This week Shaye speaks with Mark Aitken, a Registered Nurse and the Stakeholder Engagement Manager of Nurse and Midwife Support (NMS).

NMS is 24/7 national support service for nurses and midwives providing access to confidential advice and referral. Nurse & Midwife Support is funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and run independently by Turning Point. The NSWNMA is working in partnership with NMS on the “I’m Only Human” campaign

www.nmsupport.org.au

The 1st of December marked World AIDS Day, a time for us to reflect upon the other pandemic that affects so any people in Australia, and to continue to raise awareness of the issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.

Today we’re fortunate to be joined by Timmy Lockwood, who is a Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Centre for Population Health’s STI Programs Unit to talk about the importance of this day.

For more information visit; https://www.ashm.org.au/

This week Shaye sit down with Natalie Lang (Secretary, Australian Services Union) to discuss the We Won't Wait campaign.

In Australia a woman dies every week because of family and domestic violence.

Family and domestic violence is the leading cause of death, disability and illness among women aged 15-44 years, greater than cancer or heart disease.

And yet access to paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave is limited. Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave means a woman can access support services so she can leave. It means she can attend court, doctor appointments, meet with real estate agents, change her children’s school, all without the fear of losing her job.

Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave will save lives. The estimated cost of introducing a minimum 10 days’ paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave in the National Employment Standards is just five cents per day per worker. And the estimated cost of family and domestic violence to the economy is $12.6 billion per year.

The Federal Government must act. We won’t wait. We can’t wait. Join us in our calls to have Family Domestic Violence leave for all workers in the National Employment Standards. Take action now and sign the petition;

https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/we-won-t-wait-because-women-can-t-wait

Looking for Support or Counselling?

Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia

Domestic Violence Impact Line

1800 943 539

FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES

https://www.asumembers.org.au/fdv

In this week’s episode, I speak to Steven Zorgios, an emergency nurse and NSWNMA delegate who has been working in the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss why he got into nursing, what it's been like working in emergency over the past few months, and what changes he believes our health system needs.

This week on the Shift, Shaye speaks with nurse turned NSWNMA organiser Laura McKone about their time working the emergency wards together at the start of their careers.

Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah FRACP, PhD (Consultant Physician General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Melbourne spoke at the NSWNMA's recent Safe Work Webinar. Here she talks about fit testing and a respiratory protection program.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)recently held an emergency superannuation summit to address the current situation in Australia with regard to superannuation and proposed changes to legislation by the Morrison Government.

Speakers include: Michele O'Neil, Bill Kelty, Jamila Rizvi, Heather Ridout, John Hewson, Emma Dawson and Sherree Clarke.

Dr Kate Charlesworth (Environmental Sustainability Lead at SESLHD) talks about flattening the climate change curve.

Kate can be contacted via email - [email protected]

NSWNMA Assistant General Secretary, Judith Kiejda joins us in the studio to talk about IWD and some of the issues facing women today.

This year's International Women's Day March will take place on Saturday 7th March 2020 (from Hyde Park north nr fountain).

visit www.nswnma.asn.au

Joanne Purdue (Professional Officer at the NSWNMA) spoke at the NSWNMA's Future Ready Conference. Here she presents on Assertive Communication and the skills needed to be able to communicate better in the workplace.