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We are taking a short break! The HSUWA Office will be closed from 12pm on Wednesday, 24 December 2025 until 8:30am Friday, 2 January 2026. We’re wishing all of our Members a very Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays and New Year. A special thank you to all the Members who will continue to work over the holiday period in your unwavering commitment to providing Western…
Congratulations to your two Delegates of the Year, Clare Heron, Pharmacy Technician at Bentley Health Campus and Penny Griffith, Patient Liaison Officer at Joondalup Health Campus. Members voted for these Delegates because of their exemplary commitment to the union and selfless support to their colleagues. Clare’s colleagues at Bentley said:“She puts in her all in everything she…
Throughout 2025, the HSUWA Committee of Management have been actively considering how best to deliver key outcomes for members. Public healthcare is best delivered by securely employed and fairly paid state government employees. But this is not what is occurring in Western Australia right now, with private commercial interests involved at every level of our public healthcare system. For example, Serco are still engaged at Fiona Stanley…
The Health Services Union welcomes today’s announcement by the State Government of a major reinvestment in public hospitals, including: This commitment to deliver more capacity to our public health system, to respond to the needs of Western Australians, is a positive step forward. In the short term, the acquisition of St John of God Hospital…
After standing together and committing to take action, Members working at Bentley Family Clinic (part of CAMHS) achieved a commitment directly from the Minister for Health and Mental Health, Meredith Hammat, that the clinic will reopen in the Bentley catchment area. The clinic closed in late September due to its current location becoming unavailable. Despite two years’ notice that the clinic…
HSUWA will host paid union meetings at Ramsay Health Care workplaces to discuss the Agreement Offer that will soon be put out to vote.
One of the improvements agreed to in the Union Agreement 2024 for public sector health workers was to ensure all personal leave was cumulative year to year. This means Members will have 15.2 hours of personal leave per year become cumulative and accrue year to year. Your union has been advised that HSS will implement the conversion to personal leave balances for Members under…
After almost six months of delay by their employer, Members working across Ramsay Health Care facilities are advocating for their employer to finalise their Union Agreement and process their backpay. This week, Members emailed CEO, Natalie Davis, calling for her intervention to finalise the process and pay Members what they are owed. Shortly after emails…
In light of the rapid rollout of significant changes from the NDIA’s annual pricing review, Members strongly advocated for a meeting with Hon Hannah Beazley MLA, Minister for Disability Services. Given the serious concerns of the negative impact of the changes (reducing hourly pricing and travel pricing), on both the Allied Health workforce and NDIS participants in way, Members were prepared to rally when calls…
On 1 August, HSUWA Delegates and activists from private and public sector health attended Union Conference 2025 at Optus Stadium with a focus on building for the future. Congratulations to the terrific Delegates who spoke on the day and shared their experiences. We heard about recent wins, hard-fought campaigns and inspiring stories of solidarity! Attendees also heard from Hon Patrick Gorman (Assistant Minister for: Employment and Workplace…
HSUWA Members achieved significant improvements to pay and entitlements in the 2024 bargaining process. Because of the dedication you showed, all employees covered by the Union Agreement 2024 will see more improvements applied from 1 July 2025, including: Members will receive an update in the newsletter this week about the application of the pay increases and when it…
Every year, Australian union members, via ACTU advocacy, fight for improved pay rates for the lowest paid. Recently, the Fair Work Commission determined in the national wage case, to apply a 3.5% pay increase to the national minimum wage from 1 July 2025 ($948 per week, or $24.95 per hour). This pay rate will apply to…
Recently, a group of key HSUWA Members working as Security Officers in public and public/private hospitals joined together to discuss the opportunity of the upcoming Security Officer Forums achieved under the Union Agreement 2024. Members discussed their ideas and priorities to advance the safety and working conditions of Security Officers through the forum process, so they can best do their job of protecting staff and…
Members working as Radiation Therapists at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital have secured 11.4 additional FTE to manage workloads and provide more timely cancer treatment to patients. Over 12 months, Members worked together and: The action taken by Members brought management of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to the table, and an additional 1.5 FTE was achieved for leave relief, resulting in the…
On 16 April 2025, the Fair Work Commission (Commission) found that there was gender-based undervaluation of occupations across five Modern Awards. Modern Awards set minimum pay rates as a ‘safety net’ for industries and occupations in the private sector. In a wide-ranging initial decision announced as a ‘provisional view’, the Commission made a number of historic determinations. Importantly, this included changes to the minimum pay rates in a range of occupations…
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