Australia's Thriving Kids Advisory Group has released a national reform plan for children under nine with developmental delay or autism who have low to moderate support needs. The approach moves away...
The Thriving Kids Advisory Group has published its final report and backs a Medicare funded health check for three year olds. The move is part of the Thriving Kids model of care and comes after the go...
Two Nipah virus cases have been confirmed in West Bengal, India. Nipah is carried by fruit bats and can spread to pigs and humans. In people, symptoms start like flu but can worsen to pneumonia or bra...
Australia is moving the Commonwealth Home Support Program into the Support at Home program. Two Senate inquiries are underway to scrutinise the transition and the ongoing SAH program. Public hearings...
The Australian government has postponed the full rollout of the Thriving Kids program. The program, a $2 billion initiative designed to ease pressure on the NDIS and provide early support for children...
A Danish study analysed grocery receipts from 1177 participants, with 293 starting GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy during the study period. The dataset included more than 80,000 receipts before treatme...
The Australian Medical Association argues interoperability in health IT must be compulsory and backed by enforcement. In a new report, the AMA warns that without mandated standards and penalties, data...
The Australian government will create a National Medicines Record within My Health Record. All prescribers will be required to record medicines related information, including drugs dispensed via teleh...
Australia is moving to a national medicines record that ties scripts to the My Health Record. Health minister Mark Butler announced two major reforms after a preventable overdose death: online telehea...
The federal government has announced reforms to create a National Medicines Record. This will give patients, prescribers and pharmacists a complete medicines history across digital health tools. As a...
The Australian government is pushing to grow GP training, with Health Minister Mark Butler signalling more junior doctors will enter general practice training. Last year saw a major investment to add...
Parliamentary committees released their final report backing the Thriving Kids program, a $2 billion initiative set to start on 1 July 2026. The plan moves eligible children from the National Disabili...
Health Minister Mark Butler has confirmed that the number of bulk billing GP clinics in Australia is rising quickly. A recent report from Cleanbill shows that over 1200 practices have switched to full...
The number of general practices offering full bulk billing in Australia has more than doubled over the past year. According to the latest data from Cleanbill, 1007 clinics switched from mixed billing...
The Australian government is moving to list Wegovy, a weight-loss drug containing semaglutide, on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). This follows a recommendation from the Pharmaceutical Benefi...
The Australian government has allocated $10.1 million to support 67 early-career health researchers through the NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships scheme. This funding aims to fast-track research that ca...
Health Minister Mark Butler is moving to expand PBS access to GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy for obesity treatment. Currently, these medications are only subsidised for type 2 diabetes. The government is con...
The PBAC recommended listing Wegovy (semaglutide) on the PBS for adults with obesity and established cardiovascular disease. The decision targets high-risk groups, including those with a BMI of 35 or...
The Australian government is expected to introduce significant reforms for general practitioners in 2026. There will be increased funding for rural training, with more places added to the Rural Genera...
The Australian healthcare sector saw significant policy changes in 2025. The government announced an $8.5 billion Medicare reform package in February, focusing on bulk-billing incentives and chronic d...
