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Election report card 2025
01 May 2025 Media release
AMA report card highlights lack of major reforms and big ideas in healthcare
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29 April 2025 Media release
Time for governments to stop putting rural health in the ‘too hard basket’
woman talking to doctor by computer
27 April 2025 Media release
Expanded 1800 Medicare service must be GP-led and properly evaluated
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23 April 2025 Media release
Extreme Ahpra power used too readily and with too little oversight
Ambulance
17 April 2025 Media release
No end in sight to ambulance ramping at Australia’s logjammed hospitals
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16 April 2025 Media release
AMA welcomes Coalition’s focus on rural health workforce
AMA Pathology Position Statement
16 April 2025 Media release
AMA Pathology Position Statement highlights need for adequate funding
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14 April 2025 Media release
Government plan to fund inclusive LGBTQIASB+ healthcare training a big tick
Federal election platform 2025
14 April 2025 Media release
AMA launches 2025 Federal Election Platform calling for urgent health system reform
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