Budget 2022
Cost-of-living changes ‘genuine wins’ for patients
The PBS safety net is set to reduce shortly, providing relief for patients as the cost of living skyrockets The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme’s publications team has issued a reminder that …
Scrapped script change revealed
Senior treasury ministers accidentally disclosed a scrapped plan by the Federal Government to cut the general co-payment by $10 Financial Services Minister Jane Hume and Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar revealed …
Unfair pay disparities remain
Morrison Government fails to improve remuneration for members of the profession and plan hospital pharmacist roles, say pharmacy stakeholders The Pharmacy Guild wasn’t happy with this year’s Federal Budget, with …
Budget business
Small business was a focus for the Federal Budget this year A joint statement between Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business Minister Stuart Robert, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and …
An opportunity squandered
The Federal Government has failed to adequately address medicines affordability in the Budget, Guild says, as small business wins a number of concessions The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the …
Give copay relief, not ‘tokenistic handouts,’ says Guild
Cost of living relief for working families must focus on measures that the Government can control, according to the Guild Ahead of the Federal Budget, which is due to be handed …
Student interest in pharmacy waning, warns SHPA
Waiving HECS fees for regional, rural and remote pharmacy students and boosting accelerated graduate-entry pharmacy courses are among the ideas raised by SHPA The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia …