Doctors taking ‘momentous’ industrial action over pay

Doctors have been left with no choice but to push for a better pay deal, says union president Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi.
Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi.

Hundreds of doctors in the ACT have begun industrial action over wages they say are the second lowest in the country for medics.

From Monday morning, about 300 members of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation are ignoring calls outside rostered hours and refusing certain administrative tasks.