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Pharmacists were being called to the polls to cast their ballots on a name change for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia in 1904 Members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia …

The year is 1914, the world is at war and pharmacists are preparing for medicine shortages  Europe’s imperial powers have come to blows, with Great Britain and Germany going to …

It’s July 1964 and pharmacy is held in high esteem, but the pharmacists are warned not to rest on their laurels  Positive public perceptions of the pharmacy sector cannot be …

It’s 1984 and relations between the community pharmacy sector and the Labor government are somewhat less than cordial  The Labor party appeared to be set on driving pharmacists onto the …

Health professionals need to put “personal squabbles and disputes” over scope of practice to one side for the betterment of public health  It’s May 1934 and the Australasian Journal of …

Pharmacy organisations need to focus on retaining the status among the public, a leading academic warns  It’s February 1924, and pharmacists are being warned that the profession needs to change …

Commonwealth policies are creating barriers for patients with diabetes to access vital medications.   It’s September 1923 and patients with diabetes are battling medicines supply shortages and significant out-of-pocket costs, and …

Pharmacists face accusations of getting rich by “milking the community”… it’s September 1963 and the profession is under attack from a mainstream media publication  The AJP’s September 1963 edition featured …

Pharmacists should take opportunities to “discuss the difficulties confronting the craft” with parliamentarians… it’s 1931 and readers of the AJP are being advised to nurture relationships with their local MPs  …