Certainty for Temporary Health Workers in NSW Budget

1112 health workers will have their jobs secured following the NSW government’s decision to set aside $572 million for them.

NSW Premier Chris Minns speaks to the media during a press conference at NSW State Parliament, Sydney, Australia, on June 4, 2021. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

More than 1,000 nurses and midwives will have their positions in the New South Wales (NSW) public health system made permanent under a budget measure to ensure safe staffing levels.

The Minns Labor government has earmarked an extra $572 million (US$367 million) in its first budget, to be handed down next week, to retain 1112 health workers.