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Medicare
13 March 2025 Submission
AMA submission to the Medicare Integrity Senate Committee
AMA Pre-Budget Submission 2025–26
07 March 2025 Submission
AMA pre-budget submissions 2025–26
Prescriber Bag
14 February 2025 Submission
AMA submission to the review of the PBS Prescriber Bag
Medicine
21 January 2025 Submission
AMA submission to the TGA consultation on Medicine shortages and discontinuations: Proposed changes to reporting requirements
Jar full of condoms
19 December 2024 Submission
AMA Submission to draft Fifth National STI Strategy
AMA submission to the public consultation on the draft Advice on the National Suicide Prevention Strategy
20 November 2024 Submission
AMA submission to the public consultation on the draft Advice on the National Suicide Prevention Strategy
Symphytum officinalis (comfrey)
22 October 2024 Submission
AMA submission to the TGA on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard — ACMS, ACCS & Joint ACMS-ACCS
Artificial Intelligence
22 October 2024 Submission
AMA submission to the TGA consultation on clarifying and strengthening the regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
22 October 2024 Submission
AMA submission to the Safe and Responsible AI in Health Care Legislation and Regulation Review
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