State government offered to backdate wages for nurses and midwives on condition they do not undertake protected industrial action in MayAustralian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland union movement has warned the state’s conservative government it will be in for a “hell of a bloody fight” if it pursues threats to strip nurses and midwives of back pay should they enact their legal right to strike.A pay dispute between the Liberal National party government and the Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) is ongoing after their previous enterprise agreement expired on 31 March.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...