RACGP led University of Origin analysis shows Monash University and James Cook University trained the most future GPs and rural generalists last year. Across 21 universities, 1226 graduates began gene...
A Labor MP sent a targeted letter to a Victorian general practice, expressing disappointment that it is not operating as a fully bulk-billing clinic and urging a move to 100 per cent bulk-billing. The...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is pressing for a funded Pathways to Rural program. City GPs would spend four weeks a year in rural practices, with the aim of boosting rural GP c...
A new study compares primary care in six wealthy nations and finds the sector is undervalued and underfunded. Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States...
General practitioners in Australia carried the case to Parliament as the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners led the GPs Parliament advocacy event in Canberra from March 2 to 5, 2026. Th...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and around 20 peak patient bodies travelled to Canberra to push for reform of Medicare rebates for longer GP consultations. They note that more th...
From 1 March 2026, the government expands Medicare rebates for GP referrals to speech pathology. Eligible patients under 25 can access eight assessments and 20 treatment sessions with speech pathologi...
South Australia is seeing a notable rise in general practice training. In 2026, 154 future GPs began on the Australian General Practice Training Program in SA, a 35% rise from the previous year. Of th...
Australia’s latest ABS data show influenza deaths reached 1701 in 2025, the highest annual tally this century. The year also recorded more than 2100 deaths linked to COVID-19. Over 2023 to 2025 the in...
The Federal Government commissioned an independent evaluation of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs). More than 130 clinics are now operating, with 87 analysed between June 2023 and August 2025. The s...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is urging the federal government to establish an independent pricing authority to set Medicare rebates based on evidence, value and true cost of d...
The Australian General Practice Training program is expanding in 2026 with 1772 doctors set to start AGPT under the RACGP. The Northern Territory is training 31 GP registrars this year, up 173% from 2...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has become a supporter organisation of the Justice Reform Initiative. The group argues that simply increasing prison time does not solve crime. It...
The New Zealand College of General Practitioners released the Your Work Counts study, analysing 566 NZ GPs. It shows 56% of a GP’s time is spent in patient consultations, while 31% is non-contact clin...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is boosting GP led research visibility with its GP Research Noticeboard. The hub promotes general practice research projects and helps recruit acr...
The 2026 Australian GP training year is on track with the AGPT contract signed and training bodies confirming registrars will not be forced into universal bulk-billing clinics. The government had sign...
The Improving Choice and Transparency for Private Health Consumers Bill sets out plans to publish GP fees and bulk-billing rates by default on the Medical Costs Finder. The data would come from Medica...
Pertussis cases have surged in Australia, reaching levels not seen in 35 years. For 2024, Australia recorded 57,257 pertussis cases, and the combined total for 2024–2025 reached 82,530, the highest si...
