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New Zealand to be briefed on Aukus – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2024

Medicare turns 40: is Australia’s ‘little green card’ keeping up with changing health needs?

Medicare’s universality under threat as chronic disease, mental illness and an aging population increase out-of-pocket costs, experts say

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2024

TGA issues safety alerts after online herbal supplements found to contain Viagra

Consumers advised to stop using seven supplements taken for sexual enhancement, including Tantra Jelly and Bullblood tablets

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2024

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Listen to us not politicians, AMA tells COVID inquiry

Australia's peak medical body has urged government leaders to listen to health experts in future pandemics as part of an inquiry into the response to COVID-19.

AAP · Dec 16, 2023

Australian health insurers earn $1.3bn more in surplus than two years ago, report shows

Australian Medical Association study also shows $500 difference in benefits between insurers for identical procedures

The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2023

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

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

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2023

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

'Groceries or the doctor': bulk-billing incentives begin

'A long way to go in strengthening Medicare.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 1, 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

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

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 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 · Aug 17, 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

AAP · Jun 14, 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.

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.

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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 Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 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

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

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

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