❓ The Minister for Health addresses concerns about nurses' pay, confirming WA nurses are the second highest paid in Australia and outlining steps taken to maintain this position, including a recent pay increase. He also discusses EBA negotiations and workload concerns.
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Will the minister inform the House what steps the Government has taken to ensure that Western Australian nurses remain among the best paid in the nation? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I thank the member for that question and inform the House that nurses who work in government hospitals in Western Australia are currently the second highest paid nurses in Australia. That is the way it should be. We value those nurses. They are the backbone of our hospital system, and we want to make sure that they are among the best paid in Australia. We have done that. In April of this year, we authorised a very unusual administrative payment to ensure that our nurses remained among the best paid in Australia. With effect from 1 May, I authorised the Department of Health to make a payment to all registered nurses in Western Australia covered by the Australian Nursing Federation enterprise bargaining agreement, with no strings attached, that was equivalent to the maximum payment that was made to any other health professional in the public hospital system in this State. That payment was an increase of 3.4 per cent. In other words, we wanted to make sure that nurses would not be prejudiced or inconvenienced in any way as a result of the forthcoming negotiations and that they would retain their relativity with other health professionals in Western Australia and continue to be the second highest paid nurses in the nation. This year was, in a sense, a super year for EBAs in the hospital industry. I am pleased to be able to inform the House that all EBAs in hospitals have now been resolved, with the exception of the EBA involving the Australian Nursing Federation. Without as much as an angry word being spoken, we agreed with the Australian Medical Association, on behalf of all doctors in the hospital system, to provide a three per cent pay rise from October this year. All the other health professionals in the Health Services Union of Australia received a 3.4 per cent increase from January this year. Most recently, we have concluded with the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union a flat payment of $28.60 to all of its members from August this year, and earlier in the year there was an increase of 3.4 per cent to the engineering trades. Every other EBA in the hospital industry has been settled, and I am delighted that there has been no disruption to patients as a result of that. Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for that question and inform the House that nurses who work in government hospitals in Western Australia are currently the second highest paid nurses in Australia. That is the way it should be. We value those nurses. They are the backbone of our hospital system, and we want to make sure that they are among the best paid in Australia. We have done that. In April of this year, we authorised a very unusual administrative payment to ensure that our nurses remained among the best paid in Australia. With effect from 1 May, I authorised the Department of Health to make a payment to all registered nurses in Western Australia covered by the Australian Nursing Federation enterprise bargaining agreement, with no strings attached, that was equivalent to the maximum payment that was made to any other health professional in the public hospital system in this State. That payment was an increase of 3.4 per cent. In other words, we wanted to make sure that nurses would not be prejudiced or inconvenienced in any way as a result of the forthcoming negotiations and that they would retain their relativity with other health professionals in Western Australia and continue to be the second highest paid nurses in the nation. This year was, in a sense, a super year for EBAs in the hospital industry. I am pleased to be able to inform the House that all EBAs in hospitals have now been resolved, with the exception of the EBA involving the Australian Nursing Federation. Without as much as an angry word being spoken, we agreed with the Australian Medical Association, on behalf of all doctors in the hospital system, to provide a three per cent pay rise from October this year. All the other health professionals in the Health Services Union of Australia received a 3.4 per cent increase from January this year. Most recently, we have concluded with the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union a flat payment of $28.60 to all of its members from August this year, and earlier in the year there was an increase of 3.4 per cent to the engineering trades. Every other EBA in the hospital industry has been settled, and I am delighted that there has been no disruption to patients as a result of that. Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
I thank the member for that question and inform the House that nurses who work in government hospitals in Western Australia are currently the second highest paid nurses in Australia. That is the way it should be. We value those nurses. They are the backbone of our hospital system, and we want to make sure that they are among the best paid in Australia. We have done that. In April of this year, we authorised a very unusual administrative payment to ensure that our nurses remained among the best paid in Australia. With effect from 1 May, I authorised the Department of Health to make a payment to all registered nurses in Western Australia covered by the Australian Nursing Federation enterprise bargaining agreement, with no strings attached, that was equivalent to the maximum payment that was made to any other health professional in the public hospital system in this State. That payment was an increase of 3.4 per cent. In other words, we wanted to make sure that nurses would not be prejudiced or inconvenienced in any way as a result of the forthcoming negotiations and that they would retain their relativity with other health professionals in Western Australia and continue to be the second highest paid nurses in the nation. This year was, in a sense, a super year for EBAs in the hospital industry. I am pleased to be able to inform the House that all EBAs in hospitals have now been resolved, with the exception of the EBA involving the Australian Nursing Federation. Without as much as an angry word being spoken, we agreed with the Australian Medical Association, on behalf of all doctors in the hospital system, to provide a three per cent pay rise from October this year. All the other health professionals in the Health Services Union of Australia received a 3.4 per cent increase from January this year. Most recently, we have concluded with the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union a flat payment of $28.60 to all of its members from August this year, and earlier in the year there was an increase of 3.4 per cent to the engineering trades. Every other EBA in the hospital industry has been settled, and I am delighted that there has been no disruption to patients as a result of that. Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
This year was, in a sense, a super year for EBAs in the hospital industry. I am pleased to be able to inform the House that all EBAs in hospitals have now been resolved, with the exception of the EBA involving the Australian Nursing Federation. Without as much as an angry word being spoken, we agreed with the Australian Medical Association, on behalf of all doctors in the hospital system, to provide a three per cent pay rise from October this year. All the other health professionals in the Health Services Union of Australia received a 3.4 per cent increase from January this year. Most recently, we have concluded with the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union a flat payment of $28.60 to all of its members from August this year, and earlier in the year there was an increase of 3.4 per cent to the engineering trades. Every other EBA in the hospital industry has been settled, and I am delighted that there has been no disruption to patients as a result of that. Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
[See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for that question and inform the House that nurses who work in government hospitals in Western Australia are currently the second highest paid nurses in Australia. That is the way it should be. We value those nurses. They are the backbone of our hospital system, and we want to make sure that they are among the best paid in Australia. We have done that. In April of this year, we authorised a very unusual administrative payment to ensure that our nurses remained among the best paid in Australia. With effect from 1 May, I authorised the Department of Health to make a payment to all registered nurses in Western Australia covered by the Australian Nursing Federation enterprise bargaining agreement, with no strings attached, that was equivalent to the maximum payment that was made to any other health professional in the public hospital system in this State. That payment was an increase of 3.4 per cent. In other words, we wanted to make sure that nurses would not be prejudiced or inconvenienced in any way as a result of the forthcoming negotiations and that they would retain their relativity with other health professionals in Western Australia and continue to be the second highest paid nurses in the nation. This year was, in a sense, a super year for EBAs in the hospital industry. I am pleased to be able to inform the House that all EBAs in hospitals have now been resolved, with the exception of the EBA involving the Australian Nursing Federation. Without as much as an angry word being spoken, we agreed with the Australian Medical Association, on behalf of all doctors in the hospital system, to provide a three per cent pay rise from October this year. All the other health professionals in the Health Services Union of Australia received a 3.4 per cent increase from January this year. Most recently, we have concluded with the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union a flat payment of $28.60 to all of its members from August this year, and earlier in the year there was an increase of 3.4 per cent to the engineering trades. Every other EBA in the hospital industry has been settled, and I am delighted that there has been no disruption to patients as a result of that. Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
I thank the member for that question and inform the House that nurses who work in government hospitals in Western Australia are currently the second highest paid nurses in Australia. That is the way it should be. We value those nurses. They are the backbone of our hospital system, and we want to make sure that they are among the best paid in Australia. We have done that. In April of this year, we authorised a very unusual administrative payment to ensure that our nurses remained among the best paid in Australia. With effect from 1 May, I authorised the Department of Health to make a payment to all registered nurses in Western Australia covered by the Australian Nursing Federation enterprise bargaining agreement, with no strings attached, that was equivalent to the maximum payment that was made to any other health professional in the public hospital system in this State. That payment was an increase of 3.4 per cent. In other words, we wanted to make sure that nurses would not be prejudiced or inconvenienced in any way as a result of the forthcoming negotiations and that they would retain their relativity with other health professionals in Western Australia and continue to be the second highest paid nurses in the nation. This year was, in a sense, a super year for EBAs in the hospital industry. I am pleased to be able to inform the House that all EBAs in hospitals have now been resolved, with the exception of the EBA involving the Australian Nursing Federation. Without as much as an angry word being spoken, we agreed with the Australian Medical Association, on behalf of all doctors in the hospital system, to provide a three per cent pay rise from October this year. All the other health professionals in the Health Services Union of Australia received a 3.4 per cent increase from January this year. Most recently, we have concluded with the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union a flat payment of $28.60 to all of its members from August this year, and earlier in the year there was an increase of 3.4 per cent to the engineering trades. Every other EBA in the hospital industry has been settled, and I am delighted that there has been no disruption to patients as a result of that. Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
This year was, in a sense, a super year for EBAs in the hospital industry. I am pleased to be able to inform the House that all EBAs in hospitals have now been resolved, with the exception of the EBA involving the Australian Nursing Federation. Without as much as an angry word being spoken, we agreed with the Australian Medical Association, on behalf of all doctors in the hospital system, to provide a three per cent pay rise from October this year. All the other health professionals in the Health Services Union of Australia received a 3.4 per cent increase from January this year. Most recently, we have concluded with the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union a flat payment of $28.60 to all of its members from August this year, and earlier in the year there was an increase of 3.4 per cent to the engineering trades. Every other EBA in the hospital industry has been settled, and I am delighted that there has been no disruption to patients as a result of that. Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Similarly, interstate, the ANF has concluded negotiations in just about all the other States - all, to the best of my knowledge, but one may still be outstanding - that have resulted in wage settlements in the order of which I have just been speaking about. Western Australian nurses are still the second highest paid in the country. The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
The issue of workloads is important to nurses. We have informed them that we are prepared to agree to an enforceable document through the Industrial Relations Commission, in the same way as has occurred historically; that is, to have an order of the commission dealing with the question of workloads. Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Of major concern to me was the cost of the ANF claim, given that the ANF has not shown an indication so far that it is prepared to depart from its ambit claim. To place it beyond doubt, I sought the advice of the Auditor General on the cost of the ANF log of claims. It shows that a 50 per cent increase in wages is being sought over two years. That is $532 million over two years, or $837 million over three years. I have advised the ANF that we are not in a position to accept a claim of that magnitude. A 50 per cent increase in two years is simply out of the ballpark. I seek to table that advice from the Office of the Auditor General. [See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
[See papers Nos 2698 and 2699.] Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: I urge the ANF to continue to negotiate, as we have done on numerous occasions - at least a dozen so far - and reach agreement, because the Government wants only one thing; that is, a contented nursing work force that is among the best paid in the country.
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