National News
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Strawberry tampering investigation report released
12 Feb 2019
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released its report on the strawberry tampering incident, with key recommendations focusing on the need for improved communication... -
Put care back into aged care
30 Sep 2019
Elderly Australians and their families cannot wait another year for the Government to fix aged care.Declaring aged care to be in crisis, the AMA has called on the Government to... -
AMA gains assurances for hospital doctors
09 Oct 2019
An article in The Australian this week suggested that the Commonwealth Government would be seeking to reclaim funds from doctors working in public hospitals, and that State... -
Big savings in cancer drugs
01 Oct 2019
Medicines to treat lung cancer, lymphoblastic and acute leukaemia, and nausea associated with chemotherapy are now available to patients on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS... -
Vaping warnings justified and timely
18 Sep 2019
The AMA has thrown its support behind a joint governments statement urging caution in the use of e-cigarettes.Australia’s Federal, State and Territory governments have responded... -
A rocky road ahead for the health system
04 Oct 2019
Moving from the MBS review to implementation and insurer fee setting – what could possibly go wrong?As members would know, the AMA supported the concept of the Medicare Benefits... -
Much to learn about restless leg syndrome
23 Sep 2019
Restless Leg Syndrome Awareness Day (September 23) had a theme of “education”, with Sleep Disorders Australia hoping to build greater awareness with medical practitioners and the... -
Indigenous conference talks innovation
04 Oct 2019
Disruptive Innovations in Health Care was the theme of this year’s Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) Conference, held in Darwin on October 3.AMA President Dr Tony... -
Clarifying statement
23 Sep 2019
In a profile article that appeared in the September 16, 2019 edition of Australian Medicine about Dr Robert Likeman OAM CSM (Doctor, soldier, writer, historian), it states: In... -
Submission for regional training networks
04 Oct 2019
The AMA has called for regional training hubs to be scrapped and replaced with regional training networks to better support medical students and doctors in training to spend more...
