‘Bulk-bill or we will hit you with payroll tax’: Health reform, ACT style
Granting GP practices in the ACT a two-year amnesty from payroll tax on the condition they bulk-bill at least 65% of their patients has been…
Tag: ACT (Australian Capital Territory)
‘I wish I didn’t have to be here’: Doctors converge on Canberra to fight gas plant
Darwin paediatrician Dr Louise Woodward says she would rather be at home working with sick children than in Canberra battling the approval of NT gas…
Practice owners rewrite GP contracts to avert payroll tax disaster
As the payroll tax threat enters the ACT, practice owner Dr John Deery has been rewriting contracts for GPs at his three practices as a…
New wave of GP practices in payroll tax firing line
GP practices in the ACT have been hit with debt notices as the Territory Government follows the lead of NSW, Victoria and Queensland in chasing…
‘Lost referral’ case: Do GPs have a legal duty to track patients languishing on waitlists?
It seemed to be a legal ruling that would leave every GP in the country lying awake at night staring at the ceiling wondering when…
‘Financial crisis’ forces GPs to privately bill DVA card holders
A GP says financial pressure has forced her practice group to privately bill veterans, rather than accept Department of Veterans’ Affairs rebates that “penalise doctors”. The three YourGP practices…
Medical Must-See: Flesh-eating bug triggers rare scrotal complication
An uncommon complication of Fournier’s gangrene — which itself is rare — has prompted Australian doctors to warn against dismissing the telltale signs of unusual…
GP who ‘failed’ to chase patient’s lost hospital referral overturns $190,000 negligence ruling
A GP accused of failing to follow up a patient’s surgical referral has had a $190,000 negligence ruling against him overturned on appeal. The original…
New street drug discovered in Canberra is ‘ketamine’s cousin’, doctors say
A new recreational drug related to ketamine has been identified for the first time thanks to Australia’s only fixed-site pill-testing clinic, clinicians say.  They…
Draft law proposes changes to prevent ‘irreversible harm’ to intersex children
The ACT Government has released a consultation draft law to protect the rights of intersex people. If passed, the bill would ban deferrable medical interventions…
