AABill spells bad news for the union movement VAHPA condemns the passing of the Assistance and Access Bill (the AABill) through the Australian Parliament on Thursday, December 6. This legislation will allow law enforcement agencies to [...]
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UNION PROTESTS BARWON HEALTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association (VAHPA) members from Barwon Medical Imaging attended the Annual General Meeting of Barwon Health to highlight the service and [...]
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR NEW BARWON HEALTH FACILITY SET TO GATHER DUST World class CT scanner installed but has no staff employed to run it. $33 million desperately needed Barwon North development denied opportunity to get bulk-billing MRI [...]
VAHPA Calls for Urgent Climate Change Action in Light of Recent IPCC Report
On October 7, the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a sobering report on a 1.5°C hotter planet. At heart the report indicated that the amount of coal and other fossil fuel that humans can burn before things turn [...]
Australia Needs a Pay Rise Rally called for October 23
The next big Change The Rules rally, around the theme of wages, has been called for the 23rd of October. WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, 10.30am WHERE: Victorian Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St Carlton. Are you in? This will be of the same [...]
Community Health… The clock is ticking
On 12 July VAHPA and the Victorian Hospitals’ Association (VHIA) reached in-principle agreement on a deal for a new enterprise agreement for stand-alone community health. Two weeks later VAHPA members met to consider the merits of the [...]
VAHPA Elections Completed: Clean Sweep Returned to Office
The Clean Sweep Team, headed up by Craig McGregor, Andrew Hewat and Cheryl O’Connor, has been returned to office for a further 4-year term. The election was not contested. “This is a great outcome and we are really proud to be able to [...]
Playing Merri Hell with Community Health
Close on 100 Victorian Allied Health Professionals downed tools today as part of VAHPA’s long-running Defending Community Health campaign. Workers in the long-neglected sector last received a wage increase some two and a quarter years [...]
Upcoming Rally to Defend Community Health
VAHPA members in Community Health are ramping up their campaign to achieve the strong agreement outcome that they have been fighting for. Allied Health Professionals in Community Health must have a modern and professional [...]
VAHPA is a democratic community of AHPs – Election in 2018
VAHPA is a democratic organization and as such we have regular elections. These take place once every four years, and 2018 is an election year. All 12 positions on the VAHPA Branch Committee of Management (BCOM), the body that oversees [...]
NEW: VAHPA Mobile App & CPD Tracker
The all new VAHPA Mobile App is now available for IOS and Android users. This long awaited technological update to our system will make it easier for members to keep a close eye on our finances, to be aware of all decisions of Branch [...]
Same Sex Marriage: A Victory for the Activists
Yesterday, Australia’s Governor General, Peter Cosgrove, gave Royal Assent to the same-sex marriage bill and in doing so set the countdown for it to pass into law. At exactly midnight last night, Australia became a less discriminatory [...]