NORTHERN Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has continued to support hardworking nurses and midwives across his electorate and regional NSW, in their concerted effort to push for fairer and more appropriate salaries.
Mr Moylan has made further comments amidst widespread media attention, reaffirming his position to support the nursing profession.
“As the first member of the Coalition to come out and publicly back our nurses, it is pleasing other State MP’s have now done the same,” Mr Moylan said.
“As I have said before, nurses are the backbone of our health system and without them, hospitals would grind to a complete halt.
“I recently met with President Emma Ratajczyk and Secretary Warren Isaac of the Armidale Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association and heard their concerns firsthand.
“Other states and territories pay nurses up to 18 percent more than New South Wales, this is resulting in many of our local nurses moving to Queensland.
“Nurses are highly trained and highly skilled individuals and yet the average salary of first-year nurses is approximately $70,000 which is lower than the average income of a ‘stop-go’ worker in NSW.
“Everyone in our community values nurses. It’s about time the State Government does as well.”
Photo caption: Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan, President Emma Ratajczyk and Secretary Warren Isaac of the Armidale branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, pushing for fairer and more appropriate pay.
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