Nurses union praises Allan government after landmark pay deal was voted in

A landmark nurses and midwives pay deal has been voted in, which will see wages rise 28.4 per cent in the next three years.

The deal was endorsed on Wednesday afternoon, with Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation secretery Lisa Fitzpatrick praising the state government’s pay offer.

“I think the Allan government does have an appreciation about the role nurses and midwives have played over the last five years,” she told Heidi Murphy on 3AW Drive.

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“We are the only people that seem to care there’s so much COVID in our community and workplaces.”