‘Shaken to my core’: Dr Mike Freelander verges on tears after condemning nurses’ anti-Semitic hate video
Federal MP Dr Mike Freelander has described how a social media video of two nurses saying they would kill Israeli patients “shook me to my…
Tag: Medical politics
All patients under 35 should be eligible for bulk-billing incentives: RACGP’s election pitch
The RACGP wants bulk-billing incentives to apply to all 3.7 million Australians aged 34 or younger, rather than just children and concession card holders. College…
$130,000 salaries for registrars the new normal? Five states now trialling employment of GP trainees
GP registrars will receive salaries of $130,000 or more under Queensland’s four-year trial of the single-employer model. It means the Federal Government is now funding…
GP workforce numbers collapse to five-year low, report reveals
Australia had 29,215 FTE GPs in 2023, the lowest number since 2018 and the fewest FTE GPs per patient since 2015, the Productivity Commission has…
Headspace cannot provide the ‘substantive clinical care’ that most of its patients need, say researchers
Three-quarters of Headspace patients require substantive medical care, yet the service lacks doctors and instead focuses on brief psychological interventions, say researchers including Professor Ian…
Mental health minister battling psychiatrists in pay dispute told to quit after $750 Aus Day chauffeur trip
The NSW Minister for Mental Health, already under fire over the mass resignation of psychiatrists from the state’s collapsing mental health system, is facing fresh…
New figures show Pharmacy Guild donated over $400,000 to political parties
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has again demonstrated it is one of the biggest political forces in Australia, mixing with billionaires Anthony Pratt and Gina…
Top doctor’s radical healthcare fix: a single-funder for GPs and hospitals
A state AMA wants a single government healthcare funder to end the political squabbling and improve relationships between GP practices and public hospitals. AMA Tasmania…
‘Yes Minister is the reality’: the story of a GP who became a deputy premier
Dr Kim Hames was driving home when he made one of his most consequential decisions as WA Deputy Premier and Minister for Health. He banned…
State government reveals GP payroll tax exemption
The Queensland Government has introduced draft laws to make GPs’ ‘wages’ completely exempt from payroll tax. After a multi-year saga of state tax collectors trying…
