The Health Services Union has today called on Lismore City Council to reconsider a decision to cancel its free all-day street parking scheme for staff.
Aged care industry calls for mandatory vaccination of staff
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The aged care industry wants any COVID-19 vaccine to be made mandatory for their staff to protect older Australians in their care in a move endorsed by two federal Coalition MPs with medical backgrounds.
Nursing homes in Sydney and Melbourne were ravaged by the pandemic in earlier waves, prompting concerns in the sector that any further outbreaks could have a devastating effect.
The aged care industry wants the government to force its staff to get a COVID-10 vaccine.
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But business groups in other sectors and former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth lined up behind the government, backing its March timetable and plans not to make the vaccine mandatory across the community.
The Ducat St/Miles St Queensland border checkpoint in Coolangatta has re-opened this morning. The Queensland border checkpoint at Ducat/Miles St in Coolangatta has re-opened on the morning of December 31.
DATE WEDNESDAY 5PM: POLICE have confirmed two more checkpoints will open along the NSW Queensland border soon. Despite not being able to give an official timeline, a Queensland Police Service spokeswoman confirmed the Miles/Ducat St border checkpoint would be re-opening and staff were currently gathering resources . Adding to Mudgeeraba MP Ros Bates Facebook post earlier today, the QPS spokeswoman confirmed an additional checkpoint will be opened at Nerang-Murwillumbah Road Natural Bridge at 8am on January 2.
NSW Health employee was suspended from his job on the Mid-North Coast for talking to his union
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Stephen Crerar says his career and health have been ruined by NSW Health.
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In one day, Stephen Crerar s 33-year career was destroyed and he s still shocked by the reason his employer NSW Health gave him.
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Mr Crerar was put on a staff blacklist making him unemployable
The Health Services Union says what happened to Mr Crerar beggars belief
Mr Crerar, a former human resources manager in the Mid-North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD), was told to hand his pass in and leave the building immediately on February 4, 2019.