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Release children from detention, reinstate health watchdog: AMA
AMA President Associate Professor Brian Owler has called for children to be released from immigration detention centres and the appointment of an independent...
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Mental health future cloudy despite short-term funds relief
The Federal Government has announced a one-year extension of funding for services supporting people suffering mental illness and their carers, allaying fears...
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$1bn e-health record system shunned
Doctors and patients have shunned the former Labor Government’s $1 billion electronic health record system, underlining the urgency of calls to heed the...
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Insurers intensify push into care despite premium hike
Private health insurance will cost families about an extra $200 a year after Health Minister Sussan Ley approved an average 6.18 per cent premium hike by...
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Plain packaging under review as global fight lights up
The Federal Government has launched a review of the nation’s breakthrough tobacco plain packaging laws amid continued local and international efforts to have...
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AMA Careers Advisory Service
From graduates preparing their first resume to experienced doctors seeking to carve out a new career path in the Commonwealth public service, the AMA Careers...
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Free tool to track registration requirements
The AMA has developed a free online tool to help doctors to keep track of the information they need to meet the Medical Board of Australia’s annual continuing...
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World needs to heed Ebola lessons: WHO
The world was caught tragically short in it response to the deadly Ebola epidemic by a failure to absorb the lessons of the 2009 swine flu pandemic.In a...
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Essential GP tools at the click of a button
The AMA Council of General Practice has developed a resource that brings together in one place all the forms, guidelines, practice tools, information and...
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Second Australian nurse evacuated from Ebola clinic
A second Australian nurse has been evacuated to the United Kingdom in as many months following a “low-risk clinical incident” at the Australian-operated Ebola...
