Media - Releases
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28 Mar 2020, Media release
FREEING UP PUBLIC HOSPITALS TO COPE WITH COVID-19The AMA believes State and Territory Governments must utilise private hospitals for urgent and semi-urgent medical care to free up public hospital capacity for escalating COVID-19 admissions, allowing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) resources to be directed to care of COVID-19 patients.
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27 Mar 2020, Media release
THE HEALTH OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE MUST BE A PRIORITY IN COVID-19 RESPONSEThe AMA is calling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be a top priority in national measures to control COVID-19.
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25 Mar 2020, Media release
TIME FOR EVEN MORE INCREASED SOCIAL ISOLATION coronavirus -
23 Mar 2020, Media release
Expanded Telehealth Vital to Containing Covid-19 and Protecting Doctors and their Patients -
17 Mar 2020, Media release
AMA FEDERAL COUNCIL – COVID-19 COMMUNIQUÉ -
13 Mar 2020, Media release
COVID-19 a national public health emergency -
11 Mar 2020, Media release
COVID-19 package welcome but much more to do coronavirus -
08 Mar 2020, Media release
ACTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUITY IN MEDICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION -
03 Mar 2020, Media release
Proposal for better chronic wound management welcome MBS Review, general practice -
27 Feb 2020, Media release
Time for action on aged care staffing crisis -
19 Feb 2020, Media release
AMA calls on Government to address compliance confusion -
10 Feb 2020, Media release
Medical Training Survey reveals many positives for trainees but major stresses must be addressed -
05 Feb 2020, Media release
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REPORT EXPOSES FALLING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR GPs AND THEIR PATIENTSThe Productivity Commission’s 2020 Report on Government Services (RoGS) has exposed Government neglect of general practice by revealing that per capita Commonwealth funding for general practice and GPs is going backwards.
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30 Jan 2020, Media release
Significant increase in health funding needed - AMA Pre-Budget Submission 2020-21 Federal Budget -
26 Jan 2020, Media release
CORONAVIRUS SCREENING INFORMED BY PREVIOUS VIRUS RESPONSESAMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that the public can be assured that all steps are being taken to contain the spread of the Coronavirus within Australia. Dr Bartone said that experience in screening and detecting previous foreign originating viruses has positioned Australia to respond to Coronavirus.
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26 Jan 2020, Media release
AMA Members Acknowledged with Australian of the Year and Australia Day Honours -
23 Jan 2020, Media release
LONG HOURS PUTTING PRESSURE ON MENTAL HEALTH OF DOCTORS IN TRAININGThe AMA is calling for urgent action to support doctors in training, with new research showing that long working hours and fatigue are putting the future medical workforce at greater risk of poor mental health and suicide ideation.
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22 Jan 2020, Media release
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARYThe AMA warmly welcomes today’s announcement that the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy, will be appointed Secretary of the Department of Health. Dr Bartone also paid tribute to Ms Beauchamp for her services to health and the public service.
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15 Jan 2020, Media release
New bushfire smoke research important -
08 Jan 2020, Media release
LOCAL GPs MUST BE INVOLVED IN FUTURE DISASTER RESPONSE PLANNING - AMAAMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that local community GPs must be involved in future disaster and emergency planning to ensure primary health care is coordinated and ready when disasters like bushfires, floods, and storms devastate suburbs, towns, and farms.
general practice, emergency