Political
PBS co-payment cut gets green light
Senator’s bid to cut the PBS general co-payment to a maximum of $20 fails, as Labor delivers on pre-election promise Australians will pay no more than $25 for a …
Put rural health first: RIPAA
Government urged to invest in rural pharmacy to bolster access to healthcare Current funding and workforce programs for rural pharmacy are failing to address inequities in remote communities, pharmacists warn. …
Albanese delivers on election pledge
Legislation passes through the House of Representatives to cut the maximum PBS co-payment to $25 from 1 January 2026 Australian patients are set to save $200 million a year on …
Pharmacists ‘not paid for work they do not perform’
Public hospital pharmacy staff participating in industrial action will have up to 25% of their pay deducted, a government agency confirms Hospital pharmacists and technicians taking protected industrial action over …
NT pay offer falls short: union
Professional Pharmacists Australia warns NT government’s hospital pharmacy pay offer will not be enough to address staff shortages A proposed $1500 annual allowance for public hospital pharmacists and technicians, proposed …
Workforce shortages are putting patient care at risk: AdPha
Territory government urged to “set up to properly support hospital pharmacists and technicians”, amid workforce crisis Industrial action being taken by hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the Northern Territory …
Streamlined S90 approval process ‘good for pharmacists’
Moves to accelerate the pharmacy approval process will reduce paperwork pharmacists need to do and improve access to medicines for communities, politicians say Legislation before the federal parliament will improve …
Penalty rate legislation to hurt small business
Moves to protect penalty and overtime rates has the potential to accelerate “continuing market consolidation toward big business”, COSBOA warns Proposed changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 could impose …
‘Evidence from community pharmacy pilots is clear’
Qualified pharmacists to treat 17 common acute and chronic conditions as part of a trial to start late next year Pharmacists in Western Australia will get the green light to …
‘NIPVIP transforming how people are getting essential vaccines’
Health ministers laud the success of NIPVIP program in improving access to vaccination services The National Immunistation Program Vaccination in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) scheme is proving to be “a measurable success”, …
Freelander lauds 60-day scripts
Double dispensing “the single biggest advance in healthcare” for the Albanese government’s first term, paediatrician turned-MP claims “Australia can thank Labor governments for the maintenance of a universal healthcare …
Teals call for extension of prac payments
Independent MPs call for changes to the government’s Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20%) Bill 2025, to expand practice payments program There is no justification for excluding pharmacy students …