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  1. 25 minutes ago

    Keep COVID-19 in mind these school holidays. Remember to stay safe by staying home, keep up your hand hygiene and make sure you know how much space is required for effective social distancing. Check your Bluetooth is switched on to keep your COVIDSafe app working.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    The AMA has released a new Position Statement on Local Hospital Networks and GP-Led Primary Care Services Designed to Reduce Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations

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    Jul 1

    Children belong in classrooms and playgrounds, not in handcuffs, courtrooms or prison cells. It's time to stop locking up 10 year olds and of legal responsibility to 14.

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  4. Jul 1

    The AMA supports clear, evidence-based health warning labels for alcohol. The health warning label proposed by FSANZ in February should be approved for packaged alcohol products. You can read our Senate submission here

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  5. Jun 30

    The decision to open up Medicare funding for telehealth services was driven by the need to reduce the risks of the transmission of COVID-19 and to protect vulnerable patients. It has given us the opportunity to trial telehealth in the Australian context

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    Jun 30

    The AMA has been calling on governments to support the provision of telehealth by doctors for several years. We want telehealth arrangements that support well-coordinated and continuous care – built around the role of a patient’s usual GP or referral to a non-GP specialist.

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  7. Jun 30

    . appeared at Senate Committee today to call for GP telehealth consultations to be restricted to a patient’s usual GP or general practice. We need to build on what is key to our primary care system - the relationship between a GP and patient

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  8. Jun 30

    . Tony Bartone will be at the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology today at 10:55am to discuss Telehealth. You can view the session online . Read our submission here

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  9. Jun 29

    AMA Vice President Dr Chris Zappala spoke to last night about . You can listen to the full interview here

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  10. Jun 29

    As we've seen with COVID-19 and previous epidemics, they will come back, there will be more in the future and we need to be ready and prepared for them to the Senate Select Committee on COVID19

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  11. Jun 29

    . Tony Bartone spoke to about the response to the increase in COVID19 cases in Victoria and urges Australians not to be complacent with hand hygiene, cough etiquette and social distancing

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  12. Jun 28

    The AMA is urging families to make appropriate plans for the school holidays. Remember your hand hygiene and social distancing practices

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  13. Jun 28

    Criminalising the behaviour of young and vulnerable children creates a vicious cycle of disadvantage. The AMA wants the Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments to support developmentally and culturally appropriate health, education, and rehabilitative-based alternatives

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    With all that’s happened lately, you might be wondering what we can actually do to stop so many Indigenous Aussies being locked up, and killed. Well, there’s one key change that could make a huge difference & that’s to stop treating kids as criminals.
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    Jun 28

    Good morning, Melbourne - is in the chair for the next two weeks. First up: on rising community transmission of COVID-19. Listen here:

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  15. Jun 26

    Ten year old kids belong in schools and playgrounds, not placed in handcuffs. The AMA has joined with to raise the age of criminal responsibility

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    Jun 25

    DRS4DRS is here to promote a healthy medical profession

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  17. Jun 25

    Keep COVID-19 in mind these holidays. Remember to stay safe by staying home, keep up your hand hygiene and make sure you know how much space is required for effective social distancing. Check your Bluetooth is switched on to keep your COVIDSafe app working

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    Jun 25

    The AMA thanks Professor Brendan Murphy for his active and informative leadership as Chief Medical Officer and his exemplary response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The AMA looks forward to working closely with Professor Murphy as he takes on his new role as Secretary of .

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  19. Jun 24

    The AMA submission to the Migrant Amendment Bill notes our concerns that detainees may encounter difficulties maintaining crucial contact with those who support their mental health and well-being. You can read our submission here

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    Jun 24

    Today at the Senate Select Committee the AMA once again called for the establishment of a national Centre for Disease Control. Australia is the only OECD country that does not have a CDC

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