25 Feb 2025

‘Back to basics’ for blood cancer detection

With cases predicted to spike in the next decade, ‘good old-fashioned medical care’ can still help GPs to detect the cancer early.

25 Feb 2025

What do GPs really think of the $8.5b Medicare investment?

It is being touted as an unprecedented injection of funding – here’s how GPs from across the country are reacting to the Labor Party’s announcement.

24 Feb 2025

Historic $8.5b Medicare investment explained

Exactly what do the major parties’ commitments include and how will a promise to make ‘nine out of 10 visits to the GP free’ impact practices?

24 Feb 2025

Payroll tax relief passes Queensland Parliament

The state’s GPs are officially free from the tax after laws to permanently abolish it passed through Queensland Parliament.

24 Feb 2025

Changes in the works for general practice accreditation

GPs are being encouraged to give their feedback on proposed changes to the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme.

21 Feb 2025

Rural health snapshot reveals ‘shameful failure’

Urgent action is needed to bridge the health divide impacting rural communities, says the National Rural Health Alliance’s latest analysis.

21 Feb 2025

GP ‘gag clause’ for VAD to be scrapped

Victorian doctors could soon be allowed to raise voluntary assisted dying with their patients for the first time after the State Government vowed to update laws currently ‘impeding access’.

21 Feb 2025

Bringing family violence out of the shadows

Eleven years after her son was murdered, Rosie Batty will speak at a RACGP event empowering GPs to support patients experiencing abuse.

20 Feb 2025

IWD: The fight for better breast care

Ahead of International Women’s Day, one GP tells why she is committed to improving access to breast imaging in Tasmania.

20 Feb 2025

Extend and incentivise Heart Health Checks, say GPs

With Medicare funding for the program set to expire, experts have called for an extension as well as greater investment in primary care.