AMA Queensland Election Priorities 2024

The AMA Queensland Council has determined the organisation’s priorities for the 2024 Queensland Election. Broadly, the 17 priority areas cover policy reforms that will greatly benefit Queensland’s doctors, their patients and the community provided they receive significant investment by the State Government and/or adequate ongoing support where already established. The priority areas are:


Priority 1

Workforce


Priority 2

Training pathways


Priority 3

Leadership


Priority 4

Wellbeing


Priority 5

Surgical Wait List Roundtable Action 


Priority 6

Primary-tertiary integration


Priority 7

Payroll tax


Priority 8

Prevention


Priority 9

Collaborative, evidence-based practice


Priority 10

Digital integration


Priority 11

First Nations health


Priority 12

Women's health


Priority 13

Climate and sustainability


Priority 14

LGBTQIASB+ community


Priority 15

Mental Health


Priority 16

Aged and end-of-life care


Priority 17

Substance-related harm


AMA Queensland urges every political party to commit to implementing all 17 priority areas following the 2024 Queensland Election. Details concerning each priority and its importance to the health of every Queenslander are set in our Election Priorities 2024 document.


 

Read our Election Priorities document

Our Election Priorities document will be published on Wednesday 18 September 2024

 

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  • Healthcare workforce crisis must be fixed

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