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28 July 2025 - Eligible practices in all locations can receive Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) Practice Stream incentive payments up to a maximum of $137,375.60 per year.

5 August 2025 - Support at Home participants will need to contribute to the cost of independence and everyday living services. They will not contribute to the cost of clinical services, such as nursing care.

13 March 2025 - Smoking laws help to reduce smoking rates and tobacco-related harm in our community. Some of Australia's laws include excise tax on tobacco products, tobacco advertising bans, plain packaging laws, laws on smoking in public, and age limits on who can buy tobacco.

10 August 2025 - Dawn brightens up residents by bringing connection, compassion and energy to older people in residential aged care in Bundaberg, Queensland.

5 October 2023 - Telehealth was an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing patients to consult with GPs by telephone or video under lockdown. Post-pandemic, telehealth is here to stay. Professors Rosemary Korda and Christine Phillips are finding out how using telehealth affects primary healthcare.

8 December 2020 - A media release from the National Rural Health Commissioner giving an update on how telehealth services help rural communities.

20 October 2023 - On 20 October 2023, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer declared that COVID-19 is no longer a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance (CDINS) following the end of winter in Australia. The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) supports this declaration.

7 April 2025 - You can register in MyMedicare by using your Medicare Online Account or Express Plus Medicare Mobile app, or by filling in a form the next time you visit your general practice.

6 June 2025 - Find information and resources on how to engage patients of diverse sexualities and genders backgrounds in cervical screening.

8 August 2024 - This program supports patients who face extra costs to preserve their fertility (for future treatment such as IVF) because they have cancer or are at risk of passing on a genetic condition. It provides funding to help with the cost of freezing eggs, sperm or embryos (cryostorage).