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‘You let this happen’: nurses accuse government of abandoning aged care workers and residents
Protesting workers say sector is in crisis amid dangerous staff shortages and lack of adequate PPE
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Nurses and other workers in aged care descended on parliament house on Tuesday morning protesting dangerous staff shortages, underpayment, and a lack of personal protective equipment – issues that persist more than two years after the Covid-19 pandemic began and despite numerous inquiries into the aged care sector.
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation federal secretary Annie Butler addressed protesters and said nurses are “fed up with this government for abandoning aged care workers and residents”.
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