First new PBS medications listed for 2026 New listings include an expanded use of adalimumab for juvenile idiopathic arthritis and a treatment for rare liver diseases.
‘A complete reversal’: Surge in bulk-billing practices New Cleanbill data shows a sharp rise in the number of general practices offering full bulk billing – but gap fees are also climbing.
Top 10 global health stories of 2025 It’s been a busy year for the world’s health professionals – here are some of the most significant issues in the past 12 months.
RACGP backs plan to expand rebated MRIs With access to MRIs ‘a critical issue’, a review has set out proposals to significantly increase the clinical indications allowing GPs to request rebated services.
More than half of Strengthening Medicare reforms complete Twenty-seven of 47 initial reforms have been delivered, including UCCs and bulk-billing incentives, but just one has been evaluated.
Health check plan ditched for older doctors The Medical Board has backed away from a contentious plan to roll out mandatory checks on late-career doctors, following significant backlash.
‘The data was distressing’: Study highlights pressures on female GPs Women are leaving the profession early, partly due to the consequences of current policy settings, research finds.
The city boy who became an award-winning rural GP The RACGP’s Rural Generalist of the Year grew up in Adelaide – but could not stop dreaming of life as a country doctor.
Companies ‘drive a Mack truck’ through telehealth loopholes In unusually frank remarks, a TGA official says companies have found holes in the rules for medicinal cannabis prescribing in an ‘abuse of this access pathway’.
Injection to treat MS goes on the PBS New PBS listings include an injectable treatment for multiple sclerosis likely to benefit more than 30,000 Australians each year.