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...
Across Australia, artificial intelligence is changing how patients seek health information and how clinicians work. AI tools now draft notes and management plans in the background, meaning more guidan...
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...
South Australia held a pre election debate on health policy that brought together the Labor government and the Liberal opposition. The event was organised by AMA SA ahead of the March state election a...
The Australian government expanded the Low-cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme, cutting the price of 30 staple items by up to 50% to boost food security in remote Indigenous communities. The scheme began i...
More than $61.4 million was paid to general practices in the first Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program round. Payments went to 2,949 practices out of 3,251 registered, covering November 1 to Decem...
Australia’s Commonwealth released the Closing the Gap 2025 Annual Report and the 2026 Implementation Plan. The release shows mixed progress, with only four of nineteen targets on track for the 2031 de...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners reports a record start to GP training in 2026. A total of 1772 doctors will begin general practice training this year. Of them, 161 will spend at...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has a Fellow Support Service to help doctors after they gain a Fellowship. The program offers advice, education, supervision and mentoring...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has updated the fee guidance for GPs who perform medical assessments and reports used in veteran compensation claims. The changes take effect on 9 February 2026 and...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) announced a series of events and initiatives in March and May that focus on gender equality, men’s health and digital health in primary ca...
Australia has published the world’s first clinical practice guide on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. Monash University led the effort, aiming the guidance at GPs and other health professionals i...
Australia is seeing patient side AI enter healthcare. ChatGPT Health has a soft launch here. Anthropic plans Claude Health to launch within a month. Patients use these tools to ask questions and gathe...
With a state election looming in South Australia, 10 health advocate bodies formed the SA College Chairs Committee and signed off on a three point plan. The aims are to map unmet health needs and serv...
In New South Wales the health system is rolling out GP training to diagnose ADHD and initiate prescribing. Training starts in March and is funded by NSW Health. Nearly 600 GPs have already expressed i...
The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program has lifted the national bulk-billing rate to 81.4% for the period November to January. In total, 3412 Medicare bulk-billing practices are registered, with 1...
Electronic prescribing is gaining traction in Australia as a practical option for general practices and patients. The message is that ePrescriptions are not mandatory, but they offer clear benefits in...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has set up the Expert Committee – GP Workforce to steer Australia’s general practice workforce planning. Expressions of interest are open for the...
Queensland will start offering intranasal flu vaccines to eligible children aged two to five from 1 March as part of the Nasal Spray Flu Immunisation Program. This marks Australia’s first needle-free...
The Pharmacy Guild was the largest health related donor to Australian political parties in 2024–25, spending $600,170. The money flowed ahead of the May federal election. Labor received most of the Gu...
