The latest Australia's Health 2010 report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) confirms yet again that GPs are the backbone of front line health care delivery in Australia, with 113 million services delivered to patients during 2008-09. AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that the AIHW report confirms that GPs are increasingly dealing with older patients with ...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has welcomed an announcement made by the Federal Government that they will increase the amount of support that GP supervisors receive. The government announced that they will increase the allowance payable to GPs who supervise doctors enrolled in general practice training by 20 per cent. The increased funding will begin on 1 July 2010 ...

Australian Psychological Society (APS) President Professor Bob Montgomery agreed that more money needs to be allocated to mental health, in a response to the announcement of John Mendoza's resignation from the National Mental Health Advisory Council. "The enormous uptake of the Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative, in which GPs, psychiatrists and paediatricians can refer their patients ...

Trainer Aidan O'Brien looked on in awe as his Starspangledbanner, previously based in Australia, routed the field in the Golden Jubilee on the final day of Royal Ascot here on Saturday.

Denmark will allow Australia to ship thousands of tonnes of toxic waste here to be disposed of since it does not have the technology to carry out the work, officials said Tuesday.