AIRC Hearings - final day - 6 December 2002
AIRC Hearings - final QNU witnesses to give evidence, State government witnesses to follow - 5 December 2002
AIRC Hearings - senior public hospital doctors to give evidence - 4 December 2002
AIRC Hearings - first of QNU's 22 witnsses to give evidence - 2 December 2002
6 December 2002
Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign up-date
State Government witnesses continue today
Date: Friday, 6 December 2002
Time: 10.00am
Venue: Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Central Plaza Two, 66 Eagle St Brisbane
More State Government witnesses are scheduled to give evidence today (Friday 6 December) in the public sector-nurses wages and conditions case, which is being heard by the full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) in Brisbane this week. The first State Government witnesses started giving evidence yesterday afternoon, 5 December.
The AIRC is hearing the Queensland Nurses Union’s (QNU) full application for an award, which provides improved wages and working conditions for nearly 20,000 Queensland public sector nurses. The full bench hearing the case is Justice Munro, Senior Deputy President Marsh and Commissioner Deegan.
On 25 October the AIRC awarded Queensland’s 20,000 public sector nurses an interim wage rise of 3.8 per cent, effective from that date, and a formal process for relieving excessive workloads, while it continues arbitration on the QNU’s full application for improved wages and conditions this week.
On Wednesday 24 July the AIRC terminated the bargaining between the QNU and Queensland Health for a new enterprise bargaining agreement, after a lengthy and bitter industrial dispute, which saw nurses implement extensive work bans, including bed closures, in hospitals and community health facilities around the State.
The QNU launched its Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign in March this year, with the objective of rebuilding Queensland’s nursing workforce through a range of initiatives including improving public sector nurse wages and ensuring workloads are safe for both patients and staff.
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5 December 2002
Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign up-date
Final QNU witnesses scheduled for today
State Government witnesses to follow
Date: Thursday, 5 December 2002
Time: 10.15am
Venue: Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Central Plaza Two, 66 Eagle St Brisbane
The final Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) witnesses are scheduled to give evidence today (Thursday 5 December) in the public sector-nurses wages and conditions case, which is being heard by the full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) in Brisbane this week.
It is expected they will be followed by a number of witnesses for the Queensland Government, which is opposing the QNU’s application for improved wages and conditions for public sector nurses.
The QNU witness list for today, 5 December, is as follows (in expected order of appearance)
- Katherine Zigenbine – community nurse Coorparoo; clinical nurse consultant, Mater Children’s
- Allison Coe – enrolled nurse, Dalby Hospital/Karingal aged care facility
- Halina Rawicz – Level 1 registered nurse, Royal Brisbane Hospital
- Amanda Richards – QNU occupational health and safety officer
- Elizabeth (Betty) Donnellan – enrolled nurse, Clermont Hospital
- Karen Smith – advanced assistant in nursing, Eventide Sandgate
- Colleen Fischer – Level 3 clinical nurse coordinator, Cairns Base Hospital
- Karen Embry – Level 1 registered nurse, special care nursery Mater Mothers
- Marissa Ehmer – Level 3 clinical nurse consultant, Mater Children’s Hospital
In total the QNU has 22 witnesses – including 15 working nurses and two public hospital doctors – giving evidence in the case.
The AIRC has set aside 3, 4, 5 and 6 December to hear the QNU’s full application for an award, which provides improved wages and working conditions for nearly 20,000 Queensland public sector nurses. The full bench hearing the case is Justice Munro, Senior Deputy President Marsh and Commissioner Deegan.
On 25 October the AIRC awarded Queensland’s 20,000 public sector nurses an interim wage rise of 3.8 per cent, effective from that date, and a formal process for relieving excessive workloads, while it continues arbitration on the QNU’s full application for improved wages and conditions this week.
On Wednesday 24 July the AIRC terminated the bargaining between the QNU and Queensland Health for a new enterprise bargaining agreement, after a lengthy and bitter industrial dispute, which saw nurses implement extensive work bans, including bed closures, in hospitals and community health facilities around the State.
The QNU launched its Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign in March this year, with the objective of rebuilding Queensland’s nursing workforce through a range of initiatives including improving public sector nurse wages and ensuring workloads are safe for both patients and staff.
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4 December 2002
Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign up-date
Senior public hospital doctors – Dr Peter Pereira, Cairns Base and Dr Peter Davoren, Gold Coast Hospital – scheduled to give evidence today
Date: Wednesday, 4 December 2002
Time: 10.15am
Venue: Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Central Plaza Two, 66 Eagle St Brisbane
Two senior public hospital doctors – Dr Peter Pereira, Director of Emergency Medicine at Cairns Base Hospital, and Dr Peter Davoren, Deputy Director of Medicine, Senior Staff Specialist Physician, and Clinical Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Gold Coast Hospital - are scheduled to give evidence today (Wednesday 4 December) in the public sector-nurses wages and conditions case, which is being heard by the full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) in Brisbane this week.
Nurses from Mount Isa, Townsville and Brisbane are also scheduled to give evidence today.
The QNU witness list for today, 4 December, is as follows (in expected order of appearance)
- Dr Peter Pereira – Emergency Department, Cairns Base Hospital
- Sean Birgan – assistant director of nursing, Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Grace Romuss – Level 3 registered nurse, Mount Isa Hospital
- Simon Mitchell – Level 3 nurse manager, Townsville Hospital
- Amanda Turner – registered nurse, coronary care unit Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Dr Peter Davoren – medical officer, Gold Coast Hospital
- Nick Blake – industrial officer, federal office Australian Nursing Federation
In total the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) has 22 witnesses – including 15 working nurses and two public hospital doctors – giving evidence in the case.
The AIRC has set aside 3, 4, 5 and 6 December to hear the QNU’s full application for an award, which provides improved wages and working conditions for nearly 20,000 Queensland public sector nurses. The full bench hearing the case is Justice Munro, Senior Deputy President Marsh and Commissioner Deegan.
On 25 October the AIRC awarded Queensland’s 20,000 public sector nurses an interim wage rise of 3.8 per cent, effective from that date, and a formal process for relieving excessive workloads, while it continues arbitration on the QNU’s full application for improved wages and conditions this week.
On Wednesday 24 July the AIRC terminated the bargaining between the QNU and Queensland Health for a new enterprise bargaining agreement, after a lengthy and bitter industrial dispute, which saw nurses implement extensive work bans, including bed closures, in hospitals and community health facilities around the State.
The QNU launched its Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign in March this year, with the objective of rebuilding Queensland’s nursing workforce through a range of initiatives including improving public sector nurse wages and ensuring workloads are safe for both patients and staff.
Other QNU witnesses still to be heard this week are:
- Janelle Taylor – clinical nurse manager, Prince Charles Hospital
- Halina Rawicz – Level 1 registered nurse, Royal Brisbane Hospital
- Kym Barry – QNU professional officer
- Elizabeth (Betty) Donnellan – enrolled nurse, Clermont Hospital
- Sean Birgan – assistant director of nursing, pre-operative and ICU, Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Karen Embry – Level 1 registered nurse, special care nursery Mater Mothers
- Katherine Zigenbine – community nurse Coorparoo; clinical nurse consultant, Mater Children’s
- Allison Coe – enrolled nurse, Dalby Hospital/Karingal aged care facility
- Amanda Richards – QNU occupational health and safety officer
- Marissa Ehmer – Level 3 clinical nurse consultant, Mater Children’s Hospital
- Colleen Fischer – Level 3 clinical nurse coordinator, Cairns Base Hospital
- Karen Smith – advanced assistant in nursing, Eventide Sandgate
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2 December 2002
Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign up-date
Final arbitration hearings start tomorrow
First of the QNU’s 22 witnesses scheduled to take the stand
Date: Tuesday, 3 December 2002
Time: 10.15am
Venue: Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Central Plaza Two, 66 Eagle St Brisbane
QNU secretary, Gay Hawksworth, will be available for media interviews outside the AIRC from about 10.00am
The full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) is scheduled to start hearing the Queensland Nurses Union’s (QNU) full application for an award, which provides improved wages and working conditions for nearly 20,000 Queensland public sector nurses, at 10.15am tomorrow, Tuesday 3 December.
The AIRC has set aside 3, 4, 5 and 6 December 2002 for arbitration of the QNU’s full wages and conditions claim. The full bench hearing the case is Justice Munro, Senior Deputy President Marsh and Commissioner Deegan.
On 25 October the Full Bench of the AIRC awarded Queensland’s 20,000 public sector nurses an interim wage rise of 3.8 per cent, effective from that date, and a formal process for relieving excessive workloads, while it continues arbitration on the QNU’s full application for improved wages and conditions this week.
On Wednesday 24 July the AIRC terminated the bargaining between the QNU and Queensland Health for a new enterprise bargaining agreement, after a lengthy and bitter industrial dispute, which saw nurses implement extensive work bans, including bed closures, in hospitals and community health facilities around the State.
The QNU launched its Nurses: Worth Looking After campaign in March this year, with the objective of rebuilding Queensland’s nursing workforce through a range of initiatives including improving public sector nurse wages and ensuring workloads are safe for both patients and staff.
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