Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council - ANMAC

Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council - ANMAC We help protect the safety of the Australian community by establishing high-quality education standards and skills assessment for nurses & midwives.

Every year, thousands of overseas-born nurses arrive in Australia through the skilled migration pathway. Today, they mak...
07/09/2026

Every year, thousands of overseas-born nurses arrive in Australia through the skilled migration pathway. Today, they make up nearly 40% of our nursing workforce

Last month, ten of them travelled to Melbourne for the National Nursing Forum (NNF) as recipients of the inaugural Anmac NNF Scholarship, delivered in partnership with the Australian College of Nursing.

For Sheldon Omwamba, working in aged care in far west Queensland, it renewed his sense of purpose.

For Ibilola Okunola, a PhD candidate researching the impact of family separation on internationally qualified nurses, it was "more than a seat at the table."

As Kath Baird, Anmac's Director of Skilled Migration Services puts it, "Our role doesn't end once a nurse has come through the skilled migration process. Assessing qualifications gets nurses into the workforce - but we also have a responsibility to help them succeed once they're here."

That's what this scholarship is about.

Read the full story: https://www.anmac.org.au/news/more-than-a-seat-at-the-table-the-impact-of-the-anmac-national-nursing-forum-scholarship

This week, Anmac is recognising Jean Hailes for Women's Health Week – Australia’s largest event dedicated to the health ...
06/09/2026

This week, Anmac is recognising Jean Hailes for Women's Health Week – Australia’s largest event dedicated to the health and wellbeing of women, girls and gender-diverse people.

For the many women across Australia’s nursing and midwifery workforce who spend their working lives caring for others, it’s an important reminder to make space for their own health and wellbeing too.

This year’s theme, do it anyway, encourages small, realistic steps towards better health – while creating space for important conversations, reducing stigma and highlighting gaps in women’s health information, research and care.

Throughout the week, Jean Hailes will share practical information and expert advice across five themes: to fuel, to move, to rest, to breathe and to connect.

Learn more and explore Women’s Health Week 2026: https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/get-involved/womens-health-week/

Planning your nursing or midwifery career in Australia?Come and meet Anmac’s Skilled Migration team in person.Join us fo...
31/08/2026

Planning your nursing or midwifery career in Australia?

Come and meet Anmac’s Skilled Migration team in person.

Join us for a free information session designed for Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses and Direct Care Workers who are pursuing permanent migration pathways and may require an Anmac skills assessment to support their application with the Department of Home Affairs.

We're visiting eight locations across Australia this September and October.

Find your nearest session and register: https://www.anmac.org.au/news/anmac-skilled-migration-roadshow-2026

We are looking forward to attending the ACM National Conference 2026 on the Gold Coast! If you’re attending, come and me...
25/08/2026

We are looking forward to attending the ACM National Conference 2026 on the Gold Coast!

If you’re attending, come and meet the Anmac team at booth 27, from 15-17th September at the Star Gold Coast.

Conference presentation:

Tuesday the 15th of September | 1:40pm
Emerging Trends in Midwifery Education Quality Assurance
Presented by Camilla Rowland, CEO of Anmac .

We’re also proud to be a Silver Partner of the ACM National Conference and look forward to connecting with midwives, educators and colleagues across the profession.

We hope to see you on the Gold Coast!

Australian College of Midwives (ACM)

19/08/2026

We're hitting the road!

The Anmac Skilled Migration Roadshow 2026 is coming to Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Brisbane.

Join us for a free information session designed for Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses and Direct Care Workers who are pursuing permanent migration pathways and may require an Anmac skills assessment to support their application with the Department of Home Affairs.

Meet Anmac assessors in person and learn about:
• migration skills assessments
• preparing for your assessment
• assessment pathways
• GradReady
• answers to your questions.

Free to attend | Registration required

Register for a session near you: https://www.anmac.org.au/news/anmac-skilled-migration-roadshow-2026

Recently completed your skills assessment with Anmac? Tell us about your experience - it only takes 3 minutes! Your feed...
07/08/2026

Recently completed your skills assessment with Anmac? Tell us about your experience - it only takes 3 minutes!

Your feedback helps us understand what's working well and where we can improve, so we can keep delivering a great experience for future applicants.

🎁 Complete the survey for a chance to win a $100 gift voucher (Australian residents only)

👉 Take the survey now: https://tinyurl.com/48mw65ny

This week's National Nursing Forum in Melbourne brought together nurses from across the country and we were proud to cel...
07/08/2026

This week's National Nursing Forum in Melbourne brought together nurses from across the country and we were proud to celebrate our 2026 scholarship recipients among them.

Our 2026 scholarship recipients are overseas-born nurses now working in metros, regional and rural communities across Australia, and originally from countries including South Korea, India, Nigeria, Kenya and Nepal.

Supported by Anmac in collaboration with the Australian College of Nursing, the scholarship covers registration, travel and accommodation making sure distance and cost aren't what stands between a nurse and an opportunity like this one.

Congratulations to all the recipients and thank you for the care you bring to communities across Australia. 🎉

Anmac welcomes Australia's first National Nursing Workforce Strategy.Today marks an important milestone for Australia's ...
06/08/2026

Anmac welcomes Australia's first National Nursing Workforce Strategy.

Today marks an important milestone for Australia's nursing profession with the launch of the National Nursing Workforce Strategy.

As Australia's independent accrediting authority for nursing and midwifery education, Anmac welcomes the Strategy's focus on strengthening workforce planning, education, regulation and innovation to support a sustainable nursing workforce.

We look forward to continuing to work with governments, regulators, education providers, employers and the profession to support implementation of the Strategy and help build a nursing workforce that is adaptable, highly skilled and ready to care for Australian communities.

Read Anmac's response: https://www.anmac.org.au/news/media-release-anmac-welcomes-national-nursing-workforce-strategy

You can also read:

- The Australian College of Nursing media release: https://www.acn.edu.au/media-release/health-minister-unveils-critical-workforce-strategy-at-acn-conference

- The National Nursing Workforce Strategy: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/national-nursing-workforce-strategy

This week we are at the National Nursing Forum, and we are proud to welcome our 2026 Scholarship recipients. In collabor...
04/08/2026

This week we are at the National Nursing Forum, and we are proud to welcome our 2026 Scholarship recipients.

In collaboration with the Australian College of Nursing, Anmac is proud to offer scholarships supporting overseas-born nurses living and working in Australia to attend the National Nursing Forum (NNF).

Our scholarship recipients have travelled from Albany in WA, Charleville in QLD, and regional communities across NSW and VIC. Many were originally from South Korea, India, Nigeria, Kenya and Nepal before building their nursing careers here in Australia, often in the towns that need them most.

Overseas-born nurses play a vital role in Australia's healthcare workforce particularly in regional and rural areas, and in supporting culturally diverse communities. But getting to events like this one isn't always easy when you're a long way from a capital city, and registration, travel and accommodation costs add up fast.

That's part of why this scholarship exists - to help remove those barriers and make sure nurses doing vital work in regional and remote areas get the same opportunities to connect, learn and grow in their careers.

If you are at the Forum in Melbourne on 6-7 August, keep an eye out for our scholars and come say hello.

There's still time to learn more about GradReady. Are you an overseas-born nursing or midwifery student studying in Aust...
03/08/2026

There's still time to learn more about GradReady.

Are you an overseas-born nursing or midwifery student studying in Australia and awaiting your Ahpra registration?

Join our upcoming online information session on 19 August to hear from Anmac’s Skilled Migration team about eligibility requirements and how the program works.

📅 19 August, 2–3pm (AEST)

Register here: https://lnkd.in/dE-5WzNN

The GradReady program is open from 1 July to 31 August.

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