Due to better treatment and care, people diagnosed with HIV today have similar life expectancy as people who do not have the virus. This is a truly great achievement that shows how far we have come since HIV/AIDS first became widely [...]
Aged care workers will miss out on a 3.5% pay increase after the Federal Government moved to scrap Labor’s Workforce Compact for the sector. Last week’s decision by the Coalition Government to abandon the $1.1 billion scheme will [...]
Aged care is one of the biggest growth areas of the Australian economy. But unlike mining, the aged care boom has so far failed to deliver major gains in wages and conditions of those who work in the sector. Jobs are low paid — [...]