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By Dannielle Maguire
Union wary of ADF coming into nursing homes
In case you missed it, the federal government is making up to 1,700 Australian Defence Force personnel available to assist in aged care homes to help address COVID outbreaks and ease staff shortages.
But Carolyn Smith from the United Workers Union is wary, saying exhausted staff have been promised plenty over the past few months:
“They were promised a vaccination program. They were promised PPE from the national stockpile.
“They were promised a surge workforce. They were promised a booster program.
“And none of these things have rolled out well.
“So I think aged care workers are going to have a bit of a, it’s welcome but we’ll wait and see if this is yet another broken promise.”
By Dannielle Maguire
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