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2011 Media Releases

The New Year brings in a new round of Medicare Locals - 31 Dec 2011
A healthy investment in ageing will help a sick system - 27 Dec 2011
AGPN welcomes new Health Minister - 12 Dec 2011
Immunisation incentives adjusted to maximise coverage - 25 Nov 2011
Genuine consultation not lip service with GPs - 25 Nov 2011
Australia’s top health workers win national honour - 17 Nov 2011
Scope for primary health care – ‘watch this space’ - 17 Nov 2011
Diabetes is not a dress rehearsal - 14 Nov 2011
Plain tobacco legislation will brand Australia: ‘gutsy’ in tobacco reform - 11 Nov 2011
Roll out of Medicare Locals on schedule - 04 Nov 2011
Outstanding GPs and health workers recognised - 27 Oct 2011
Mental health investment in primary health care reaps benefits - 11 Oct 2011
Medicare Locals starting the path to deliver better palliative care - 11 Oct 2011
Medicare Local objectives will help the disability sector - 30 Sep 2011
Coordinated Veterans' Care Program a template for better care - 29 Sep 2011
Medicare Locals: new look, new approach to primary health care - 25 Aug 2011
AGPN Board endorses Leanne Wells as AGPN CEO - 09 Aug 2011
Productivity Commission report into aged care focuses on the community care that defines Medicare Locals - 09 Aug 2011
Final agreement on hospital funding finally delivers comprehensive health reform - 02 Aug 2011
GP groups urge Government to maintain and support General Practice as the lynchpin of primary health care - 29 Jul 2011
AGPN to deliver for Medicare Locals nationally - 19 Jul 2011
‘Weigh it up’: the benefits of seeing your GP - National Diabetes Week 2011 - 11 Jul 2011
GPs and primary health care to be central to eHealth progress - 07 Jul 2011
Tobacco industry forced to 'turn over a new leaf' - 06 Jul 2011
Health reforms taking the next step for Indigenous Australians - 04 Jul 2011
Primary health care leader moving on to continue the delivery of PHC reforms - 28 Jun 2011
GP Groups to intensify campaign for restoration of Medicare patient rebates for GP mental health services - 23 Jun 2011
AMA WA waste is ‘shadow boxing’ on Medicare Locals - 08 Jun 2011
19 Medicare Locals given the green light but Victoria is on amber - 06 Jun 2011
Opposition's decision on plain cigarette packaging legislation: plain sensible - 31 May 2011
GP groups call for reinvestment into successful mental health program - 25 May 2011
Medicare Locals will build up the access and choice in palliative care services - 23 May 2011
Fast track Medicare Locals for benefit of Australia's health - 18 May 2011
Don’t erode GP capacity in mental health care - 17 May 2011
GP leadership at the AMA welcomed by AGPN - 16 May 2011
Unprecedented investment in primary mental health care is about leadership - 10 May 2011
Development of Medicare Locals on track - just waiting for the tick - 15 Apr 2011
Primary health care reforms working for youth mental health services - 14 Apr 2011
Second wave eHealth sites welcome but signals a backward shift away from primary health care - 29 Mar 2011
Taking stock of achievements in Indigenous health gives a reality check for primary health care - 24 Mar 2011
AGPN set to expand primary health care service for veterans - 18 Mar 2011
A National Primary Health Care Mental Health Policy and Action Plan even better for 'Better Access' - 15 Mar 2011
GP Groups united on primary care reform [UGPA] - 03 Mar 2011
Next phase for Medicare Locals providing clarity for reform - 22 Feb 2011
Size does matter when it comes to Medicare Locals for VIC - 15 Feb 2011
Medicare Locals remove layers of bureaucracy to deliver more services - 14 Feb 2011
Additional Medicare Locals risky - 11 Feb 2011
Dought Initiative - 21 Jan 2011
Flooded rural communities urged to use the ‘Mental Health Support for Drought Affected Communities Initiative’ - 18 Jan 2011
If the name doesn't fit, change the name - not the system - 12 Feb 2011
COAG urged to adopt primary health care reform - 08 Feb 2011
Fully functioning Medicare Locals require full funding - 02 Feb 2011
Fully functioning Medicare Locals require full funding - 01 Feb 2011
More of the same in Victoria will be a drag on primary health care reform - 27 Jan 2011
College of GPs and AGPN to collaborate - 06 Apr 2011

AGPN Chair Dr Emil Djakic – AMA National Conference 28 May, 2011

AGPN Chair Dr Emil Djakic – AMA National Conference 28 May, 2011

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2012 Media Releases

Immunisation coverage rates at risk - 10 May 2012
Primary health care the ‘poor cousin’ this time round - 08 May 2012
A good dose of primary health care initiatives in aged care package - 20 Apr 2012
Sector united in solution to aged care crisis - 11 Apr 2012
Global message on healthy ageing a local message for national health reform - 06 Apr 2012

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