Current Campaigns
Because We Care
‘The ANF has campaigned long and hard for recognition of aged care nurses and staff through our Because We Care campaign. With the May budget, the Federal Government has listened and taken some important first steps.’
- ANF Federal Secretary
Lee Thomas
Campaign Updates
ANF congratulates Aged Care Members for their ongoing commitment to the Because We Care campaign, and celebrates with you the Gillard Government announcement to inject $1.2 billion over five years for Australia’s under-resourced aged care workforce, as a centrepiece of its landmark overhaul of the aged care sector.
This reform package is a victory for hard [...]
5 April 2012
ANF National Press Club Address
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13 March 2012
Contact Andrew Wilkie Today
8 April 2011
Because We Care Pledge Signing
ANF has invited key Tasmanian stakeholders to show their support for quality aged care reform in this term of parliament , by signing the Because We Care pledge.
ANF congratulates the following caring people for signing our pledge:
Andrew Wilkie MP – Independent Minister for Denison
Hon Nick McKim – Leader of the Tasmanian Greens
Senator Carol Brown
Jacquie Petrusma [...]
11 February 2011
National Day of Action events
6 January 2011
Because We Care National Day of Action 2011
The ANF has chosen to highlight aged care this Valentines Day and ask the Prime Minister to show some love for older Australians.
By showing some love, we mean putting real funding towards delivering quality aged care. This includes ensuring that there are enough quality places for all of those older Australians who need assistance. Quality [...]
1 November 2010
Because We Care – It’s Time to Fix Aged Care
Please sign the ANF’s Because We Care petition calling on the Productivity Commission to recognise the crisis in staffing levels/skills mix and wages in aged care and to make recommendations to fix these issues in their report to the Federal Government.
At a time when Australia’s population is ageing and more and more people need nursing home care, the number of registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care has dropped significantly.
In 2003 there were 27,210 (FTE) registered and enrolled nurses in the aged care system. In 2007 that number dropped to 23,103 (FTE) – a [...]
The Federal Government has asked the Productivity Commission to develop detailed options for restructuring Australia’s aged care system to ensure it can meet the challenges facing it in coming decades. The commission is particularly interested in receiving submissions from nurses and carers about your experiences with aged care services and your ideas on how the [...]
‘The ANF has campaigned long and hard for recognition of aged care nurses and staff through our Because We Care campaign. With the May budget, the Federal Government has listened and taken some important first steps.’
- ANF Federal Secretary
Lee Thomas
