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Andrew McGarry

Submissions to Senate sports concussion inquiry call for more funding, research and education and consistent guidelines

A Senate committee is conducting an inquiry into the impact of concussion in contact sports, with a report due in June.   (Getty Images: Brendon Thorne)

Australia's peak body for general practice has called for government investment to tackle the issue of concussion in sport, including research funding, bigger Medicare rebates for longer consults and the establishment of an Australia-wide concussion registry. 

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is one of a number of groups and individuals to put in submissions to a Senate committee inquiry into the impact of concussion and head trauma in contact sports.

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