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AMA report card
18 May 2022 Media release
AMA releases its election health report card
Rural road with kangaroo sign and bus
05 May 2022 Media release
AMA welcomes election focus on rural health
Dr Omar Khorshid responding to 2022 budget in front of microphones
29 March 2022 Media release
Business as usual budget neglects non-Covid health needs
Surgical screws
18 March 2022 Media release
AMA welcomes prostheses reforms but more action needed to ensure private health system sustainability
Image of Associate Professor Gino Pecoraro OAM, Clinical Associate Professor Saxon Smith AM, Dr Margaret Kay AM superimposed on AMA blue background
25 January 2022 Media release
Doctors recognised in Australia Day Honours
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16 January 2022 Media release
Telehealth services restored to meet pandemic demand
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13 January 2022 Media release
Government advised of GP COVID concerns
a pair of hands wearing blue gloves with rapid antigen test between the fingers of the left hand
05 January 2022 Media release
Free Rapid Antigen Tests for all is a matter of equity: PHAA & AMA
Omicron 2
22 December 2021 Media release
Increased GP funding for booster rollout welcomed by AMA
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