To give members a choice of representation. Nurses can now join a truly independent association with their RUSH subscription, not one selected by the Government or your employer. (See RUSH's subscription rates for the comparative rates).

All employee Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Managers and Midwives can be members of NPAQ.

AIN’s, Care Workers, Allied Health Professionals, Paramedics, Wardpersons and support staff can join as affiliates and access all insurance covers and legal support. Nursing students can also join as affiliates.

You can subscribe from anywhere in Australia!

We provide cover Australia-wide. We endeavour to provide in-person support where practicable, however, if we are unable to provide that we will be able to assist you with your issues via video conference or phone call.

We do, however, recommend that you join one of our sister associations instead. To view all available associations, please click here. 

NPAQ was a trade union and was fighting to be a trade union in the courts until the Queensland Government corruptly changed the law. This meant that we needed to restructure and become a company limited by guarantee (by becoming a federal not-for-profit organisation).

Although this change meant that NPAQ had to drop the title of "trade union", you still receive almost exactly the same (and we believe better) services to competitor trade unions. Despite the changes, your RUSH subscription still includes membership to NPAA which is an industrial association/trade union and ensures your industrial interests remain protected.

NPAQ fights for members in the media, RUSH will pay for legal protection (representation in the Fair Work Commission, Human Rights Commission etc) via Red Union Law if a workplace legal issue arises, and NPAA continues to guarantee the workplace support, professional indemnity insurance, Professional Development (optional), enterprise bargaining and more that you expect!

Read more about our new structure here.

As it currently stands, the NPAQ cannot represent you in the QIRC, however, we will arrange a lawyer to represent you if your issue proceeds to that commission.

We pride ourselves on being run by nurses, not union officials or bureaucrats and will never donate any of your money to politicians or their parties. 

For protection without the politics, subscribe to RUSH and join NPAQ instead of a legacy trade union.

We guarantee strong advocacy on workplace policy, procedures and system changes. Under Federal Law, you are entitled to appoint one of our NPAA representatives to the bargaining table to negotiate your Enterprise Agreement.

If you have an Enterprise Agreement that you would like us to bargain for you, please check the "Enterprise Bargaining Representation Request" section of your member dashboard. Once there, please check our list of Agreements we're currently negotiating and appoint us as your bargaining agent or complete the representation request form.