When the pandemic hit in March 2020 Annie Butler, Federal Secretary at the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, was at a conference in the UK. 

She then had to quarantine for 14 days coming home, all the while working to manage what was known at the time about the virus.

"State and federal (governments) and Australian people just really united together and went 'Right. What do we need to do? How can we do this?'

"Australia is very pragmatic, and just I think, responded really well and allowed us to just put health first and take the measures that we needed to."

 

Further reading from this episode

ANMF.org.au - Annie Butler, Federal Secretary for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

 

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Need help with working conditions?

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Sally Rugg, @sallyrugg

Francis Leach, @SaintFrankly

When the pandemic hit in March 2020 Annie Butler, Federal Secretary at the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, was at a conference in the UK. 
She then had to quarantine for 14 days coming home, all the while working to manage what was known at the time about the virus.
"State and federal (governments) and Australian people just really united together and went 'Right. What do we need to do? How can we do this?'
"Australia is very pragmatic, and just I think, responded really well and allowed us to just put health first and take the measures that we needed to."
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Further reading from this episode
<a href="https://anmf.org.au/pages/annie-butler">ANMF.org.au - Annie Butler, Federal Secretary for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation</a>
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<a href="https://www.onthejobpodcast.com.au/">More about On The Job podcast</a>
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Need help with working conditions?
Call <a href="https://actuonline.nationbuilder.com/">Australian Union Support Centre</a> - <a href="tel:1300486466">1300 486 466</a>
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About the hosts
Sally Rugg, <a href="https://twitter.com/sallyrugg">@sallyrugg</a>
Francis Leach, <a href="https://twitter.com/SaintFrankly">@SaintFrankly</a>

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens. Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

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On The Job

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens.

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