14 January 2025 - Media Summary

NSW psychiatrists resign after pay negotiations falter: ABClisten

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/nsw-psychiatrists/104814008

Psychiatrists in this state are threatening to resign en masse. What’s the dispute about?

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nsw-psychiatrists-are-resigning-en-masse-could-this-happen-elsewhere-in-australia/vqa9u3vay

Mother forced to go private to find psychiatrist for daughter fears consequences of mass exodus from NSW system

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-14/mother-nsw-psychiatrist-mental-health-system-crisis-resignations/104815392

Psychiatrist James Lawler’s lament: ‘I don’t want to resign”

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/health/psychiatrist-james-lawlers-lament-i-dont-want-to-resign/news-story/4e7e9116f1bbfd4d957c554f25522130?amp

Healthcare system faces meltdown after 200 hospital psychiatrists resign- AusDoc speaks with one of them

https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/healthcare-system-faces-meltdown-after-200-hospital-psychiatrists-resign-ausdoc-speaks-with-one-of-them/

Psychiatrists’ mass resignation ‘ethical and very, very brave’

https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/psychiatrists-mass-resignation-ethical-and-very-very-brave/113561

‘Considerable impacts’ as Illawarra public hospital psychiatrists resign

https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8864935/nsw-health-emergency-looms-amid-psychiatrist-resignations/

Regional patients to suffer in mass psychiatrist walkout

https://www.nswnationals.org.au/regional-patients-to-suffer-in-mass-psychiatrist-walkout/

Fears of mental health disaster as hundreds of psychiatrists quit

https://amp.9news.com.au/article/15c7fbd5-7a54-422d-8015-203f9e4c52bb

Unrealistic public sector pay claims risk an inflation budget hangover

https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/unrealistic-public-sector-pay-claims-risk-an-inflation-budget-hangover-20250114-p5l44b