Joint Media Release

No more excuses: ACN and ANMF urge action on violence against healthcare workers amid doubling of assault hospitalisations

New data showing the number of healthcare workers hospitalised after being assaulted at work has more than doubled in a decade confirms years of warnings about worsening safety of healthcare workers, say the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). National figures released by the Australian Institute of Health…

Psychosocial safety and the nursing profession

Psychosocial safety and the nursing profession

Legislation for psychosocially safe workplaces came into effect on 1 December 2025 and marks a turning point in how Australia understands and protects the wellbeing of its workforce. No longer treated as a “soft” or secondary issue, psychosocial safety is now recognised in Australian law as a core element of work health and safety—on par…