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NSWNMA
New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association
FounderEvelyn Grace Ione Nowland
HeadquartersWaterloo, New South Wales
Location
Members
77,000
President
O'Bray Smith
General Secretary
Shaye Candish
Assistant General Secretary
Michael Whaites
AffiliationsUnions NSW, Australian Council of Trade Unions
Websitewww.nswnma.asn.au

The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) is a trade union which represents nurses and midwives in both the public and private sectors of New South Wales, Australia, along with Aged Care services in the state.

History

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It was formed in 1931.[1]

In 1948 the New South Wales Industrial Commission made its first compensation payment to address nurse's claims made by those who had worked in industrial and commercial businesses. The evidence was data gathered by Agnes Mary Lions who became the President of the industrial nurses section.[2]

The NSWNMA is affiliated with UnionsNSW and ACTU, and in 1988 signed a "harmonisation" agreement with the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) which recognises eligible members of the NSWNMA as members of the New South Wales Branch of the ANF.

At the annual conference in August 2012, delegates overwhelmingly voted in favour of changing the union's name from the former New South Wales Nurses' Association, a name it had held since its formation in 1931, to the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association. The new name better reflects the union's membership base, which comprises both nurses and midwives.

The association had a membership of over 76,000 in 2021.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Godden, Judith; Radi, Heather, "Evelyn Paget Evans (1881–1960)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 27 September 2023
  2. ^ Taksa, Lucy, "Agnes Mary (Molly) Lions (1908–1992)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 December 2023
  3. ^ "Why join". NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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