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To: Jacinta Allan, Premier of Victoria
Fix Allied Health!
Letter to the Premier
Dear Premier,
Victorian Allied Health Professionals are calling on the Victorian Government to properly invest in Allied Health and fix the growing workforce crisis affecting our public health system.
Allied Health Professionals are critical to patient care, preventative healthcare, rehabilitation, diagnosis, disability support, and recovery across Victoria. Yet Victorian public sector Allied Health Professionals continue to be undervalued for the work they perform and are paid less than most of their interstate counterparts and colleagues working in other parts of the healthcare sector in Victoria, while workloads, vacancies, and burnout continue to grow.
Despite most Allied Health Professionals needing to complete at least a 4 year degree, almost all full-time graduate Allied Health Professionals currently earn $261.50 a week less than a full-time graduate Nurse who completes a 3-year degree. This is almost 20% less (19.3%).
VAHPA is seeking a fair wages and conditions outcome in negotiations for the new Allied Health Professional enterprise agreement that reflects the skill, responsibility, and value of Allied Health Professionals. This includes wage increases of 18.5% backdated to 1 March 2026, followed by 5% on 1 March 2027, 5% on 1 March 2028, and a further 7.68% increase on 27 November 2028, alongside improved career progression, stronger workload and staffing protections, and better retention measures.
Without urgent action, Victoria risks losing more highly skilled Allied Health clinicians to interstate health systems and other parts of the healthcare sector offering better pay and conditions.
We call on the Victorian Government to work constructively with the Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association (VAHPA) to give Allied Health Professionals the pay increases they deserve and deliver the investment needed to properly support Allied Health Professionals and strengthen Victoria’s public health system for the future.
No more band aids. Let’s fix Allied Health.
No more band aids. Let’s fix Allied Health.
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Why Support This Petition?
Victorian public sector Allied Health Professionals are under increasing pressure. Right now, Allied Health Professionals are paid less than most workers performing the same roles interstate and colleagues working in other parts of the healthcare sector in Victoria, while workloads and staffing pressures continue to grow.
This is driving workers away from public healthcare in Victoria and making it harder for health services to recruit and retain experienced staff. Those who remain are often expected to manage unsafe workloads, resulting in increased stress and burnout across the system.
VAHPA’s campaign for the new Allied Health Professional enterprise agreement seeks necessary improvements for Allied Health Professionals including better wages, stronger workload and staffing protections, improved leave and flexibility provisions, new provisions relating to education and professional development, and important occupational health and safety measures. The campaign also pushes for better career progression and greater recognition of Allied Health Professionals within the Victorian health system.
Allied Health includes more than 50 professions, including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Medical Imaging Technologists, Social Workers, Speech Pathologists, Medical Librarians and Nuclear Medicine Technologists to name a few, that play a critical role in patient care, diagnosis, rehabilitation, prevention and recovery.
By signing this petition, you are helping push for real and lasting change.
No more band aids. Let’s fix Allied Health.
No more band aids. Let’s fix Allied Health.