‘I wish I didn’t have to be here’: Doctors converge on Canberra to fight gas plant
Darwin paediatrician Dr Louise Woodward says she would rather be at home working with sick children than in Canberra battling the approval of NT gas…
Tag: Politics
GP practices will cop $100 million payroll tax bill when amnesty ends, says Queensland Treasurer
The Queensland Government has admitted it will generate $100 million a year in tax revenue from GP practices once its payroll tax amnesty ends in…
Doctors who took strike action for six weeks win ‘milestone’ pay rise
Doctors who voted for work-to-rule industrial action have accepted a 3.5% pay rise after a new offer from the Tasmanian Government. The “milestone” deal was…
Payroll tax: GPs secure another state amnesty but with a catch
GP practices that provide wage information to tax officials in SA will be granted a year-long payroll tax amnesty and protection from retrospective audits. The…
Exclusive: AusDoc’s interview with Mark Butler
Mark Butler has been here before. Back in 2008 he was a junior minister working under Nicola Roxon, the health minister who pushed for a…
Doctors caught in crossfire after hospital moves patients to Sea World
A political stoush has broken out with doctors caught in the middle after hospital patients were transferred to a theme park hotel to free up…
Doctors fear another private obstetric unit to close
Senior obstetricians are concerned the only private obstetric unit in Cairns is on the brink of collapse, with major knock-on effects for doctors and public…
NSW pharmacists start prescribing in ‘feasibility’ study as full trial pushed back
The NSW Government has officially launched its pharmacist prescribing trial with a pilot of 100 pharmacies diagnosing and treating UTIs. Lead researcher Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin…
GP corporate launches campaign blitz against payroll tax threats
A corporate has taken out full-page newspaper ads warning state MPs that payroll tax demands on GP practices will destroy access to bulk-billed care. The Cornerstone Health–funded campaign…
Govt cuts red tape for vaping prescribers, bans non-prescription sales
All vaping products will become prescription medicines under sweeping reforms planned for next week’s federal budget. Doctors will also be able to prescribe unapproved vaping…
