Doctors
Tripling of bulk billing incentives to take effect today as Medicare reform begins
Today, the Albanese Government’s planned increase of Medicare payments to bulk billing doctors goes into effect. Now, when bulk billing......
Doctors want more support for international medical graduates
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is asking the government to remove barriers that prevent international medical graduates......
Goodbye To Bulk Billing?
GPs are warning that Australians may soon no longer be able to rely on the Medicare bulk-billing system. Following Labour’s......
Doctors More Accessible Than Ever
An AAP Factcheck into a claim made by Labor’s Health Spokesman, Mark Butler, has revealed that doctors and GPs are......
New program to boost specialist GPs in rural communities
While studying and being a GP in Australia is gratifying, it also faces challenges, especially when practicing in rural communities.......
New medical program in the NT to train doctors on its way
The Northern Territory has unique challenges to face when speaking about its medical workforce. Since the NT has many regional......
Doctors in the NT thinking of moving out because of climate change
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health has reported 1 in 3 doctors are thinking about leaving the......
Misinformation Fuels PNG COVID-19 Outbreak
A new report from Amnesty International has found that online misinformation has been a major factor in Papua New Guinea’s......
Polypharmacy complications compromising dementia medication management
A team of researchers from Monash University’s Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) have released a study that identifies......
Inside Australia’s Coronavirus testing centres
As Australia is showing positive signs of progress amid the COVID-19 pandemic for now with 687 patients recovering, we take......