By Sarah-Jane Collins
International nursing students who graduated last semester and want to work in Australia have been caught up in an administrative bungle that could see hundreds of qualified nurses sent home, unable to take up jobs they have been offered.

By Rose Eclarinal -ABS-CBN newsonline
Filipino nurses in the United Kingdom are now targeting Australia as a country that could offer a better quality of life. London-based nurse Maryrose Ojeda-Ruby and her entire family are moving to Australia in September. As a British passport holder, Ruby’s documents were immediately processed by the agency to be [...]

By ERWIN CABUCOS
Theresa’s hands were trembling when she hung up the phone at a small company clinic in Zamboanga City. It was the call she had been waiting for. A call from a 20-bed hospital in an outback town in Australia. In-need of a nurse. As soon as possible.
The voice of the nursing supervisor reverberated [...]

By Erly C. Garcia - the news today online edition
Good news to Filipino registered nurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPN) or midwives. The Australian government is dire need of nurses thus seeking applicants from the Philippines. Jenny Anastasi, Program Director of Central Queensland University (CQU) based in Australia, said their country presently needs around 40,000 [...]

By Erwin Cabucos, Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines - Theresa Lisondra’s hands were trembling when she hung up the phone in a small company clinic in Zamboanga City. It was the call she had been waiting for. The words of the caller from the 20-bed hospital in an outback town in Australia kept drumming in her [...]