RACGP

29/12/2025

🏅 Growing Strong Award — 2025

Congratulations to Dr Myora Stone, a proud Quandamooka woman and this year’s recipient of the Growing Strong Award, generously supported by Dr Nathan and Mrs Susan Pinskier. This award recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander GPs in training who give back to their communities and supports their professional development.

Dr Stone purposefully undertook her first‑year placement at Yulu Burri Ba Corporation for Community Health, on the outskirts of Brisbane, to strengthen ties to her mother’s Country and community. While raising a young family, she began a Master of Public Health and, in consultation with community, developed a key patient resource for Yulu Burri Ba’s Birthing in the Community program, Jajum Bajara. Her supervisor highlights her unwavering commitment to gold‑standard general practice care, enhancing patient experiences, and contributing to self‑determination and health literacy.

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from everyone at the RACGP 🎄🎅🏻

22/12/2025

🏅 Rural Community Research Project of the Year — 2025

Congratulations to Dr Tim Robinson, recognised for an innovative, community‑led project providing preventive healthcare to Torres Strait Islander young people in a remote context, delivering excellent outcomes for the Saibai community.

This award celebrates a recent FARGP recipient whose work directly improves care in rural or remote general practice and benefits the local community. Dr Robinson’s project showed strong community consultation, a clear articulation of health issues, and a thoughtful reflection on successes and missed opportunities — a testament to evidence‑informed, practical leadership in rural health.

19/12/2025

The PBAC recommended it be listed for adults with established cardiovascular disease with obesity, while also identifying which groups could have more affordable access to GLP-1s.

The PBAC recommended it be listed for adults with established cardiovascular disease with obesity, while also identifying which groups could have...

18/12/2025

What were this year’s most prescribed drugs? From medicines to improve heart health, to mental health and type 2 diabetes, Australia’s top 10 most commonly used drugs have been revealed.

Medications for heart health, mental health and diabetes were among the top 10 Australian prescriptions, while semaglutide dropped into the list of...

17/12/2025

A Melbourne GP has vowed to rebuild after an out-of-control car destroyed his clinic, claiming the life of a male pedestrian and seriously injuring a female patient.

Dr Rafid Hamdan escaped injury by mere centimetres when a car crashed through his medical centre, killing a pedestrian and injuring his patient.

17/12/2025

🏆 Congratulations to Dr Sophie Hamilton, recipient of the 2025 Corlis Medical Educator Award.

Dr Hamilton is recognised for her enthusiasm for teaching and a peer‑based learning approach. A champion for rural registrars, she designs education that mirrors real‑world practice — from guest speakers and procedural skills sessions to field visits, including a local farm to understand farm life, stressors and injury risks.

Her program goes beyond clinical knowledge, equipping registrars with a solid grasp of system practices, ethical decision‑making and the broader public health context.

16/12/2025

A proposal to expand GPs’ ability to request bulk-billed MRI services for patients has been backed by the RACGP.

With access to MRI ‘a critical issue’, a review has set out proposals to significantly increase the clinical indications allowing GPs to request...

16/12/2025

Your AJGP digital library keeps growing.

The December issue is now available, with a focus on domestic and family violence.

Access evidence-based guidance on recognising and responding to intimate partner violence through the new digital journal.

Read online, save articles for offline access, or bookmark content to revisit later.

Browse the digital journal through your RACGP member portal: https://bit.ly/4oW5rPY

15/12/2025

The RACGP has joined Australian leaders in calling for calm following the heartbreaking Bondi Beach terror attack, with the college President saying ‘the strength of our country is based on our diversity’.

Leaders say it’s not the time to be ‘seeking retribution’, instead urging heartbroken Australians to come together to grieve and heal.

15/12/2025

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the distressing events at Bondi Beach. We acknowledge the victims and their loved ones, and we thank the first responders and community members who acted with courage.

Please look after yourselves and each other. If you need support, talk to your GP – we’re here to help. Local services are in place:
• South Eastern Sydney Local Health District: mental health support at Bondi Pavilion and outreach on the streets
• Central and Eastern Sydney PHN: contacting local practices with additional resources

Support services:
• Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)
• Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
• NSW Mental Health Access Line 1800 011 511

For RACGP members: free, confidential counselling via the GP Support Program on 1300 361 008.

We stand with all communities. Let’s continue to respond with care, compassion and respect.

12/12/2025

Mark Butler has indicated a long-awaited decision on whether weight-loss drugs should be included on the PBS is expected to be handed down in a matter of weeks.

Patients are spending as much as $5000 a year on private market GLP-1 therapies – an incoming PBAC recommendation could change that.