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... -
President gives evidence at aged care Royal Commission
21 Feb 2019
AMA President Dr Tony Bartone has appeared before the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, saying exchange of information between healthcare workers in nursing... -
Doctors win on refugee vote lost by the PM
13 Feb 2019
Australian doctors will have more say over decisions whether asylum seekers in offshore detention should come to Australia for medical treatment.The Government of Prime Minister... -
Home Affairs top doc in rare and candid interview
18 Feb 2019
EXCLUSIVE Dr Parbodh Gogna doesn’t give media interviews – and he has been asked numerous times since taking up the post of Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Home... -
New guidelines for venous thromboembolism
11 Feb 2019
The first Australasian guidelines for the diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) have been produced, with a summary published online by the Medical Journal of... -
Aged Care Royal Commission starts
11 Feb 2019
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is underway, with victims of abuse and neglect, and their families, being asked to come forward with their stories.The... -
Qld mandatory reporting recommendations not good enough
12 Feb 2019
The AMA is disappointed with the majority recommendation of a Queensland State Parliamentary Committee over mandatory reporting laws.The Committee recommended the Queensland... -
Submission delivered to workplace sexual harassment inquiry
13 Feb 2019
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is holding a national inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces and has called for broad community submission to inform... -
If in doubt, sit them out
13 Feb 2019
The AMA has joined with other leading sports medicine experts to launch a Position Statement on concussion in sport.Under the message ‘if in doubt, sit them out’, the statement... -
Opposition promises health reform commission
13 Feb 2019
Labor has promised to establish a permanent health reform commission if elected to government this year.Delivering her address to the National Press Club in Canberra, Shadow...
