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What Australian doctors are owed: a practical guide to overtime, pay disputes and your workplace rights
From overtime and penalty rates to leave and safe working hours, most employed doctors are covered by awards or agreements that set minimum entitlements. Here’s what you’re actually owed.
Don’t walk. Run. Australia urged to accelerate AI in healthcare
A national roadmap aims to support the safe, effective and widespread adoption of AI across the health system.
What delgocitinib reveals about Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
The PBS transparency frameworks must evolve alongside the commercial realities of modern medicine.
A new map for consistent, targeted mental wellbeing promotion
A new Delphi consensus study provides practitioners with an empirically supported map of the 19 dimensions that define positive mental health.
Performance enhancing drug use increasing in women
More women are using performance and image-enhancing drugs, and more awareness is needed from GPs providing harm reduction care.
Understanding the medical certificate rules Australia: a comprehensive guide for doctors
An in-depth guide for GPs on Australian medical certificate rules, ethical duties, and important patient factors to ensure compliant, thoughtful care.
Podcasts
All the Way with mRNA?
The development of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to fight COVID-19 provided a watershed moment in vaccinology. How far can they take us?
The CSIRO is tracking Bird Flu as it transmits within Australia. Here’s what we know.
H5N1 Avian Flu has now reached every Australian state. Experts at the CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) are tracking its transmission.
Gut feelings: understanding the psychological drivers of persistent gastrointestinal complaints
This article examines how personality traits and psychological distress can amplify gut complaints, and why recognising these factors can improve diagnosis and management.
Dementia now the leading cause of death in Australia
Experts call for more investment and intervention to reduce alarming dementia rates.
AI, the Pope, and the philosophy of general practice
Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas presents a disturbing vision of a potential AI future, and general practice will not be immune to its pitfalls.
Four in 10 adults may be eligible to use GLP-1 RA treatment for obesity in Australia
Almost 8 million Australian adults are currently eligible to use GLP-1 RA medications for chronic weight management, and up to 338 000 adults without diabetes also qualify for treatment for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Starting a medical practice in Australia: a step-by-step guide for GPs
This guide walks through every step of starting your GP practice — from business structure and Medicare registration to accreditation, billing models and staffing — so you know what to expect before you begin.
Australia approved funding for genomic testing in blood cancers. So why do so many patients still have to pay out of pocket?
Structural fault lines between state and federal health funding mean access to this critical testing remains patchy, inequitable, and, for many, unexpectedly expensive.
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