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Paramedics will only respond to the most urgent triple zero calls tomorrow in response to being paid the lowest wages in the country. Northern NSW Local Health District Chief Executive, Wayne Jones, says he is concerned about the impact the industrial action will have on inter-hospital transfers . by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather
That would raise, roughly, a further $7.85 billion a year – higher than the Grattan Institute’s suggested $7 billion-a- year funding increase or the Health Service Union’s modelling, which found a boost of about $5 billion a year could fund almost 60,000 new workers, improve wages by $5 an hour and increase the total minutes of care residents receive.
“It is fair to say our government’s track record has been about delivering lower taxes,” he said on Wednesday.
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Government backbenchers, who spoke anonymously in order to speak freely, were hesitant to talk about a levy – but one limited to use for aged care alone was not palatable.
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Subscriber only FOLLOWING an outcry by whistleblowers on Wednesday, the Health Service Union has joined the fight demanding a dedicated essential workers checkpoint be established. The Tweed traffic nightmare caused by Queensland s hasty hard border closure earlier this week has caused delays in getting to work for all hospital workers from paramedics, warsdpeople, security officers and allied health professionals. In particular, Tweed Hospital staff have been contending with hours of setbacks without special checkpoints to fast-track essential workers. Almost 40 per cent of the Tweed Hospital staff live in Queensland and about 20 per cent of patients also have to cross the border.