Helping you hire staff for the first time

Do you want to hire someone for your business? We have the resources to help you get it right. Step 1: Hiring employees checklist The Hiring employees checklist will help you meet Australian laws when hiring an employee and step you through the employment process. The Hiring employees checklist will help you: understand all mandatory…

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Don’t pay for government grant information

Government grant information is available free online. You never need to pay for it. When you start to look for government grants to support your business, you may find fraudulent websites and services that claim to provide access to government grants information. It’s important to remember that all available state, territory and federal government grant…

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A national nursing workforce strategy for Australia

There are around 420,000 nurses registered in Australia – this is more than 40% of the total health workforce. However, there has never been a national strategic approach to nursing policy and investment. Nurses are a highly qualified and skilled workforce. This strategy will set out a vision for the future of nursing in Australia…

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Emerging health and medical research leaders are solving health programs and improving health care

Reducing unneeded antibiotics for children with lower respiratory tract infection The most common reason for children under 5 to visit hospital emergency departments is a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) like pneumonia or bronchiolitis. Dr Parveen Fathima’s team is developing a decision support tool to help doctors treat these infections. Respiratory infections are usually caused…

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Free resources for carers and their families

If you are a family member or carer for an older person, you may be interested in new free online modules about aged care. The Equip Aged Care Learning Packages, developed by the University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Centre, provides practical and relevant information to carers or family members of older people. The learning packages…

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