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.
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’.
‘It’s a snowball effect’: The push to Raise the Age ‘Children just hear what people tell them about themselves,’ says one GP calling for youth justice to be considered a health issue.
Welcome uptake in free NT meningococcal B vaccine Almost 1300 patients have received a free vaccination since the program kicked off just weeks ago, with infants the greatest beneficiaries.
Wegovy approved for cutting cardiovascular disease risk The TGA has approved semaglutide (sold as Wegovy) as an adjunct to standard of care therapy to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in overweight and obese adults.
Study urges tailored use of MHT Shared decision-making and an individualised approach are key when it comes to MHT, but there is an ‘urgent need’ for more research.
IWD: ‘The trust bestowed in me has always been humbling’ ‘Every day, we are making life a bit better for the people who see us,’ says one GP ahead of International Women’s Day.
What does the $573m women’s health package mean for GPs? Labor’s plan, matched by the Coalition, includes new PBS listings for contraceptive pills and MHT, new rebates, funded training, and bolstered Medicare payments for IUD insertions.
Hopes $1.7B hospital boost flows to general practice A GP expert has welcomed the one-off payment but says ‘we need to endow the system with more funding to just manage the day to day’.
IWD: ‘You are enough, believe in yourself’ ‘Advocate for other women and inspire them’, says one GP ahead of the RACGP’s International Women’s Day event series.