The Latest Breaking News from Australian Medical Association

The Australian Medical Association has renewed calls for the nation to follow the lead of 85 countries and jurisdictions and impose a tax on sugar.

The Australian Medical Association is urging governments to provide extra funding to address a huge backlog of patients waiting for elective surgery.

The Australian Medical Association predicts the nation will be 10,000 GPs short in 10 years' time, but these medical interns could be part of the solution.

Canberra's bulk-billing rate is 40 per cent below the national average.

Gladstone residents are "shocked" by the sudden closure of their local GP practice but doctors warn it won't be the last, while calling on the federal government to take "urgent measures".

Anne Ruston says the government is undermining Australians' trust in medical experts by inferring advice from the chief medical officer wasn't cautious enough.

The Australian Medical Association is calling on Queensland Health to fix chronic workforce shortages in regional hospitals.

The Australian Medical Association has issued a plea to mask up and gather outdoors at Christmas as emergency departments face a perfect storm this summer.

Despite changes to how PCR tests can be accessed, the prime minister has assured that vulnerable groups can still get the tests for free.

The watchdog responsible for policing Medicare investigates just 0.07 per cent of health professionals each year, is chronically understaffed and underfunded, and is led by bureaucrats with strong links to the powerful Australian Medical Association, an ABC-Nine investigation has found.

An Adelaide man who pretended to be a witness to a fire he started in the basement of a building in 2020 will be eligible to apply for parole in May.