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Australia’s largest nurses union has launched a campaign using mobile billboards in the Prime Minister, Treasurer and Health Minister’s electorates urging the government to mandate staff ratios – and implement other “urgently needed” aged care reforms – in the upcoming May budget.
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Barbara Eckersley, who is out on bail, has pleaded not guilty for the murder of her elderly mother Dr Mary White, after adding “green dream” to her food at her aged care residence.
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COVID-essential workers in the care and services sector are facing a rental affordability crisis, with new figures showing rent on an apartment would cost at least one third of their weekly income in 87 of Australia’s 104 geographic regions. "We must find a way to let them live close to their work."
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