World news wrapup: 12 June 2025
Underpaying chains named and shamed; US measles outbreak spreads; pharmacist caught smuggling illegal drugs Birmingham, England: The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has welcomed a new government report which has “named and …
Poll: Award minimum pay rise
Pharmacists on the award wage are set to receive a pay rise – what do you think? As reported last week, the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review settled on …
‘I will make this really ugly for you guys’
“Would you like fries with that?” a pharmacist, who has since had his registration cancelled over a $2m PBS fraud, asked his patient before swearing at her The case of …
Flashback Friday: GPs oppose the ‘wicked counter prescriber’
It’s 1895, and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy reports on where GPs are laying the blame for a reduction in their lifestyles In our June, 1895 edition, we reported on …
Not the time to ‘ease off’ flu jabs: Guild
More than one million Queenslanders have already received their influenza vaccine since the free flu program began in March But with hospital admissions on the rise and 37 flu-related deaths …
Weight management meds, anaesthesia warning
The TGA has required updates to medicines information documents for GLP-1 and dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists, due to risk during deep sedation or anaesthesia The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued …
Dog bites man, man sentenced
A Pimpama man has been sentenced for a pharmacy robbery which saw him chased down and caught by a police dog In December 2024, Barclay Christopher McIver smashed the front …
Environment and health expert keynote announced
Global public health leader announced as MM2025 keynote speaker International expert in environment and health Dr Sandro Demaio will lead the second MM2025 plenary in Melbourne this November, Advanced Pharmacy …
New PSA presidents elected
The PSA has welcomed two new leaders in Victoria and the ACT The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has welcomed the election of Atinuke ‘Tinu’ Abraham to lead its Victorian …
First pharmacy graduates earn ‘Doctor of Pharmacy’ title
Charles Darwin University pharmacy graduates have become the first in Australia to be awarded the title of ‘Doctor of Pharmacy’ This follows accreditation changes announced by the Federal Government in …
Australia an exemplar on global issues
Having attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva as part of the FIP delegation this month, one leading pharmacist shares some key takeaways Tom Simpson FANZCAP (Lead&Mgmt), national president of …
Stakeholder blames insurers for private sector crisis
Fifty-year-old private hospital to close in what one stakeholder calls an “insurer-induced viability crisis” Former pharmacist and now Australian Medical Association Queensland president Dr Nick Yim has spoken to ABC …