Opinion: Eye on the prize: the reason Labor ditched nurse-to-patient ratios | AlexSmithSMH
The message from NSW Labor leader Chris Minns to his troops during the federal election campaign has been clear: they are to keep their heads down, and start preparing for what life could look like if they win in 2023. Aside from giving their federal counterparts clean air to campaign, NSW Labor is starting to smell victory.
Labor took the staffing ratios for nurses to the 2015 and the 2019 elections. It is sensible to dump policies after successive losses, but Labor again backed mandated ratios as recently as last year in the upper house. However, much has changed in 12 months. Labor’s shadow treasurer, Daniel Mookhey, presented a slide show to shadow cabinet on Monday, where he outlined, in black and white, just how hard the next 12 months will be for the NSW economy.
A skirmish with unions is not new for Minns. He signalled the need for Labor to shift away from the union movement in his maiden speech in 2015. His comments infuriated some union bosses and stalled his accession to the leadership.“Trade unions are integral to both our success and our heritage, but Labor also needs to represent those who are not in a trade union,” was Minns’ message in 2015.
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