Vic nurses move closer to pay rise

Victorian nurses are a step closer to finalising their pay deal with the government after a marathon conciliation session.

Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) Victorian secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said the Wednesday night session before a Fair Work Australia tribunal went for more than five hours, allowing all parties to scrutinise a 200 page document that makes up the agreement.

“We believe that we have an agreed document (and) that document will be once again looked at by all the parties,” she said.

“But we’re very confident that it’s been finalised.”

She said nurses would officially vote on the agreement in a ballot provided by the Australian Electoral Commission.

A comment was being sought by the Victorian Health Minister David Davis.

The pay deal, struck last week, will include pay rises of between 14 and 21 per cent over four years, no health assistants to replace nurses, no split shifts and a maintenance of nurse-patient ratios, one of the main sticking points in the dispute.

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