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20 July 2001 |
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NewsNurses To Fight For Pay
NSW nurses will seek community support for their special pay claim to receive the same pay rates as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists. The NSW Nurses Association annual conference this week unanimously called on NSW Industrial Relations Minister John Della Bosca to initiate a special case in the Industrial Relations Commission to review nurses wages. They say wage increases are urgently needed to overcome the serious nurse shortage now confronting the State - a shortage that has led to reductions in services. NSW Nurses general secretary Sandra Moait says that nurses are determined that they are not left behind as the poor relation of the health profession. In the NSW public health service, the first year rate of pay for a registered nurse is 8.3 per cent less than the first year rate for other health professionals. At the other end of the scale, the eight-year registered nurse rate is 8.2 per cent less than the seventh year rate for therapists. Senior Carr Government ministers Treasurer Michael Egan, Health Minister Craig Knowles and Della Bosca have agreed to meet to discuss the issue on August 6. About 400 delegates - representing 48,000 across the state - have been in Sydney this week for the conference.
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   Interview: Political Witch HuntCFMEU national secretary John Sutton on the mooted Royal Commission and what is really needed to clean up the building industry E-Change: 1.3 The Nation State in CrisisIn the latest instalment in their study on the new politics, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel looks at the rise and fall of the institutional State. Unions: Industrial ViolenceRowan Cahill agrees with Tony Abbott that thuggery and violence are part of Australian industrial relations landscape - but it's the bosses who do most of the bashing. History: Total RecoilNeal Towart looks at how Royal Commissions designed to kick unions have typically come back to haunt their architects. International: Behind the Eight Ball Jubilee Australia's Thea Ormond looks at the international activity being generated around this week's Group of Eight Summit in Genoa Politics: Now We The PeopleA new group believes there is an alternative to corporate gobalism and economic rationalism Satire: Marsden Now to Sue HimselfSydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought did irreparable damage to his reputation. Review: In The HouseResident Four-Eyes Mark Morey attempts the impossible with this attempt at a serious analysis of Big Brother.
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