Australia: Mass resignations no way forward for psychiatrists as NSW Labor government steps up attack

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/01/23/hrzt-j23.html

The question of wages, under conditions of a cost-of-living crisis, is essential, and these demands must include immediate pay increases of 30 percent or more throughout the public health system.

But wages cannot be the end of the story. Psychiatrists must demand that all vacant staff specialist positions be filled, and their number expanded in line with the growing need for mental health care. Similar demands should be made in every department of the public health system.