The RACGP has apologised after doctors complained that a photo published in a member update was racially biased.

Taken at an RACGP fellowship ceremony in Brisbane, the photo features college president Dr Nicole Higgins and three Queensland council members: Dr Srishti Dutta, Dr Prasad Kumar and Dr Prakash Pattnaik. 

But when published in the president’s weekly Friday update, the photo caption only named Dr Higgins, incorrectly referring to the three GPs beside her as “new fellows”.

A different image showed Dr Higgins standing next to a new fellow of Caucasian ethnicity who was named in the caption.