BY IAN CROUCH
Frontline public sector workers who kept the Hunter community safe during the Coronavirus pandemic will get a pay rise from the 1st of July.
Hospital workers, paramedics and police will be among those to receive a 2.5 per cent increase.
It follows a concerted campaign by nurses who argued the government needed to keep it's promise for the full increase after offering just 1.1 per cent.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the Government's decision to boost pay came on the back of renewed confidence in the NSW economy.
Meanwhile, Hunter Ambulance paramedics are again taking industrial action on Tuesday despite the announcement.
They'll only respond to like-threatening emergencies.
The Health Services union says the salaries of NSW paramedics are not keeping up with their interstate counterparts
Health Services Union Secretary, Gerard Hayes says paramedics will still respond in urgent circumstances.
"The Ambulance Service is there to supply support to the community. The important issue is that any serious case of life-threatening case will be responded to. Low acuity cases will take some time to respond to" he said.
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