politics
What’s next for Victoria?
Victoria has a new Health Minister in Jenny Mikakos, who has been welcomed to the role by the Guild and PSA Jenny Mikakos will take on the vital role of …
‘Pharmacies on the frontline’
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has signalled long-term certainty for the future of community pharmacy, and promised 7CPA preparations will start “early on” if Labor is elected Labor leader Bill Shorten …
Greens leader calls for funding transparency
The Greens are taking a plan to the 2019 election to fund dispensing fees for patients using the methadone program The party’s leader, Senator Richard Di Natale, also told the …
Underlined: extending the 6CPA
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has alluded to extending the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, at last night’s Guild Parliamentary Dinner Guild members and industry stakeholders, as well as a number of …
Use our expertise: PSA
PSA is urging Victoria’s returned Labor Government to consider improving Victorians’ access to healthcare by better utilising pharmacists across the state The Andrews Labor Government was returned in a landslide …
Libs support pain services, not safe injecting
The Victorian Opposition has pledged to both invest in pain services, and shut down Richmond’s injecting room Anthony Tassone, president of the Pharmacy Guild’s Victorian branch, has welcomed the former …
The week in review
A lot can happen in just one week in Australia’s pharmacy sector… This week, AHPRA released its annual report and we got a look at the notification figures: only 6% …
Let us help
As the Victorian election draws nearer, pharmacy groups are lobbying to let pharmacists help more with issues like opioids and immunisation The PSA and SHPA have both issued statements outlining …
Labor urges MHR opt-out extension
The My Health Record helpline has reportedly crashed, days before the end of the opt-out period And Shadow Health Minister Catherine King has again called on the Morrison Government to …
‘Pharmacy is big business’
A prominent GP and pharmacy critic has highlighted the conflict of interest between politics and pharmacy Evan Ackermann has published a new piece in MJA InSight about the Pharmacy Guild …
Labor backs small business tax cuts
Labor says it will back the Coalition Government’s plan to fast-track tax cuts for small and medium sized businesses On Thursday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced …
Pollies attack ‘botched’ MHR
Nearly a million Australians have now opted out of the My Health Record system, as privacy amendments are debated in Parliament A Senate inquiry into the system was told by …