politics
Questions remain over 8CPA, say shadow health ministers
The Albanese government was 鈥渇orced鈥� into the 8CPA, say shadow health minister Anne Ruston and shadow assistant minister for regional health Dr Anne Webster The pair have issued a statement …
PSA gets own profession-wide Agreement
Pharmacist group signs its own Agreement with the Albanese government, as discussions continue for programs not under the 8CPA鈥檚 remit The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the signing of …
鈥業 don鈥檛 know if a lot of pharmacists want to get into selling vapes鈥�
The vaping bill is read a second time, with the National Party arguing again for a similar approach to vaping as Australia has adopted towards tobacco The Albanese鈥檚 prescription-only approach, …
Should pharmacies be replaced by online outlets?
Claim made in the mainstream media that Queensland鈥檚 recently passed Pharmacy Ownership Bill takes the state back to the last century Aaron Patrick, senior correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, …
Why large corporate retailers should stay out of pharmacy: committee
Guild welcomes moves in Queensland to forbid pharmacies being located in supermarkets, and preventing third parties from exercising 鈥渋nappropriate control鈥� of medicines provision The report into the Pharmacy Business Ownership …
Tassie Liberals campaign on OCPs
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will expand its successful community pharmacy program to include extended prescriptions for the oral contraceptive pill, it says Tasmanian women will be able to get …
鈥楾his is an emergency in our community鈥�
Greens Senator asks about the status of ADHD medicine, and slams government over extended expected shortage At last week鈥檚 (15 February 2024) Senate Estimates hearings, Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John outlined …
鈥業f I was a gambling man, I鈥檇 put money on it鈥�
Will the 8CPA be ready in time? Opposition health spokesperson Senator Anne Ruston has grilled the Health Department鈥檚 Penny Shakespeare about its status With increasing concern about the looming 1 …
鈥楾ragic鈥� anomaly leaves patients in pain, pharmacists afraid: Chaney
Pharmacists are afraid to even talk about voluntary assisted dying on the telephone with doctors, the House of Representatives has heard Kate Chaney, the independent member for Curtin, has introduced …
Move will address 鈥榣arge power imbalance鈥�: union
The new 鈥渞ight to disconnect鈥� legislation will protect pharmacists from work 鈥渃reep鈥� into the rest of their lives, says one pharmacy group Leon Yap, honorary chairperson for the Pharmacy Division, …
Pharmacists thank outgoing Palaszczuk
Outgoing premier lauded for her support for community pharmacists Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Sunday, 10 December 2023 that she would resign from her position, with caucus to decide …
The week in review
The pharmacy sector isn鈥檛 slowing down just because it’s December…it鈥檚 been a whirlwind of activity this week for the profession This week the University of Technology Sydney released its latest …