NSW nurses vote in favour of statewide strike, citing premier’s ‘tin-eared’ response to Omicron

Near-unanimous support from NSW nurses for strike action next Tuesday as Perrottet dismisses calls for minimum staff-to-patient ratios

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Nurses across New South Wales have overwhelmingly voted to walk off the job amid growing anger at staffing levels in the state's hospitals, with more than 97% supporting a motion to hold the first statewide strike in almost a decade when NSW parliament resumes next Tuesday.

The industrial action - the largest by nurses across NSW since 2013 - will come just days after the resumption of non-urgent elective surgery, which had been paused to free up staff during the Omicron wave.

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