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‘No Apologies’: Nurses Payrise to Cost Billions
The award ends a two-year dispute and includes a 3% interim rise already paid to 69,000 workers.
- On Thursday, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission awarded pay rises of up to 28 per cent to more than 60,000 nurses and midwives, ending a two-year battle with the state's Labor government over historic undervaluation.
- Commission President Justice Ingmar Taylor ordered the "one-off reset," citing the historic undervaluation of feminised industries and high inflation following the Covid-19 pandemic as justification.
- The three-year agreement provides 16 per cent for registered nurses, 18 per cent for enrolled nurses, and 28 per cent for assistants in nursing, backdated to July 1, 2025.
- NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey welcomed the decision, acknowledging the dispute was "hard-fought" while warning the wage boost will cost the state billions of dollars.
- NSWNMA General Secretary Michael Whaites called the decision "historic" but argued it fails to address structural reforms for registered nurses, saying there is "more work to be done.
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