The federal government is making specialist fees a high priority in health policy reform. Health Minister Mark Butler has signalled plans to curb the cost burden by publishing individual specialist ch...
Australia appears to be adopting NHS-style policy levers through changes to bulk billing for general practice. The government has tied a 12.5 per cent practice incentive to 100 per cent bulk billing o...
Federal health minister Mark Butler announced an extra $1.5 million in funding to keep Cohealth services at Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington open for 12 months. The money is time limited and contin...
The government will inject $1.8 billion to cement Medicare urgent care centres as a permanent feature of Australia's health system. The move follows a shift in the RACGP position, with the College ann...
Public hearings into Australia’s illegal tobacco crisis in Canberra witnessed Philip Morris providing evidence in private, a move critics say undermined public accountability. The session, chaired by...
The RACGP will develop profession-led standards for nationally consistent urgent care as Medicare urgent care centres become a permanent feature of Australia’s health system. The move follows federal...
Cancer Australia Research Initiative has announced $15 million in funding over three years for seven research projects aimed at early onset cancer. The funding, provided by Cancer Australia and the Na...
Fruquintinib, marketed as Fruzaqla, has been added to the PBS for the first time to treat stage4 metastatic colorectal cancer. The listing targets patients who have not benefited from other standard t...
Urgent care clinics will become a permanent pillar of Medicare after the government announced a funding package worth $1.8 billion over five years from 2025-26, with ongoing funding above $525 million...
Healthed conducted a survey of almost 400 GPs who moved to universal bulk billing after the government’s new incentives last year. Among respondents, 1% of male GPs said their personal income had sign...
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing released the draft 2026–27 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) outlining fees for PBAC submissions, pricing negotiations and post‑listing chan...
GP supervision is the missing piece in the funding package. The government committed about $8.3 billion to bulk billing the PIP and expanding incentives, plus $607 million to grow the GP workforce. Al...
The GP gender pay gap is back in the spotlight as policy changes prompt questions about its trajectory. DoHDA and the Federal Health and Ageing Minister face scrutiny after coverage of reforms such as...
Cohealth has told patients that the independent GP review into its services has not yet been released and leadership changes are underway. Board chair Kate MacRae is stepping down, with Sam Sondhi nam...
The World Health Organization validated Australia as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. The milestone follows years of community-led work, with trachoma prevalence in at-risk Abori...
GPs under NDIS are pressuring for formal recognition as medical specialists within the disability scheme. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners lodged a submission with the joint stand...
The Northern Territory will trial the Single Employer Model to bolster general practice in rural areas. The program will start in June 2026 and run through December 2028, supporting up to 24 full-time...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has lodged a submission to Parliament arguing that GPs should be formally embedded in the National Disability Insurance Scheme legislation. This c...
Mounjaro, tirzepatide, will not be listed on the PBS for type 2 diabetes after Eli Lilly Australia rejected the PBS recommendation. The PBAC had urged listing in March to improve access for adults wit...
