with devastating consequences.
Since 2 March, the World Health Organization has verified:
- 77 attacks on healthcare
- 53 deaths
- 117 injuries
In recent days, nine paramedics were killed while responding to emergencies.
Lebanese authorities report even higher figures — with hospitals, ambulances and health workers increasingly caught in the crossfire.
This is a clear violation of international humanitarian law — and it must stop.
LAST CHANCE to add your voice to our Nurses and Midwives for Peace petition and stand up for healthcare workers everywhere.
Sign the petition here: https://lnkd.in/gshtnn3N

Is simulated PIVC insertion enough, or do nursing and midwifery students need real hands-on hospital-based training to d...
30/03/2026

Is simulated PIVC insertion enough, or do nursing and midwifery students need real hands-on hospital-based training to develop competency?
Link in the first comment

UPDATE: The ANMF has been working hard behind the scenes on our Work Value Case - Nurses and Midwives, to increase wage ...
30/03/2026

UPDATE: The ANMF has been working hard behind the scenes on our Work Value Case - Nurses and Midwives, to increase wage rates for nurses and midwives, such as practice nurses, working under the Nurses Award 2020.
Last week, we filed witness statements and submissions to the Fair Work Commission (FWC). Hearings are set to take place in Melbourne between 10-16 June. Stay tuned!

Costs are hitting nurses and midwives harder than most.While many workers can cut expenses by working from home, frontli...
29/03/2026

Costs are hitting nurses and midwives harder than most.

While many workers can cut expenses by working from home, frontline health professionals don’t have that option. They still have to show up day, night and weekends absorbing the full cost of fuel, tolls, parking, rent, mortgages and energy bills just to do their jobs.

In rural and remote areas, it’s even tougher, with some driving hundreds of kilometres a day to care for their communities.

MEDIA RELEASE: https://bit.ly/3Q8juVK

29/03/2026

Driving meaningful change to ensure better conditions for nurses, midwives, carers, and students with our ANMF Priorities.

27/03/2026

No one understands nurses and midwives better than each other.

Funded by the Commonwealth Government, the Nurse Midwife Health Program Australia is free, confidential and independent from the workplace. Real support from real nurses and midwives.

NMHPA Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, across Australia.

📞 1800 001 060 | 🌐 nursemidwifehpa.org.au

Australia’s new National Lung Cancer Screening Program risks falling short of its full potential unless urgent investmen...
26/03/2026

Australia’s new National Lung Cancer Screening Program risks falling short of its full potential unless urgent investment is made to fix critical gaps in services, including providing universal access to lung cancer specialist nurses, according to a new Curtin University study.
Full story - Link in the first comment

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The ANMF is the largest union in the country with over 302,000 nurses, midwives and carers joining strongly together since 1924. We are proud of the work that our members do, in every hospital, nursing home, GP clinic, community health practice, from rural and remote Australia to large hospitals in big cities.

As a national body, the Federal Office would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging across Australia, with particular acknowledgement to the Greater Kulin Nation, the Traditional Owners of the lands where the Melbourne Office is located and the Ngunnawal people, the Traditional Owners where the Canberra office is located. We remain committed to healing work through Voice, Treaty, Truth and our Reconciliation Action Plan. http://anmf.org.au/pages/reconciliation-action-plan The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Federal Office represent our members in federal industrial, professional and political arenas, getting decision makers, politicians and bureaucrats to enable nurses, midwives and carers to provide quality patient care.

Our Branches are there for you when you need support and representation, when you have a workplace issue, to help you with education, professional and career development, campaigning for improvements to wages and conditions or when you simply want to talk to other nurses, midwives and carers. Contact your State or Territory Branch to join the nursing and midwifery collective. http://anmf.org.au/pages/anmf-branches

You can follow ANMf Federal on twitter at https://twitter.com/anmf_federal