To give members a choice of representation. Nurses, have the ability to join an association that's truly independent, not one selected by the Government or your employer. (See our membership fees for the comparative rates).

All employee Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Managers and Midwives can be members.

AIN’s, Care Workers, Allied Health Professionals, Paramedics, Wardpersons and support staff can join as affiliates and access all insurance covers and legal support.

You can join from anywhere in Australia!

We provide cover Australia-wide. We endeavour to provide in-person support where practicable, however, if we are unable to provide that we will be able to assist you with your issues via video conference or phone call.

We do, however, recommend that you join one of our sister associations, particularly if there is one available in your State. To view our sister associations, please click here. 

NPAWA was a trade union and was fighting to be a trade union in the courts until the Queensland Government corruptly changed the law. This meant that we needed to restructure and become a company limited by guarantee (by becoming a federal non-for-profit organisation).

Although this change meant that we had to drop the title of "trade union", we still offer almost exactly the same (and we believe better) services to competitor trade unions. NPAWA fights for members in the media and guarantees the legal protection (representation in the Fair Work Commission, Human Rights Commission etc), professional indemnity insurance, Professional Development (optional), enterprise bargaining and more that you expect!

Read more about our new structure here.

We cannot represent members in the QIRC, however, there are a variety of worker charities (which we donate to) who will defend you in the event you are left without representation. 

We pride ourselves on being run by nurses, not union officials or bureaucrats and will never donate any of your money to politicians or their parties. 

For protection without the politics, join NPAWA instead of a trade union.

We guarantee strong advocacy on workplace policy, procedures and system changes. Under Federal Law, you are entitled to appoint one of our NPAWA representatives to the bargaining table to negotiate your Enterprise Agreement.

If you have an Enterprise Agreement that you would like us to bargain for you, please check the "Enterprise Bargaining Representation Request" section of your member dashboard. Once there, please check our list of Agreements we're currently negotiating and appoint us as your bargaining agent or complete the representation request form.