NPAQ Nurses Professional Association of Queensland

07/07/2026

What could appear to be a standard industrial dispute over pay scales seems to be evolving into a pivotal litmus test for democracy and choice in Canberra.

President of the NPAA, Kara Thomas says, “Every time an ACT Government enterprise agreement mentions the word ‘union’, it should be followed by the words ‘or other employee representative’.

“That’s it, and that’s all. What is the government and its preferred unions afraid of?”

A troubling standoff is currently brewing within the ACT public sector enterprise bargaining negotiations.

21/06/2026

“The burden of that failure falls almost entirely on nursing and midwifery staff and their patients.”

President of the Nurses Professional Association of Australia Kara Thomas wrote to high-level officials at the state-backed hospital, including Chief Executive Officer Kieran Keyes and Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery Judy Morton, to raise a number of serious patient and staff safety concerns raised by a recent survey of membership.

“The issues set out below are likely the cumulative consequence of a hospital that has been chronically under-resourced, required to implement policies that place inordinate pressure on frontline staff who are constrained by larger structural issues, and led by an executive culture that responds to clinical overload by setting performance targets rather than addressing structural causes."

https://hubs.la/Q04m5nqp0

20/06/2026

The second-year wage increment under Queensland Health's EB12 agreement of 2.5% came into effect on 1 April 2026.

This follows the Cost of Living Adjustment (CUA) triggered in 2025, which lifted the first-year rise from 3% to 3.5% after Brisbane CPI was measured at 4.7% for the 12 months to March 2026. The full EB12 package delivers 11% over three years, running to nominal expiry on 31 March 2028.

Why it matters: The CUA clause is working as designed, but with inflation running at 4.7% and nurses' pay rising at 3–3.5%, Queensland nurses are still going backwards in real terms.

Inflation hit 4.7%. Your pay rose 3.5%. Are you feeling that gap in your hip pocket? Let us know in the comments

Allied health professionals must be registered with the relevant Australian national board for their profession or be eligible for membership with the professional association.

05/06/2026

The FWC has announced a 4.75% pay rise from July 2026. Find out if you're eligible and what it means for your nursing or midwifery pay.

Read more: https://npaa.redunion.com.au/news/july-2026-fair-work-commission-pay-rise

30/05/2026

⏰ Nurses and midwives! The AHPRA rego renewal deadline has been extended until June 5.

Get the latest updates and changes to this year’s AHPRA renewal process.
Download your NPAA 2026 AHPRA Renewal Guide.

Grab your copy here. 👉 https://npaa.redunion.com.au/ahpra-renewal-2026

28/05/2026

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27/05/2026

$2,600 a year. That's what nurses at Sunshine Coast University Hospital are paying just to turn up to work.

More than $100 a fortnight. Charged double on night shifts. Charged while on annual leave. No transparency, no accountability and no real alternative for workers finishing a shift at 11pm who can't safely walk to a bus stop.

Our members aren't asking for a luxury. They're asking not to be treated as a revenue stream.

When nurses start saying no to extra shifts because the maths doesn't work - that's not a personal choice. That's a system failing its workforce, and by extension, its patients.

Sunshine Coast Health's response? "Discounted parking is available."

Discounted from what? A full-price rip-off is still a rip-off.

We want to hear from you 👇

Has hospital parking ever influenced whether you took on an extra shift - or considered leaving a role altogether?

Drop a 🚗 if you've paid to park at work this week. Drop a ✋ if parking costs have affected your decision to pick up shifts. Tell us in the comments what YOUR facility charges.

We're collecting this data. It matters. And we'll use it.

Nurses and midwives are turning down extra shifts due to parking fees costing $2,600 per year, saying they are being treated like a “revenue stream”.

13/05/2026

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Thank you to everyone who entered, and to every Nurse & Midwife who shows up day after day. ❤️

You deserve to be celebrated every single day, not just once a year.

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13/05/2026

115 doctors. One letter. Four failed cultural reviews. And they're still not being heard.

Senior medical staff at Townsville University Hospital have written directly to the Premier and Health Minister after years of raising concerns about workplace culture, clinical governance, and the ability of frontline clinicians to speak up without fear of reprisal.

The response from the board chair? A consulting firm. Another review.

Sound familiar?

Nurses at NPAA know this playbook intimately. Concerns raised. Reviews commissioned. Reports shelved. Clinicians who spoke up quietly managed out or worn down until they stop.

This is not a Townsville problem. This is a systemic cultural problem in Australian healthcare — and it will keep costing patients and clinicians until leaders are held genuinely accountable, not just reviewed.

Our members work alongside these doctors every day. What happens to clinical voice in medicine happens to nursing too. We stand with every clinician who refuses to be silenced.

💬 Queensland members — are you seeing this in your workplace? What does "raising concerns without fear of reprisal" actually look like where you are?

https://hubs.la/Q04gb-HW0

More than 100 senior clinicians from a major regional hospital raise concerns in a letter to the state government about hospital culture.

11/05/2026

MORE THAN A DAY. MORE THAN A THANK YOU. ✨

❤️🩺🩹 Today, May 12th, we want to celebrate International Nurses Day.

We know that a "thank you" is just the start. You deserve more than just one day of recognition for the incredible impact you have on the people you work with and care for.

When the celebrations end, NPAA is still there with the cover and advocacy you need.

So, to all our amazing nurses, thank you.

Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we advocate.