The Victorian Ambulance Union says the state's paramedics have been left with "no alternative" than to take "hard industrial action" after members overwhelmingly rejected a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement that came after almost a year of negotiations. Victorian paramedics are set to take industrial action after union members overwhelmingly rejected an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement [...]
Fleet Maintenance Officers (FMOs) in rural Victoria work tirelessly to ensure Ambulance Victoria's vehicles are prepared for emergencies 24/7. Despite facing challenging 2am callouts, FMOs dedication to saving lives remains strong. Currently negotiating with Ambulance Victoria, FMOs are advocating for fair pay aligned with other emergency service mechanics, career progression through Increments 3, 6 [...]
New data shows the most serious emergency call-outs are now arriving on time with 146 extra ambos on our roads – but the government admits ramping still isn’t fixed. The majority of priority one and priority two ambulance call-outs are now arriving on time, new data shows – but the government admits there is [...]
Victorian patients continue to suffer long wait times to access hospital treatment, with new data out today showing paramedics have spent more than a cumulative century waiting for patients to be admitted to hospital. Internal Ambulance Victoria documents, released under Freedom of Information, show that transport crews have spent in excess of 523,000 hours [...]
Recently we received the Operational Research in Health (ORH) Report, a crucial analysis that will play a significant role in shaping Ambulance Tasmania's growth and strategic direction over the next decade. The comprehensive work conducted by ORH involved a detailed retrospective analysis of operational activity across Tasmania, coupled with predictive modeling to forecast future [...]
Our members are all impacted by increasing rates of violence and aggression in their workplace. Tragically, the gravity of this threat was deeply felt in our members' hearts earlier this year with the violent assault of NSW comrade Steven Tougher, who tragically never made it home from his night shift on Friday, 14th April. [...]
After threatening to take AV to the Fair Work Commission for failure to honour terms of the current EA to reconvene the Alcohol and Other Drugs Working Group (AOD Group), AV agreed to consult with the AEAV/UWU and other interested parties their proposed changes to the Alcohol and Other Drugs policy. Whilst the Union [...]
The VAU has received a large volume of complaints about Ambulance Victoria’s recent recruitment processes for the ALS Ambulance Response Unit (ARU). This has been a protracted and poorly executed process leading to extreme frustration, anger, and disappointment amongst members who have applied for these positions. On 1 April 2023, the VAU was informed [...]
SA Ambulance Service Full Roll Out Plan On behalf of our Ambos and support staff members, we thank all of those in the SA Community who supported the Ambulance Employees Association’s (AEA) Safe Staffing campaign which was necessary to ensure the state’s ambulance service is safely resourced across Adelaide and our regions. Thank [...]
Health Service Union’s call for ‘wanding’ to detect knives after paramedic’s stabbing death An ambulance union is pushing for the trial of metal-detecting wands so police can uncover concealed knives in the wake of the horror stabbing death of paramedic Steven Tougher. Doubling the penalties for carrying a concealed weapon, and expanding police [...]