[Greens-Media] Greens defend nursing professions, urge better pay & conditions

[Bennett, Ebony (Sen B. Brown)]

Friday, 14 September 2007

Greens defend nursing professions, urge better pay & conditions

The money the government will pour into Mr Howard's last century policy
on nursing should go to expand existing nursing schools in universities,
Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

"The nursing profession deserves better pay and conditions. Mr Howard
could begin by tying their pay increases to those of politicians,"
Senator Brown said.

"This is a highly skilled and vital profession. The prime minister's
step back towards a policy of nurses as hospital handmaidens shows just
how out of touch he is," Senator Brown said.

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603




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Ebony Bennett
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