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Suppliers of unusable PPE should pay back taxpayer money, Australian peak doctors’ group says

Australian health department spokesperson says it is ‘exploring options for viable cost-recovery’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2023

States must stop gatekeeping traffic accident data to improve road toll, Australian Medical Association says

Doctors back Australian Automobile Association push to tie road funding to publication of data in new federal-state agreement

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

Jet trip followed guidelines, minister’s office says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2023

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No beds and lack of nurses: how Anne Pedler’s last hours were spent ramped in an ambulance

Exclusive: Australian Medical Association finds people spending more time waiting in ambulances amid ‘unforeseen levels of ramping’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2023

Telehealth should cover specialist appointments: AMA

The Australian Medical Association doesn't agree with a proposal to scrap Medicare funding for initial telehealth appointments with non-GP specialists.

AAP · Nov 7, 2023

Indigenous voice: electoral commission decision not to send mobile voting teams into hospitals condemned

Australian Medical Association and Uluru Dialogue say patients and medical staff could be disenfranchised after AEC continues Covid-era policy

The Guardian - AU · Oct 7, 2023

Doctors call for private help in at-home rehab reforms

Doctors say expanding out-of-hospital care to more patients in the private health system could save millions of dollars and free up thousands of hospital beds.

AAP · Oct 6, 2023

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Peak medical body labels Covid-19 review ‘half an inquiry’ after Albanese government excludes states

AMA joins human rights commissioner, legal and health experts in criticising narrow terms of reference announced by federal Labor

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2023

Tim Gurner’s spray about ‘arrogant’ workers lays bare the economic sadism of our time

The multimillionaire boss who suggested Australia’s unemployment needs to rise exemplifies the dangers of a radicalised lumpenbourgeoisie

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023

AMA tells University of Sydney to ‘read the room’ over research funded by gambling industry

Head of Australian Medical Association says university should ‘reflect on the credibility’ of industry-funded studies

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2023

IVF technologies could lead to genetic divide: AMA

Australia's peak medical body is warning society will be in trouble if a genetic divide emerged through use of technology not accessible to poor people.

AAP · Jun 14, 2023

Doctors call for overhaul of nation’s ‘sickcare’ system

Billions of dollars in economic benefits could be reaped with improvements to the healthcare system, a report by the peak medical body says.

The New Daily · Jun 14, 2023

Doctors call for overhaul of nation's 'sickcare' system

Billions of dollars in economic benefits could be reaped with improvements to the healthcare system, a report by the peak medical body says

AAP · Jun 14, 2023

Influenza vaccinations recommended as cases of respiratory illness rise across Australia

Of the nearly 58,000 cases recorded across the country, 30% occurred over the last fortnightly reporting period

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2023

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ABC News · May 9, 2023

Will the federal budget's bulk-billing incentives make it easier to see a doctor? For some patients, maybe

The centrepiece of last night's federal budget is designed to reduce healthcare costs for some of Australia's most vulnerable people. So how much is it likely to help?

ABC News · Apr 28, 2023

Disability advocates in shock over Labor announcement of NDIS 'growth target'

Disability advocates have reacted furiously to the government's move to rein in spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, after it unveiled a plan that could save the budget $50 billion over the next decade.

The New Daily · Apr 27, 2023

Call for urgent ‘health budget’ to fix public hospitals

A peak medical body is calling on the federal government to hand down a budget that addresses elective surgery and emergency department backlogs.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2023

Two-for-one prescription changes to save Australian patients more than $1.6bn

Budget measures will slash costs for GP visits and medicines but pharmacists likely to push back

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2023

AMA president warns of ‘more illness, more loss of life’ from Covid as cases rise

Gatherings over Easter long weekend expected to cause further increase in infections, with Victoria already 60% up in past fortnight

ABC News · Apr 9, 2023

GP bulk-billing rates have dropped across Australia, leaving patients like Julie in the lurch

Julie Mallinson should see a GP every fortnight for her severe lymphedema but she just can't afford it. Instead, she's managing her pain and infections at home.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

Up to $3 billion in taxpayer money lost to Medicare fraud and non-compliance annually, government review finds

Between $1.5 billion to $3 billion is being lost to Medicare fraud and non-compliance every year, according to an independent review that also warns the overly-complex system is out of date and risks bleeding more taxpayer money.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 21, 2023

‘Shocker’: health experts condemn Nationals proposal to relax vaping laws

David Littleproud says retailers should be permitted to sell nicotine e-cigarettes without a prescription to customers 18 and over

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023

Tighter import bans on e-cigarettes expected in bid to tackle ‘explosion in illegal vaping’

TGA to deliver recommendations to the government on how to curtail rise in vaping rates, particularly among young people

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

One in five trainee doctors considering leaving medicine amid bullying and heavy workloads

The latest annual survey of Australia's doctors in training reveals an increase in trainee workloads, and a rise in the number of trainees considering a future outside of medicine.

AAP · Feb 4, 2023

Government keeps options open on healthcare funding

A Medicare rebate increase is not off the table but the health minister warns reforms will be the first step before more money is put into the system.

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