While politicians’ pay goes up, women in allied health go backwards

"The same week occupational therapists were told to keep absorbing rising costs, the Remuneration Tribunal awarded federal politicians a 2.4 per cent pay rise— in line with inflation and, apparently, a different reality. Because apparently, some professions deserve cost-of-living adjustments. Others just deserve to absorb it.

For those of us delivering frontline care under the NDIS, we’re not just gutted— we’re fired up. I have never seen our profession so unified, so outraged, and so ready to speak out."

We want a sustainable NDIS too. We’re not asking for much. We’re asking for parity. For policy that sees us, values us, and stops expecting us to carry the system on shrinking margins and sacrifice, writes ActivOT Founder, Helen Whait. You can read the original article published by Women's Agenda here.