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    Medical Board of Australia chair Dr Susan O'Dwyer.

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    July 11, 2025

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    July 10, 2025

    Doctors have remembered Dr Brian Morton, a long-time chair of the AMA’s Council of General Practice, as a kind and dedicated colleague following his death…

    Doctors on parental leave can now claim $308 discount on their AHPRA rego fee

    July 7, 2025

    Doctors who take parental, carer’s or disability leave are now being offered a $308 rebate on their annual AHPRA rego fees. It follows a long…

    GPs waiting for answers as new ADHD prescribing scheme draws closer

    July 7, 2025

    Dr Jess Weber says GPs have been left in the dark about the new push to allow them to diagnose, prescribe and manage ADHD. Based…

    Half of doctors would choose VAD if they had cancer and two weeks left to live

    July 4, 2025

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    July 4, 2025

    Dr Elizabeth Green’s memoir is called No Time for Makeup. Here the GP and Flying Doctor tells how she found herself clinging to a metal…

    Doctors face rehashed accusations in latest $10 billion Medicare ‘rort’ report

    July 3, 2025

    GPs have been slammed for failing to “master” Medicare items in the latest iteration of a Medicare rort report that claims up to $10 billion…

    Bathing under the influence: Public ignorant of the drowning risk

    July 3, 2025

    Researchers have called for a public health campaign on the danger of taking a bath while inebriated after finding that one Australian dies a month…

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