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New Zealand nurses register to work in Australia

The Guardian reported this month that thousands of New Zealand nurses are registering to work in Australia in pursuit of better pay and conditions, amid staffing shortages and industrial action in their home country.

According to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, almost 5,000 New Zealand nurses have registered to practise in

Canada to spend an extra $200 billion on healthcare

Australia since August. New Zealand nurses held a series of strike actions in late 2022 and are planning a National Day of Action in mid-April, with co-ordinated national protests to call for more nurses and better pay. Last week, New Zealand’s Government announced a pay boost of up to 15% for community-based nurses, to try to compete with the Australian sector, where aged care nurses won a 15% pay rise in November 2022.

According to CIC News – the voice of Canadian Immigration – new spending for healthcare was highlighted as a top priority in Canada’s Budget 2023.

Healthcare is a provincial/ territorial responsibility but due to pressure on the system caused by labour shortages and lack of funding before the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial and territorial governments have requested more funding from the