NPAQ Nurses Professional Association of Queensland

28/05/2026

Calling all nurses and midwives! It’s DOUBLE BUBBLE time 💥

Switch to NPAA and get an offer that’s twice as nice.

Not only do you save ~$270 on your cover and get 2 months FREE CPD, but you also get double bubble on our perks with:
⛽ A $100 fuel voucher
💸 An extra $50 off your membership

It’s the hottest offer of the year, and it’s all yours when you switch to NPAA.

To claim your offer of an extra $50 in savings at the time of sign up, please call us on 0485 876 528. If you prefer to sign yourself up now, we’ll apply the $50 to your account by June 20, 2026.
https://rushsignup.com.au/npaa-ahpra-3-2-1-switch-last-chance
*Exclusive annual membership offer.

27/05/2026

$2,600 a year. That's what nurses at Sunshine Coast University Hospital are paying just to turn up to work.

More than $100 a fortnight. Charged double on night shifts. Charged while on annual leave. No transparency, no accountability and no real alternative for workers finishing a shift at 11pm who can't safely walk to a bus stop.

Our members aren't asking for a luxury. They're asking not to be treated as a revenue stream.

When nurses start saying no to extra shifts because the maths doesn't work - that's not a personal choice. That's a system failing its workforce, and by extension, its patients.

Sunshine Coast Health's response? "Discounted parking is available."

Discounted from what? A full-price rip-off is still a rip-off.

We want to hear from you 👇

Has hospital parking ever influenced whether you took on an extra shift - or considered leaving a role altogether?

Drop a 🚗 if you've paid to park at work this week. Drop a ✋ if parking costs have affected your decision to pick up shifts. Tell us in the comments what YOUR facility charges.

We're collecting this data. It matters. And we'll use it.

Nurses and midwives are turning down extra shifts due to parking fees costing $2,600 per year, saying they are being treated like a “revenue stream”.

13/05/2026

🎉 And the winner is... !
Congratulations, we hope you enjoy some well-deserved rest in serious style. 🛍️✨

Thank you to everyone who entered, and to every Nurse & Midwife who shows up day after day. ❤️

You deserve to be celebrated every single day, not just once a year.

If you missed out this time, we've still got something special for you!
👉 Members: Refer a colleague and earn a $100 credit off your membership, give your friend $100 off theirs. Plus you’ll go into the draw to win another $200 Peter Alexander gift voucher. We’re calling them our referral pajamas! Every referral = 1 entry. Draw announced June 1.
👉 Not yet a member? Join NPAA today with our 3-2-1 Offer and get 30% cheaper cover, 2 months of free CPD, and a $100 fuel voucher. Link in bio.

13/05/2026

115 doctors. One letter. Four failed cultural reviews. And they're still not being heard.

Senior medical staff at Townsville University Hospital have written directly to the Premier and Health Minister after years of raising concerns about workplace culture, clinical governance, and the ability of frontline clinicians to speak up without fear of reprisal.

The response from the board chair? A consulting firm. Another review.

Sound familiar?

Nurses at NPAA know this playbook intimately. Concerns raised. Reviews commissioned. Reports shelved. Clinicians who spoke up quietly managed out or worn down until they stop.

This is not a Townsville problem. This is a systemic cultural problem in Australian healthcare — and it will keep costing patients and clinicians until leaders are held genuinely accountable, not just reviewed.

Our members work alongside these doctors every day. What happens to clinical voice in medicine happens to nursing too. We stand with every clinician who refuses to be silenced.

💬 Queensland members — are you seeing this in your workplace? What does "raising concerns without fear of reprisal" actually look like where you are?

https://hubs.la/Q04gb-HW0

More than 100 senior clinicians from a major regional hospital raise concerns in a letter to the state government about hospital culture.

11/05/2026

MORE THAN A DAY. MORE THAN A THANK YOU. ✨

❤️🩺🩹 Today, May 12th, we want to celebrate International Nurses Day.

We know that a "thank you" is just the start. You deserve more than just one day of recognition for the incredible impact you have on the people you work with and care for.

When the celebrations end, NPAA is still there with the cover and advocacy you need.

So, to all our amazing nurses, thank you.

Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we advocate.

06/05/2026

This week, we celebrated International Day of the Midwife, and this story from the Royal Flying Doctor Service is exactly why we celebrate.

Flight Nurses like Kathryn Hines carry dual qualifications in emergency nursing and midwifery, and deploy them both in conditions most of us can't imagine. Mid-air. Hundreds of kilometres from the nearest hospital. With no backup.

That's not just skill. That's years of training, ongoing recency requirements, and an unshakeable commitment to the people in their care.

Nurses and midwives show up every single day, in the air, in remote communities, in underfunded wards, and they do it because they genuinely care.

We see you. We're grateful for you. 💙

🔗https://hubs.la/Q04fz4Kh0

On International Day of the Midwife, 5th May, we’re recognising the exceptional Flight Nurses working in RFDSSE, most of whom are dually qualified in

05/05/2026

Today, May 5th, we specifically want to celebrate International Day of the Midwife.

Your dedication, compassion, and tireless work bring so much light into the world. 🌍✨

We know that a "thank you" is just the start. You deserve more than just one day of recognition for the incredible impact you have on families EVERYWHERE.

To all our amazing midwives, we see you, we appreciate you, and we thank you. 🕯️👶

Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we advocate.

30/04/2026

TO EVERY NURSE AND MIDWIFE... thank you for everything you do, every single day. ❤️

This May, we’re celebrating by giving you a little extra something.
🎁 We are giving away a $200 Peter Alexander gift voucher to help you enjoy some well-deserved relaxation!

Check our pinned post on Instagram for details: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvS-hZiTX9/

Because you deserve more than just one day of recognition.
Entries close May 12. Good luck! 🐾

28/04/2026

✅ NPAA welcomes NT hospital safety measures, but prevention must be the priority.

The NT Government is rolling out 150 personal duress alarms across Royal Darwin and Palmerston Regional Hospital EDs, and we welcome this investment in the safety of our nurses and midwives. Every step that helps protect frontline workers matters.

The NPAA has consistently raised the issue of occupational violence in our hospitals, and it's encouraging to see government responding. Alongside the alarms, 24-hour ED security and stricter visitor policies are also positive moves in the right direction.

But welcoming these measures doesn't mean the job is done.

An alarm responds to danger. Prevention stops it from arriving.

The underlying drivers of violence in our EDs still need to be genuinely addressed. Chronic overcrowding, excessive wait times, double bunking, and the loss of experienced staff. These are the conditions that put nurses at risk every single shift.

With budget season approaching, we're calling on the NT Government to match this good start with the workforce investment our health system desperately needs.

💬 We want to hear from you: What do you think would make the biggest difference to your safety at work?

Drop your thoughts below or DM us. 👇

Northern Territory nursing, midwifery and doctor union top dogs have welcomed the government’s decision to introduce personal duress alarms in hospitals but said overcrowding is part of the issue.

24/04/2026

A significant policy reversal in aged care — and an important one.

The government announced it will remove co-payments for assisted showering, dressing, and continence care in home-care settings, effective October 1. These services will be reclassified under clinical care and covered in full.

This backflip acknowledges what health and care professionals have consistently raised: basic personal care is not a discretionary service. It is fundamental to safe, dignified ageing.

While we welcome this correction, health economists are already cautioning that deeper structural reform is still needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of the aged care sector. A single policy fix does not resolve the systemic pressures facing the workforce or the people they care for.

We will continue to monitor the implementation of these changes and advocate for reforms that reflect the true complexity and value of aged care work.

📌 Changes take effect 1 October 2026 as part of the upcoming federal budget package.

https://hubs.la/Q04dj3wb0

Labor’s backflip on charging co-payments for home-care services such as assisted showering to elderly Australians has been welcomed as the “right move”, but health economists have warned the government’s reforms will fall short of addressing “long-term sustainability problems” facing the...