‘Obscene’ Parking Fees Cause NSW Health Workers to Walk Off the Job

A two-hour walkout is likely to cause chaos in health facilities as staff protest what they say is ‘price gouging’ in privatised hospital carparks.

Residents queue up inside their cars for PCR tests at the St Vincent's Bondi Beach COVID-19 drive through testing clinic ahead of Christmas in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 22, 2021. Mohammad Farooq/AFP via Getty Images

Proposed fee increases—which amount to 127 percent at some hospitals—have prompted New South Wales (NSW) health workers to walk off the job today.

Staff at five NSW hospitals and 11 other facilities are taking action to protest an “obscene” increase imposed since the pandemic, potentially leaving them thousands of dollars out of pocket.