Australian Doctor News

Push to reverse 'cack-handed' cut to suburban bulk-billing incentives

15th May 2020
The Federal Government’s rural bulk-billing reforms have been “cack-handed” and are already hitting GP recruitment in the…
Read more
2 minutes to read
Chris Bowen
Australian Doctor News

Point-of-care testing: The Govt's life-saver for Indigenous communities

5th May 2020
A program of rapid point-of-care testing will be a game-changer for remote Indigenous communities otherwise at risk of…
Read more
3 minutes to read
Australian Doctor News

'Needless to say, I don't sleep well': A GP's life at the coronavirus coalface

30th April 2020
The lives of thousands of GPs have been turned up-side-down since COVID-19. Here Dr Thileepan Naren offers his story: the…
Read more
3 minutes to read
6Minutes News

Australia has too many doctors, says Chief Medical Officer

11th March 2020
Australia has a surplus of doctors, despite there being on-going GP shortages in regional and rural areas, says the Chief…
Read more
2 minutes to read
CMO Professor Brendan Murphy.
Australian Doctor News

Rural GP cash no solution to suburban funding woes, says RDAA

6th March 2020
The RDAA has defended the Federal Government’s rural zoning shake-up that saw bulk-billing incentives reduced for 7000 GPs…
Read more
2 minutes to read
Rural Australia
Medical Observer Opinion

Post-bushfire communities need GPs now more than ever

4th March 2020
The bushfire recovery effort has already begun. The devastating effects will be felt for many years to come. The…
Read more
3 minutes to read
Rural GP
Australian Doctor News

'Start of a disaster': How a line on a map is sending a GP clinic broke

27th February 2020
A GP says her once-profitable clinic is facing bankruptcy after an adjustment to a government map led to restrictions on…
Read more
2 minutes to read
Dr Hennie van der Walt and Dr Hannah Vorster