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2002 press releases
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December 2002AIRC Hearings - Final day - 6 December 2002
AIRC Hearings - Final QNU witnesses scheduled to give evidence - State Govt witnesses to follow - 5 December 2002
AIRC Hearings - Senior public hospital doctors scheduled to give evidence - 4 December 2002
AIRC Hearings - First of QNU's 22 witnesses scheduled to give evdience - 2 December 2002

November 2002Cairns Base nurse roster data provides further evidence of nurse shortage - 28 November 2002
QNU Nurses. Worth looking after campaign wins national award - 27 October 2002

October 2002

QNU members stop work at Toowoomba private hospital - 30 October 2002
Qld Government offers free airfares for overseas nurses further evidence of nurse shortage - 28 October 2002
Arbitration - final day of hearings for interim award - 25 October 2002
Abitration continues - Queensland Health takes the stand - 24 October 2002
Arbitration continues - QNU witnesses take the stand - 18 October 2002
Arbitration Starts Tomorrow - 16 October 2002
Nurses win right to seek interim pay rise - Arbitration case hearings scheduled to start this week - 14 October 2002


August 2002Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign up-date - Details of today’s AIRC directions hearing
QNU gets October start to arbitration and seeks interim pay rise - 27 August 2002
Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign up-date - Public sector nurses dispute - details of tomorrow’s AIRC directions hearing
Public sector nurses dispute - details of tomorrow’s AIRC directions hearing
Queensland Government seeks to delay start of case until next year - 6 August 2002

July 200221st Annual QNU Conference - 30 July 2002
Application to terminate nurses’ enterprise bargaining period goes to AIRC tomorrow -Summons served on Health Department director-general - 23 July 2002
State Government refuses to address nursing crisis - Nurses have said they will not let the Queensland people down - and they won’t - 19 July 2002
Intensive care nurses told to eat meals at the bedside as nurse shortage continues to grip State health service - AIRC hearing continues tomorrow - 17 July 2002
AIRC hearing continues today  -   Nurse shortage continues to force bed closures - 16 July 2002
Major rally outside State Parliament today  -  ‘CHUNDER BUCKET EXPRESS’ arrives in Brisbane this morning   -  AIRC hearing continues today; Work bans continue  -  12 July 2002
Details of today's AIRC conciliation hearing - 10 July 2002 (late)
Industrial action continues - strikes today in Mackay and Emerald - 10 July 2002
QNU will be at AIRC tomorrow  -  Industrial action and advertising campaign continue
Industrial action continues as QNU prepares for ‘NO’ campaign on State Government ballot - 4 July 2002
QNU Council votes to step up campaign to rebuild nursing - authorises "NO" campaign in any State Government nurses' ballot - 9 pm 2 July 2002
QNU Council to Meet Tonight:  Industrial Action Continues - 2 July 2002

June 2002Industrial action continues - QNU council to meet on Tuesday - No formal approach from State Government on secret ballot - Sunday 30 June
Mackay nurses strike today - Monday 24 June
Qld public hospital bed closures begin - 23 June
Nurses to stop work in Cairns today as Premier opens new hospital - 23 June
Details of Statewide nurses' strike on June 20 - Many out for 24 hours - 18 June
Campaign up-date Public hospital nurses start work bans; more stop work meetings tomorrow
'Nurses. Worth Looking After' Campaign up-date Public hospital nurses start stop work meetings tomorrow

May 2002This Mother's Day is also International Nurses Day: Draft Social Charter to be launched this morning for public comment
April 200221st Annual QNU Conference - 30 July 2002
Application to terminate nurses’ enterprise bargaining period goes to AIRC tomorrow -Summons served on Health Department director-general - 23 July 2002
State Government refuses to address nursing crisis - Nurses have said they will not let the Queensland people down - and they won’t - 19 July 2002
Intensive care nurses told to eat meals at the bedside as nurse shortage continues to grip State health service - AIRC hearing continues tomorrow - 17 July 2002
AIRC hearing continues today  -   Nurse shortage continues to force bed closures - 16 July 2002
Major rally outside State Parliament today  -  ‘CHUNDER BUCKET EXPRESS’ arrives in Brisbane this morning   -  AIRC hearing continues today; Work bans continue  -  12 July 2002
Details of today's AIRC conciliation hearing - 10 July 2002 (late)
Industrial action continues - strikes today in Mackay and Emerald - 10 July 2002
QNU will be at AIRC tomorrow  -  Industrial action and advertising campaign continue
Industrial action continues as QNU prepares for ‘NO’ campaign on State Government ballot - 4 July 2002
QNU Council votes to step up campaign to rebuild nursing - authorises "NO" campaign in any State Government nurses' ballot - 9 pm 2 July 2002
QNU Council to Meet Tonight:  Industrial Action Continues - 2 July 2002

March 2002Industrial action continues - QNU council to meet on Tuesday - No formal approach from State Government on secret ballot - Sunday 30 June
Mackay nurses strike today - Monday 24 June
Qld public hospital bed closures begin - 23 June
Nurses to stop work in Cairns today as Premier opens new hospital - 23 June
Details of Statewide nurses' strike on June 20 - Many out for 24 hours - 18 June
Campaign up-date Public hospital nurses start work bans; more stop work meetings tomorrow
'Nurses. Worth Looking After' Campaign up-date Public hospital nurses start stop work meetings tomorrow

February 2002Emerald nurses start work bans over unsafe staffing - fourteen incident reports in four weeks - 30 April 2002
Nurses. Worth looking after. campaign - Lutheran aged care nurses walk off the job for three hours - 30 April 2002
Major QIRC decision could lead to widespread action against employers for overworking their staff - 17 April 2002

January 2002Nurses. Worth looking after. Campaign - Trinder Park aged care nurses walk off the job - nurse shortage so bad, agency nurses fill 120 shifts per month - 20 March 2002
Nurses Launch Major Campaign to fix Queensland's nursing crisis!

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