AV 040 November 16, 2020 AV’S GRADUATE RECRUITMENT LEAVES CANDIDATES IN LIMBO Recently AV has been contacted by a number of individuals who are undergoing AV’s Graduate Recruitment process. We have heard distressing stories of months and years of waiting for responses and of some people just giving up and [...]
AV 039 November 15, 2020 BULLYING AND HARASSMENT SURVEY Ambulance Victoria has engaged the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) to investigate allegations of sex discrimination and bullying within AV. We are surveying all staff at Ambulance Victoria to support our submission to change the investigation process at [...]
AV 038 November 13, 2020 AV HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS The Ambulance Employees Australia – Victoria (AEAV) have requested information and statistics regarding the Ambulance Victoria Professional Conduct Unit (PCU) and their handling of bullying and harassment matters. A copy of our correspondence is below, and we will be following up [...]
AV 037 November 12, 2020 RISKS OF INTRANASAL KETAMINE Ambulance Victoria have recently introduced the use of Intranasal Ketamine as an avenue for pain management, and as a replacement for Intranasal Fentanyl. In 2019, approximately 60 paramedics in East Gippsland experienced Ambulance Victoria's botched investigation into Ketamine exposure. The mishandling of [...]
AV 036 November 11, 2020 RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN The AEAV is a part of the United Workers Union, with 150,000 members across the country. Our union has a long and proud history of working in solidarity with First Nations Communities, and we are coming together to stand for justice and [...]
SA 001 July 20, 2020 Petition Dear Resident of South Australia, Thank you for your interest in supporting our efforts to secure safe staffing of the SA Ambulance Service, and to eradicate the scourge of ambulance ramping at SA hospitals, in order to ensure a safe community for all South [...]
QLD 001 July 10, 2020 Access to patient information The Union has provided a number of members with advice, support and representation regarding allegations of inappropriate access to patient records in recent months. In all of these cases the allegations have been taken incredibly seriously by investigating officers and the [...]
NSW 001 June 11, 2020
TAS 001 May 12, 2020 AMBULANCE EBA - IT'S DONE We went to the TIC last Tuesday. We appeared, along with government reps, before the Tasmanian Industrial Commission to vary the Ambulance Award and to agree to the 2019 EBA. The TIC president approved the agreement with effect 1 July [...]
AV 035 April 14, 2020 Ambulance employees welcome recruitment boost in Victoria The Ambulance Employees Australia Victoria (AEAV) welcomes the fast tracking of the recruiting of paramedics across Victoria during the coronavirus crisis. Ambulance employees are at the frontline of the pandemic and workload is expected to increase with the [...]