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‘Don’t take the bait’: AMA president hopeful on Grattan
A candidate for presidency of the AMA says that the Grattan Institute’s new report reflects her campaign platform Dr Anchita Karmakar is a lawyer as well as a rural generalist …
The week in review
Grattan report ruffles pharmacy feathers, prescribing terms create confusion and CGT’s expected impact on sales were among our readers’ talking points this week We began the week with a bombshell …
The top 10: Business Class
Tax, super, employer wish lists, work-life balance and more. We look at our most read business columns during the first six months of 2026 These are the ten most opened …
Butler says no to nicotine pouches
Nicotine pouches are to be banned from unapproved therapeutic pathways in a bid to reduce the incidence of addiction in the community Federal health minister Mark Butler has announced that …
More compliance reviews needed for listed medicines: researchers
Less than 2% of Listed Medicines on the TGA registry have been reviewed for efficacy, a new study suggests The study, published in the Internal Medicine Journal by the Royal …
Illicit vapes seized in Darwin raid
Multi-agency operation lands $750,000 haul of illegal vaping and tobacco products Authorities have seized more than 6,000 illicit vaping products, 350,000 cigarettes and 280 kilograms of loose-leaf tobacco, from three …
Guild marketing director quits
Resignation leaves the future of the Guild’s marketing division “in the melting pot” It’s July 1976 and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s national marketing director, Tony Wardell, is walking …
Unwanted medicines ‘reclaimed’ by pharmacist
A Queensland pharmacist was found in possession of 59 packets of medicines which had been surrendered by patients for destruction The pharmacist has appeared before the Queensland Civil and Administrative …
‘A malicious actor accessed some of our data’
A GP clinic network says that it has been the victim of a cyber attack – sparking a warning to health organisations that they need to assume such attacks will …
‘I’m not a criminal’
A woman has accused a police prosecutor of lying about her actions in a pharmacy, after verbally abusing staff Tina Roma O’Shannessy has appeared in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court, where …
RSV outstrips flu, Covid for first time
As RSV cases surge this winter, the Immunisation Foundation is raising awareness about vaccination According to National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data, cases of respiratory syncytial virus have spiked in …