The Medicare for Midwives Bill was passed in the Senate yesterday. The new Bill gives Midwives working in hospitals and in collaborative arrangements with Obstetricians access to the MBS, PBS and provides them with indemnity insurance. NICK FAIRBAIRN reports
BY DOMINIQUE HARALDSON
THE death of a 12-year-old boy in Brisbane last month and the wounding of an 18-year-old man outside Erindale College last week have caused the parliamentary inquiry into youth violence to look more closely at knives, according to MP Annette Ellis.
By NIKKI BRICKNELL
TEACHERS don’t know enough to deliver the Rudd government’s National Curriculum, according to education expert Curtis Watson.
By GREG CHAMBERLAIN
Canberra’s peak union body yesterday (17 Mar 2010) welcomed the news that the Australian Council of Trade Unions will make pay equity between men and women a campaign priority this year. The ACTU has endorsed a report that puts pay equity at the top of the union priority list in the lead-up to [...]
By HANNAH STONE
MIGRANT women struggle to get visas independent of abusive partners due to legal barriers and lack of mainstream service provision, according to a study released last week.
By ALANA SHEGOG
A NEEDLE syringe program may be introduced at Canberra’s Alexander Maconochie Centre after an 18 month review.
