VICTORIA
Nurses' barbecue outside Deputy Prime Minister's office to highlight aged care
The ANF Victorian Branch held a community sausage sizzle outside Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Lalor electorate office to highlight the need for the Rudd Government to make aged care a 2010 budget priority.

Melbourne’s La Trobe University third-year undergraduate nursing students took time out from their end of year ANF barbecue to support the Because We Care campaign and their aged care nursing colleagues.

NICOLA ROXON ADDRESS TO ANF CONFERENCE Federal Minister of Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon addressed over 120 nurses from around Australia at the 9th ANF Biennial National Conference. Read more

MEETING WITH LINDSAY TANNER
ANF Federal Secretary Ged Kearney, ANF Victorian Branch Assistant Secretary Yvonne Chaperon and Professional Officer Mark Staaf met with Lindsay Tanner MP to discuss aged care.

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ALP NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The BWC campaign was widely promoted at the ALP National Conference; visiting Ministers, Senators and MPs were asked to undergo blood pressure tests, and to sign postcards as part of the national postcard campaign which was launched at the conference.

QUEENSLAND
Queensland Nurses' Union members and activists demonstrate their support for the national postcard campaign.

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NEW SOUTH WALES
New South Wales Nurses Association members and activitists promote the BWC campaign at a stall in Bathurst on November 11.

DAY OF ACTION | 7 OCTOBER 2009
Queensland Nurses’ Union (QNU) and New South Wales Nurses' Association (NSWNA) members held a Because We Care Day of Action for aged care on October 7 | Click here to view photos.

QUEENSLAND
QNU members promoting the national postcard campaign at a market stall in Emerald.

NEW SOUTH WALES
The New South Wales Nurses' Association promotes the BWC campaign at a stall in Gosford on the NSW Central Coast.

Aged care workers in attendance at a training day recently held by the New South Wales Nurses' Association.

DUBBO AND ORANGE VISIT
The BWC van visits sites in Dubbo and Orange to talk to aged care nurses and residents about the campaign.