Paramedics in New South Wales (NSW) are two days into a five day period of snap industrial action as their dispute with the government over staffing and wages shows no signs of simmering down.
On Saturday, paramedics brought forward plans for on-the-job industrial action after the NSW government launched a legal challenge with the Industrial Relations Commission.
Paramedics will not take patients’ billing details, will not report key performance indicators and will not leave their home stations.
Anyone who calls an ambulance will still receive help, says Catherine Treloar from the Australian Paramedics Association NSW, but will not be billed for it….