Prominent GP plans to add $15 ‘Premier’s Payroll Tax’ charge to patient bills
Payroll tax is driving Dr Mukesh Haikerwal to charge patients $15 extra on standard consultations, which he plans to itemise on invoices as the “Premier’s…
Tag: Politics
GP payroll tax audits on pause for a year in NSW, govt says
The NSW Government is halting payroll tax audits on GP practices for a year while it consults with doctors over its next steps. The announcement…
Govt fends off challenge to 60-day dispensing in Senate showdown
Twenty-four hours of political manoeuvring has ended with the Greens and key crossbenchers backing the Labor Government over its 60-day dispensing policy. Ahead of the policy’s…
‘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…
GP practices will cop $100 million payroll tax bill when amnesty ends, says Queensland Treasurer
The Queensland Government has admitted it will generate $100 million a year in tax revenue from GP practices once its payroll tax amnesty ends in…
Doctors who took strike action for six weeks win ‘milestone’ pay rise
Doctors who voted for work-to-rule industrial action have accepted a 3.5% pay rise after a new offer from the Tasmanian Government. The “milestone” deal was…
Payroll tax: GPs secure another state amnesty but with a catch
GP practices that provide wage information to tax officials in SA will be granted a year-long payroll tax amnesty and protection from retrospective audits. The…
Exclusive: AusDoc’s interview with Mark Butler
Mark Butler has been here before. Back in 2008 he was a junior minister working under Nicola Roxon, the health minister who pushed for a…
Doctors caught in crossfire after hospital moves patients to Sea World
A political stoush has broken out with doctors caught in the middle after hospital patients were transferred to a theme park hotel to free up…
Doctors fear another private obstetric unit to close
Senior obstetricians are concerned the only private obstetric unit in Cairns is on the brink of collapse, with major knock-on effects for doctors and public…
