Disability nurses deserve better pay Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/disability-nurses-deserve-better-pay.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:21 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Benjamin Josh [Signature #345] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15394576?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:07:58 UTC 15394576 Ms Anonymous [Signature #344] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15349130?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Jun 2013 03:54:40 UTC 15349130 mr stephen weir [Signature #343] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15327476?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 May 2013 09:17:23 UTC 15327476 Mrs Kim Pyao [Signature #342] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15312858?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 May 2013 05:31:19 UTC 15312858 Mrs Kim Paul [Signature #341] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15311905?utm_medium=rss As a disability RN, my pay is substantially lower than public sector, in fact I have a bachelors degree the same as other RN's and the same HECS bill associated with it. Support workers with absolutely no qualifications at my employment earn only $4.00 an hour less than me and I am a third year!!!!! with all that responsibility and accountability. No wonder no one wants to work in this field.

]]> Tue, 28 May 2013 09:49:15 UTC 15311905 Mrs Sheila Marsh [Signature #340] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15247413?utm_medium=rss I have always believed Disability nurses should be payed better.

]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 10:59:19 UTC 15247413 MS Lorraine Gormley [Signature #339] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15121576?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:13:02 UTC 15121576 Anonymous [Signature #338] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14911705?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:33:49 UTC 14911705 MRS ROCHELLE LONGHURST [Signature #337] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14873429?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:48:21 UTC 14873429 anne lenert [Signature #336] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14873283?utm_medium=rss If we really care about people with disabilities and value the nurses who look after them, then it is essential that those nurses are paid the same as those in the public hospital system. By paying them less, firstly the government is sending a message that the nurses and the people they care for are less valued than the rest of the community and secondly they are going to lose the good nurses they have. I work in an NGO where the nurses are paid even less than ADHC nurses and where the (untrained) casual cook earns $2 less an hour than the thereafter RNS! I enjoy looking after my clients but at some stage I might consider I can do this better from the kitchen!!

]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:35:27 UTC 14873283 Mr Ben Go [Signature #335] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14866049?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:43:48 UTC 14866049 Anonymous [Signature #334] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14861527?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 06:57:50 UTC 14861527 sin lau [Signature #333] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14856328?utm_medium=rss we support staff ratio & deserve better pay

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:52:07 UTC 14856328 ms magdolna oros [Signature #332] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14852938?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 03:46:40 UTC 14852938 Ms LYN AHERN [Signature #331] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850361?utm_medium=rss The Care for people with a Disability, that they deserve should be better. The pay that Disability Nurses get, should be equal to other sectors. People with a Disability should not be undervalued and neither should the Nurses that care for them.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:32:24 UTC 14850361 Mr Choo Sim [Signature #330] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850156?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 06:27:37 UTC 14850156 Mr Anonymous [Signature #329] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14849804?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:07:52 UTC 14849804 Mary Boyle [Signature #328] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14849639?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 02:59:34 UTC 14849639 Ms Hoi Chan [Signature #327] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14849353?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:58:41 UTC 14849353 Mr Kevin Corby [Signature #326] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14849284?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:29:10 UTC 14849284 Mrs Susan Corby [Signature #325] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14849283?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:27:17 UTC 14849283 Virginnia Watt [Signature #324] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14824264?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:23:30 UTC 14824264 Mrs Helen Kontakos [Signature #323] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14726903?utm_medium=rss Please help our community by having jobs for
More nurses and actually taking care of them!!!

]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:08:57 UTC 14726903 Mr Chris Fraser [Signature #322] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14717571?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:57:39 UTC 14717571 ms patricia sullivan [Signature #321] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14704879?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:34:24 UTC 14704879 Ms Leanne Crowley [Signature #320] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14693251?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:17:22 UTC 14693251 Miss Jess Maddren [Signature #319] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14660952?utm_medium=rss If it was your child, sibling or parent - wouldnt you want them to have the best care?

]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2013 11:11:14 UTC 14660952 Doris Lelo [Signature #318] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14644363?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:24:42 UTC 14644363 Mr Rafael Francisco [Signature #317] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14644308?utm_medium=rss Disability Nurses deserve a better pay...

]]> Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:03:06 UTC 14644308 Julie Hennessey [Signature #316] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14643887?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 08:50:07 UTC 14643887 Premjit Kaur [Signature #315] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14643022?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 05:34:27 UTC 14643022 Mr Anonymous [Signature #314] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14642771?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 04:45:24 UTC 14642771 Ms Rodia Patten [Signature #313] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14638469?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 01:35:23 UTC 14638469 ms Rohini Maharaj [Signature #312] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14637806?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:43:44 UTC 14637806 Mrs Michelle Gibb Turnham [Signature #311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14634945?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 06:20:13 UTC 14634945 mr michael ortiz [Signature #310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14623188?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 07:00:00 UTC 14623188 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14623092?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 06:37:47 UTC 14623092 LOURDES NUCUP [Signature #308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14623024?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 06:21:22 UTC 14623024 Mr Kerisna Rao [Signature #307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14622855?utm_medium=rss Disability Nurses are being discriminated against by politicians.

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 05:29:51 UTC 14622855 Ms J. Tipene [Signature #306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14622450?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 03:51:22 UTC 14622450 Mrs Aarti Garg [Signature #305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14621398?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Feb 2013 11:22:49 UTC 14621398 Mr David Shaw [Signature #304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14621376?utm_medium=rss Disability Nurses deserve the same benefits as other nurses. Nursing is already hard enough to get staff. Also cutting living standards to the most vulnerable isn't an appropriate way to cut costs. Just because people with disabilities cannot vote doesn't mean their carers, staff and family won't.

]]> Sun, 3 Feb 2013 11:12:38 UTC 14621376 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14620570?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Feb 2013 07:54:05 UTC 14620570 Ms Anonymous [Signature #302] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14619683?utm_medium=rss Disability Nurses are highly trained professionals with years of practical experience, knowledge and skills and are an invaluable resource for the community.

]]> Sun, 3 Feb 2013 04:48:12 UTC 14619683 Ms Gina Lim [Signature #301] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14619361?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Feb 2013 03:56:34 UTC 14619361 mrs Anonymous [Signature #300] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14589912?utm_medium=rss we need nurses to support our client with complex health needs without them our clients will have to use the local hospitals and doctors that dont understand their special needs and do'nt treat them like people.

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:46:07 UTC 14589912 mrs Gail Mitchell [Signature #299] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14588853?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:01:00 UTC 14588853 Dr Linda Goddard [Signature #298] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14578321?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:28:49 UTC 14578321 Dr Chris Atkins [Signature #297] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14577179?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:07:44 UTC 14577179 Mrs Paula Dalley [Signature #296] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14569634?utm_medium=rss As a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the area of Profound Physical & Intellectual Disabilities, I earn approximately half the wage that a CNS would earn in the Public Hospital System.

In fact, as a CNS now, I earn $2 per hour more than I did as an RN (Not CNS) in the Public Hospital System in the year 1999.

According to the current award, my rate of pay is $23 per hour, yet I hold a position of much responsibility and I have been nursing for 30 years! I find this incredibly insulting.

I am not alone in being grossly financially undervalued in this sector. Please take the necessary steps to increase wages for Disability Nurses to the same level as Public Hospital Nurses.

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:30:34 UTC 14569634 Dr Penelope Kearney [Signature #295] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14554111?utm_medium=rss Not only the ADHC nurses, but also those in ADHC-funded NGOs. We are paid even less!
People with disabilities frequently require complex nursing care. Nurses practising in the community do so without the institutional support of hospitals and large residential centres. Broad nursing skills and expertise are required, particularly when working with clients with cognitive and communication impairments.

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:27:07 UTC 14554111 Lisa NEWBOULD [Signature #294] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14547443?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:14:23 UTC 14547443 Julie Farrell [Signature #293] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14547427?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:08:42 UTC 14547427 Mr Geoffrey Tyson [Signature #292] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14524434?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:25:49 UTC 14524434 Tiffany Guy [Signature #291] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14238952?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:01:34 UTC 14238952 Mrs Caroline Oakley [Signature #290] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14212116?utm_medium=rss Nurses with disabilities need to be encouraged back into the workforce. Nurses within disabilities who work within special needs and gerentology deserve better pay and better conditions.
Without nurses, patients and clients needs are at risk. The Labour and Liberal governments in the past have done little to encourage and support. It's not just about money it's about equality and consideration for the long hours we put in

]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:37:17 UTC 14212116 miss Amanda Lambert [Signature #289] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14210883?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Dec 2012 08:20:40 UTC 14210883 Julie Atfield [Signature #288] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14196066?utm_medium=rss equal pay for all nurses

]]> Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:42:38 UTC 14196066 mrs vicki vogtmann [Signature #287] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14185194?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Dec 2012 03:07:04 UTC 14185194 Glenn Turton [Signature #286] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14176791?utm_medium=rss Lets get this up to 10000 so Barry has to at least discuss it in parliament

]]> Mon, 3 Dec 2012 06:53:02 UTC 14176791 Mr Howard Trevethan [Signature #285] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14176447?utm_medium=rss The people with disabilities deserve proper health care and the nurses who care for them deserve decent wages

]]> Mon, 3 Dec 2012 05:12:54 UTC 14176447 mr rick muir [Signature #284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14176188?utm_medium=rss YOU CAN NOT PUT A MONEY VALUE ON PATIENT CARE. BUT THEY CAN NOT SURVIVE ON NOTHING. PAY THEM A GOOD WAGE WE NEED THESE SKILLED CARING PERSONS. I WOULD HATE TO BE DISABLED. I DONT THINK I COULD DO THE JOB THESE PERSON TAKE ON AS CARERS. WE ALL NEED TO THINK WHAT IF IT WAS ME THAT NEEDED THESE CARERS.

]]> Mon, 3 Dec 2012 03:20:52 UTC 14176188 Mr Jeremy Pyner [Signature #283] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14176063?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Dec 2012 02:11:34 UTC 14176063 Mrs Marilyn Dzelmanis [Signature #282] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14175680?utm_medium=rss As a mother & grandmother of disabled people I am appalled at the lack of assistance to disabled people and their carers. To further cut funding is unacceptable. I cannot even get ADHC to answer the phone now!

]]> Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:08:00 UTC 14175680 mr martin kaye [Signature #281] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14175379?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:43:34 UTC 14175379 Mrs Melinda Baker [Signature #280] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14175369?utm_medium=rss It's time we as a wealthy nation do better at providing for those people who need it most, and for those who care for them. The State and Federal Government seem intent on making life harder for those who are already struggling.

]]> Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:41:08 UTC 14175369 mr hugh ross [Signature #279] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14175346?utm_medium=rss "Disability nurses are paid much less than other nurses working in the public health system, yet all nurses are bound by the same legislative and professional frameworks." this makes no sense. Pay rates should be the same.

]]> Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:34:16 UTC 14175346 Mr Martin Herbert [Signature #278] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14175268?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:02:56 UTC 14175268 Mr Mark Krywienko [Signature #277] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14175187?utm_medium=rss I fully support this petition to ensure that Disability Nurses are paid the same as a nurse working in a public hospital.

]]> Sun, 2 Dec 2012 07:23:40 UTC 14175187 Ms Bridie Watt [Signature #276] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14175008?utm_medium=rss Everyone deserves a greater quality of life and nurses who work with the disabled are vital.

]]> Sun, 2 Dec 2012 05:53:10 UTC 14175008 Mr Paul Clarke [Signature #275] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14174924?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Dec 2012 05:12:45 UTC 14174924 Mrs Jacqueline Green [Signature #274] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14174653?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Dec 2012 03:50:32 UTC 14174653 Anonymous [Signature #273] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14122367?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:51:12 UTC 14122367 Catherine Dove [Signature #272] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14121266?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:30:13 UTC 14121266 MS Laura Bartlett [Signature #271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14116088?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:59:18 UTC 14116088 mrs Anonymous [Signature #270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14113255?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:59:42 UTC 14113255 ms kerry murtagh [Signature #269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14109280?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:49:06 UTC 14109280 Mr Darren Jackson [Signature #268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14107171?utm_medium=rss The Government should be looking after all nurses

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:51:22 UTC 14107171 Ms Gaye Mallinson [Signature #267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14103179?utm_medium=rss I support Disability Nurses - they should have equal pay and equal rights!

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:39:59 UTC 14103179 Ms Kelly Dixon [Signature #266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14098867?utm_medium=rss https://www.facebook.com/groups/55373802286/10151255237337287/?comment_id=10151255502917287&notif_t=group_comment_reply

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:42:57 UTC 14098867 Mrs Jodie Chapman [Signature #265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14098387?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:53:26 UTC 14098387 Miss Samantha Gree [Signature #264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14079259?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:49:51 UTC 14079259 mrs tania osborne [Signature #263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14075430?utm_medium=rss All Nurses should be paid and recognised equally

]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:45:44 UTC 14075430 MR vincent Marty [Signature #262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14074419?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:45:39 UTC 14074419 ms chin tsui [Signature #261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14069463?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:52:59 UTC 14069463 Karen Smith [Signature #260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14054739?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Nov 2012 04:20:44 UTC 14054739 Ms Kate Carr [Signature #259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14047795?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Nov 2012 12:39:01 UTC 14047795 mr roy bennett [Signature #258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14032909?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Nov 2012 10:07:15 UTC 14032909 Ms Philippa Wright [Signature #257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14031848?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Nov 2012 04:34:25 UTC 14031848 Mr Matthew Henderson [Signature #256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14030863?utm_medium=rss There is no reason why disability nurses should be paid less than nurse working in public hospitals.

The NSW Government needs to get thier priorities right for our community! Sort it out and value nurses and people with disabilities equally!

]]> Thu, 1 Nov 2012 08:10:47 UTC 14030863 ms Maree Willis [Signature #255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14027415?utm_medium=rss I am a disability nurse and am behind the movement for wage parity for disability nurses. ADACH has been undermined by the actions of O'Farrell and the implications of his ongoing effect on ALL nursing departments including general nursing, is unwarranted and an agenda that is not hidden any more, it is quite obvious that he is penny pinching.
I hope his actions can be stiffled, or halted completely.TJ35

]]> Thu, 1 Nov 2012 02:11:47 UTC 14027415 Christine Mallison [Signature #254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14027223?utm_medium=rss We do the same training and are on 1 register, so why aren't we entitled to the same wage and entitlements as those nurses working in general and psych hospitals?

]]> Thu, 1 Nov 2012 12:07:47 UTC 14027223 mr Michael Mitchell [Signature #253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14026481?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:38:50 UTC 14026481 Ms Carmel Mc Bride [Signature #252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14023137?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:46:10 UTC 14023137 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14022162?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:06:51 UTC 14022162 Ms Angela Huxstep [Signature #250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14021480?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:13:04 UTC 14021480 Dr Maddy Thompson [Signature #249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14016556?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:49:23 UTC 14016556 Ms Emma Humbles [Signature #248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14016418?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:09:42 UTC 14016418 Ms Kathie Terrens [Signature #247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14011025?utm_medium=rss A Nurse is a Nurse is a Nurse.

Equality for all.

]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:14:48 UTC 14011025 Mr Jarrod Brennan [Signature #246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14008129?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Oct 2012 02:56:30 UTC 14008129