South Gippsland Sentinel Times

Victorian nurses demand fair pay

Jun 12 2024 Updated June 12, 2024

Sentinel-Times

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Local nurses are supported in their industrial action by family, friends and peers. From left, Georgia Sharp, Claire Akers, Meg Fitzgerald, Alyssa Hughes, Fiona Foon, Chloe Vella, Rachael Bott and front, Hazel Sharp. C05_2424

By Charley Fitzgerald

VICTORIAN public healthcare nurses are currently spurring change in the healthcare system to push for a raise in nursing and midwifery wages.

Healthcare workers across Victoria feel that they are undervalued and underpaid, and due to the rising Living Cost Index (LCI) and working conditions it appears they could be right.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federati...