Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock to appear at parliamentary committee hearing. Follow today’s news headlines liveQueensland’s nurses will march on the headquarters of the state government today in protest at what they call an inadequate pay offer by the state government.The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union is the first to negotiate a pay agreement with the new Liberal National party government, the first conservative government in a decade. Their enterprise bargaining agreement expires in March.The government’s state wages policy falls significantly short of what is necessary to uphold the LNP government’s commitment to maintain nation-leading wages and conditions for Queensland Health nurses and midwives.We are seeking urgent clarification from the government on how they will deliver on their commitment to the QNMU.We would consider that that’s an early offer from the government, which we will consider as unions, but there’s still a way to go.Melioidosis cases have increased throughout the wet season, in some cases leading to hospitalisations. Melioidosis is a very serious infectious disease which is caused by soil bacteria in northern Australia. Continue reading…
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