IMG Colleagues: I have you back International medical graduates are central to Australian general practice. Across the country, particularly in rural and regional communities. Yet too often, Australia treats them as a workforce solution rather than as colleagues whose skills, careers and families deserve proper support. If we want IMGs to build long and successful...
2026 RACGP Presidential Campaign Material
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Backing every GP is not a new priority for me As a GP, practice owner, educator, employer of registrars and through my work with Joint Colleges Training Services, I have seen our workforce challenges from different sides. General practice is deeply rewarding, but the system around it is becoming harder to sustain. The RACGP’s Health...
What is at stake with fragmentation and pharmacy prescribing Continuity is one of general practice’s greatest strengths. Yet healthcare policy is increasingly favouring short-term access and political and commercial interests over comprehensive, continuous care. Too often, reforms are announced through political agreements before proper clinical scrutiny, consultation or evaluation. Expanded pharmacy prescribing and diagnosis remain...
My full position on general practice funding, and what I will fight for as RACGP President. General practice gets short changed every year Australia needs a funding model that does not short-change general practice every financial year. It must properly index patient Medicare rebates, value longer and more complex consultations, and recognise the true cost...
Today, I am humbled to announce my intention to stand for the upcoming RACGP Presidential election. General practice has shaped who I am as a doctor, a leader and a person. I understand the pressures facing our profession because I live them every day: as a specialist GP, practice owner, educator and advocate. I know...
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters, and community.
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