All 16 Australian medical colleges have launched a national framework to guide ethical billing, cost transparency and informed financial consent. The Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges, which i...
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...
Queensland has introduced safety rules that ban anyone under 16 from riding e-scooters, e-bikes and e-motorbikes. The change follows a parliamentary inquiry into e-mobility devices and its key recomme...
The Australasian Menopause Society is running the Menopause Essentials Update, a half day in Ballarat on Saturday 28 March from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm AEDT. The in person workshop targets GPs and other h...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is emphasising frontline GP advocacy through its GP Advocate Network, which now includes 151 members across Australia. Dr Jennie Wright, a...
A major Australian study examined more than 330,000 aged care residents across about 3,000 facilities from 2013 to 2019. It shows GP continuity matters. Only 17.3% kept their usual GP after moving in,...
A Melbourne research team has developed a portable, point-of-care test that can detect four common sexually transmitted infections in under an hour. The CRISPR-based device tests for syphilis, gonorrh...
The Department of Health Disability and Ageing has clarified there are no immediate plans to display individual GP fees on the Medical Costs Finder. This sits alongside new laws aimed at publishing no...
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...
Australia is rolling out its 2026 influenza vaccination guidance ahead of winter. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) highlights that a clinician’s recommendation is the st...
The ACHIEVE-3 trial tested an oral GLP-1 receptor agonist, orforglipron, against oral semaglutide in 1698 adults with type 2 diabetes not adequately controlled on metformin. The study, funded by Eli L...
A nationwide retrospective study led by the ROSA Research Group analysed health outcomes for older residents in long term care across almost 3,000 Australian facilities from 2013 to 2019. The dataset...
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...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has completed the first in-person ADHD training cohort for 100 South Australian GPs. They are now qualified to diagnose, manage and prescr...
Victoria Police has reversed a change that placed the onus on GPs to assess police recruits. In July 2025 VicPol updated its recruitment process so GPs would decide if applicants were physically and m...
A global taskforce of 45 psychopharmacology experts, including Australians, published new guidance in JAMA Network Open. It argues that prescribing, renewing and deprescribing psychotropic medicines s...
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...
Victoria Police has reversed a controversial recruitment change and will again have the final say on whether applicants are fit for frontline duty. The force says it will strengthen the physical and m...
