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Autumn 2002

General

Bosswatch

10 December 2004 [Full Story]

HACSU Annual Conference 2003
HACSU will be holding the Annual Conference this year on Friday, November 7 at the Launceston Club Casino.
25 August 2004 [Full Story]

HACSUassist 12 Months On
The HACSUassist Contact Centre celebrated its 12 month anniversary on 25 May 2008
02 December 2008 [Full Story]

Life, Death and Taxes
There are only two things that are certain in this life; death and taxes. Oh, and that our kids see through our hypocrisy.
25 August 2004 [Full Story]

Physical Restraint during Health Care Delivery – Research & Recommendations
The Joanna Briggs Institute has just researched the use of physical restraint used in Acute and Residential Care facilities.
10 December 2004 [Full Story]

Nursing

$1 per hour Preceptor Allowance Paid
The preceptor allowance is now being paid in the public sector following negotiations between HACSU and the Government over its implementation.
26 July 2004 [Full Story]

Bogged Down
Frustration levels amongst HACSU public sector nurse representatives are increasing as the crucial committee processes on sorting out patient acuity, staffing and skill mix appear to be getting deliberately bogged down by the State Government.
29 July 2004 [Full Story]

Enrolled Nurse Alert
HACSU Nurses Sub Branch has issued an alert for all enrolled nurse (EN) members, and called on all ENs to join the union and get behind the campaign to maintain the status and integrity of the EN classification.
29 July 2004 [Full Story]

HACSU lobbies for Midwifery Members

29 July 2004 [Full Story]

Nurse in National Spotlight
The nurse shortage crisis has thrown the national spotlight on nurses. HACSU has been extremely active over recent months lobbying on behalf of nurses, particularly in relation to nurse recruitment and nurse education. HACSU has written two submissions to the current National Review of Nurse Education, and has appeared before a vital, broad-ranging Senate Inquiry into nursing.
29 July 2004 [Full Story]

Nurses Working Hard for Us

26 July 2004 [Full Story]

Nursing Charades in Saudi Arabia
For the past twelve months I’ve been living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, working in the Emergency Department of the King Fahd Military Hospital, Dhahran.
29 July 2004 [Full Story]

Post Graduate Allowances Jeopardised
HACSU's breakthrough postgraduate qualifications allowances - won during the last enterprise bargaining agreement - are now being paid in the private sector and are close to finalisation in the public sector.
26 July 2004 [Full Story]

Private

Cosmos's Cosmic Agreement
HACSU has won another breakthrough agreement with disability services provider Cosmos, providing much needed annual leave flexibility, sick leave and annual leave for part-timers on the loaded rate, a camp allowance, pay improvements and other benefits.
06 August 2004 [Full Story]

HACSU stops contracting out, again

06 August 2004 [Full Story]