The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has released early figures for the Bulk Billing PIP. In the first two months, the BB PIP paid out $61,370,277.86 to 2,949 practices. The average payout...
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...
Australia’s health department released bulk billing data covering November 2024 to January 2026. The national GP non-referred bulk billing rate averaged 81.4%, up 3.8 percentage points on the Septembe...
Australia is testing its urgent care clinics with a target of 137 UCCs. An interim evaluation, nearly a year old, sits alongside a final report due in 2026. The interim findings show each UCC presenta...
The Department of Veterans Affairs in Australia released detailed plans on how a substantial funding package will be spent to improve veterans’ health care. In the recent Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal...
More than 1,200 general practice and rural generalist registrars took part in the 2025 GP national registrar survey. The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing released the results, showing train...
The Productivity Commission released the 2026 Report on Government Services, showing total government spend on general practice rose to 13.4 billion dollars in 2024 25, up from 12.7 billion in 2023 24...
Private Healthcare Australia released a report based on a survey of more than 4,000 Australians, including about 2,300 who had recently been referred to a non-GP specialist. The findings show 30% have...
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs released a quick guide to help general practitioners understand item numbers when treating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans. The document maps the ava...
Australian eating disorder advocates are pressing for tighter controls on new generation weight loss medicines. Online only telehealth clinics such as Juniper and Mosh, which operate outside the Medic...
Australia's MBS Review Advisory Committee has released its final findings on long-acting reversible contraception. It says endorsed midwives can access Medicare rebates for contraception related LARC...
The Australian federal government has unveiled plans to reintroduce a Medicare funded development check for early childhood. It would be the first such item since the Healthy Kids Check ceased in 2014...
Victoria has unveiled a plan to bring general practitioners into ADHD care, joining Queensland in a shift toward GP led management. The state government has allocated 750,000 dollars to fund accredite...
Rural generalism has moved closer to formal recognition as a medical specialty in Australia, with the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) submitting its 2026 pre-budget package. The Australi...
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...
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia spent 600,170 on political donations in the 2024-25 financial year, up from about 400,000 the year before. It remains the health sector’s top political donor, outpacing...
The Australian Medical Association submitted a policy proposal to cap spinal imaging requests by chiropractors at three per patient per year. A departmental letter dated 15 November 2025 is cited, wit...
National Cabinet agreed a $25 billion boost to public hospital funding over five years, lifting total hospital spending to about $220 billion from 2026–27 to 2030–31. The increase represents roughly a...
