This article provides a concise introduction to disaster planning for those who are new to Australian general practice or to general practice ownership.

This article outlines the evolving integration of GPs into disaster health management (DHM) in Australia and discusses key DHM concepts and systems.

This paper explores the challenges faced by pregnant women, new mothers, infants and young children during and after the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires.

This article reviews the evidence on disaster health effects from an all-hazards perspective and highlight GPs’ essential role in disaster healthcare.

Study to explore general practitioners’ perspectives on current advance care planning practice in New South Wales.

Disaster can take many forms in general practice, ranging from in-house challenges such as IT security, through to full-blown external events on a local or global scale. Here, we consider several.

This issue aims to give a voice and to provide acknowledgement to GPs and GP researchers with knowledge and experience in disaster health management through dissemination of their insights and wisdom.

General practice and GPs are a valuable resource in disasters, but they also need support to be as effective and as safe as possible.

The demographic transition in the general practice patient population necessitates that general practitioners take a bigger role in diagnosing dementia.

While clinical guidelines recommend increasing the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives, current contraceptive use and management in Australia do not reflect these recommendations.