2024

December

• Physicians welcome NSW pill-testing trials (19 December 2024)
• With violence against women likely to spike over holidays, doctors call for an end to dirt-cheap grog and sports sponsorships (19 December 2024)
• Punishing kids doesn’t make anyone safer – Paediatricians caution QLD Government against solutions that will backfire (5 December 2024)
• Clinical Pharmacologists release new guidelines to reduce harmful medicine prescribing (4 December 2024)
• Physicians call for health-first approach to drug policy in new position statement (4 December 2024) 

November

• Paediatricians advise NSW Government to improve the number of young children receiving essential early childhood health checks (18 November 2024)
• New research: Free, accessible digital therapy option set to revolutionise insomnia treatment in Australia (17 November 2024)

October

• Physicians congratulate new QLD Gov, call for action on health workforce to support patient outcomes (29 October 2024)
• Action on Australian Centre for Disease Control now more urgent than ever: health experts (23 October 2024)
• Paediatricians condemn NT law lowering age of criminal responsibility (18 October 2024)
• “Seeing a medical specialist shouldn’t be this hard”: Queensland physicians present ideas to cut wait times (08 October 2024)

September

• Leading health organisations urge Australian Government to not miss opportunity for a world class Centre for Disease Control (30 September 2024)
• Universal early childhood education and care system key to positive health outcomes (20 September 2024)
• “10-year-old children shouldn’t be put in jail” – Paediatricians write to new NT Government (13 September 2024)
• Treaty Principles Bill a grave concern for Māori health: peak physicians body (12 September 2024)

August

• Psychiatrists and physicians call for a ban on gambling advertising in new joint position statement (20 August 2024)
• 1 in 10 hospital deaths in Australia are from blood clots – new research reveals a better way of preventing them after common surgeries (19 August 2024)
• NT physicians say next Northern Territory Government must address health workforce shortages, improve Indigenous children’s health, and combat climate change (7 August 2024)
• 'Healthcare hardly mentioned in Government's disability report' - Physicians (1 August 2024)

July

• Child and adolescent physicians express grave concerns about Queensland children being detained in adult watchhouses (19 July 2024)
• Indigenous Australians significantly less likely to receive medical care recommended in National Hepatitis B Strategy - New research  (18 July 2024)
• RACP welcomes positive signs on protecting telehealth access to specialists, but there is more to do (9 July 2024)
• Physicians urge Government to swiftly adopt recommendations of diabetes inquiry to support patients (4 July 2024)
• Physicians say radical reform is needed to address systemic issues in child protection (2 July 2024)

June

• Paediatricians encourage Victorian Opposition and crossbench to support raising the age of criminal responsibility (28 June 2024)
• The RACP says South Australia’s preschool investment is a big win for child health and development (12 June 2024)
• New research reveals concerning minority of women of childbearing potential screened for pregnancy prior to cancer treatment (6 June 2024)

May

• ‘We can’t let patients suffer’ – RACP calls for Government strategy to tackle medicines shortages (23 May 2024)
• Federal Budget funding for Urgent Care Clinics misses opportunity to ease growing strain on hospitals with timely specialist physician care (20 May 2024)
• Centre for Disease Control needs a major funding boost in Federal Budget, doctors warn (8 May 2024)
• Upcoming Budget must focus on improving health equity and strengthening healthcare system (3 May 2024)

April

• New research finds less than half of fibromyalgia patients are using evidence-based medication to help manage symptoms due to high costs (19 April 2024)
• Key to addressing youth justice is to treat children as kids not criminals - Physicians (5 April 2024)

March

• Healthcare system not prepared for extreme weather events, as Australia continues breaking weather records (20 March 2024)
• Physicians say workforce shortages must be addressed to support Tasmania’s most vulnerable patients (19 March 2024)
• Physicians call on New Zealand Government to follow Australia's lead to ban engineered stone and support workers already exposed to silica dust (18 March 2024)
• Physicians want to remove barriers to care for vulnerable patients (12 March 2024)

February

• New drug approach in NSW welcomed by addiction medicine experts (28 February 2024)
• Largest study of cancer in prison population in Australia finds lack of access to treatment (23 February 2024)

January

• New research shows nearly half of post-partum women are not screened for heart disease and diabetes, despite heightened risk (25 January 2024)

2023

December

• Ban on engineered stone welcomed by physicians (13 December 2023) 
• RACP pays tribute to Dr Michael Yung (13 December 2023)
• Long COVID patients suffering as clinics shut down across the country (12 December 2023)
• Physicians commend Tasmanian Government for announcing it will raise the age of criminal responsibility (8 December 2023)
• World first research examining whether rotavirus vaccine booster will reduce hospitalisation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (6 December 2023)
• Physicians disappointed - failure to agree on raising the age of criminal responsibility is a missed opportunity (4 December 2023)
• Physicians welcome National Health and Climate Strategy and call for its urgent implementation (4 December 2023)

November

• Physicians extremely disappointed in plans to repeal smokefree legislation (30 November 2023)
• Governments must listen to child health experts - Physicians call for national agreement to raise the age of criminal responsibility (30 November 2023)
• RACP looks forward to working with new government to support an efficient and equitable healthcare system across Aotearoa New Zealand (27 November 2023)
• RACP welcomes final report from Disability Royal Commission (17 November 2023)
• 'National dust disease registry will save lives' - physicians welcome new legislation (16 November 2023)
• Physicians welcome landmark ADHD Senate Inquiry report and urge the Federal Government to adopt recommendations (13 November 2023)
• Initial telehealth consults key to delivering more equitable specialist care and easing service strain (13 November 2023)

October

• Physicians support total ban of engineered stone, but urges more reform required (28 October 2023)
• New research shows Australia is falling behind the rest of the world in treating narcolepsy (25 October 2023) 
• The RACP expresses sadness after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament fails to pass  (24 October 2023) 

September

• Workforce data shows physician shortages across Aotearoa New Zealand (29 September 2023)
• Australia isn't ready for extreme weather - Climate and Health Strategy urgently needed (20 September 2023)
• Increase access to bariatric surgeries and medicines needed to tackle diabetes and obesity epidemic (8 September 2023)

August

• New AI stethoscope could revolutionise medicine and help detect the early signs of heart valve disease (29 August 2023)
• Physicians call on all states & territories to provide universal learning for three-year-old children (29 August 2023)
• Intergenerational report highlights the critical need for prevention, and for specialists to be included in multidisciplinary care (24 August 2023)
• 'We are doing cancer patients are a disservice':  New research shows supervised exercise programs can significantly help Australians struggling with cancer-related fatigue (21 August 2023)
• The RACP supports an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, in pursuit of health equity for all First Nations people (4 August 2023)
• Australia's healthcare system must get ready for the next climate disaster (2 August 2023)

   

July

• New research shows how to slash hospital re-admission by half through nurse follow ups  (21 July 2023)
• 'Innovations in health must work to reduce health inequities' says RACP (3 July 2023)

June

• Physicians convene roundtable calling for urgent resourcing of health care for children in care and protection services (21 June 2023)
• Paediatricians launch campaign to crackdown on junk food advertising - targeting childhood obesity (19 June 2023)

May

• New research uncovers major link between PTSD and gut problems (24 May 2023)
• Social media helps junior doctors improve care and outcomes for older patients (17 May 2023)
• RACP welcomes Budget’s substantive investment in primary health care but urges inclusion of specialist care to address complex conditions (10 May 2023)
• Paediatricians welcome ACT’s move to listen to medical advice and raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility (10 May 2023)

April

• Paediatricians urge Council of Attorneys-General to listen to medical advice and raise the age of criminal responsibility (27 April 2023)
• 'Listen to the experts’ Paediatricians urge Victorian Government not to back down on decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility (24 April 2023)
• Physicians say Government has neglected regional healthcare as patients go without phone telehealth items (21 April 2023)
• College says solution to specialist shortage must start with training more specialists for rural and regional areas (20 April 2023)
  

   

March

• Paediatricians and physicians call for NSW to pilot early childhood education for three-year-olds in key communities (20 March 2023)

February

• RACP says respiratory protection program must be on agenda to prevent further silicosis deaths  (27 February 2023)
• ‘Accelerated silicosis the tip of the iceberg.’ - Physicians call for national approach to protect workers (20 February 2023)
• New research finds singles living alone are at increased risk of unnecessary hospitalisation (14 February 2023)
• Physicians support reinstatement of NT alcohol restrictions, but more community programs needed to support this (13 February 2023)
• RACP welcomes report from Medicare Taskforce and the focus on multidisciplinary care, but patients need more access to specialist care (3 February 2023)
• Patients to suffer without including specialist care in Medicare reform (2 February 2023)
• RACP concerned about trainee burnout as new survey shows increased workload pressures (1 February 2023)

2022

December

• Physicians and paediatricians call for national health reform to address workforce shortages that leave patients waiting and doctors burnt out (21 December 2022)
• Doctors want a climate safe health system, survey shows (21 December 2022)
• Victorian paediatrician survey shows more action needed for kids' mental health (21 December 2022)
• Simple, affordable blood test that detects dementia could soon be available to Australians (20 December 2022)
• Paediatricians call for urgent action to address report calling for all governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 (12 December 2022)
• Physicians welcome Government acknowledgement of the silicosis crisis, but say more action is required (7 December 2022)
• Closing the Gap Report results disappointing as benchmarks continue to fall short (1 December 2022)

November

• Physicians welcome the Government's push to strengthen vaping and tobacco controls (30 November 2022)
• Thousands may be misdiagnosed and unnecessarily using insulin injections: Physicians call for more testing of Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (21 November 2022)
• Medical Colleges open letter calling for all governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility and set up taskforce to fix youth justice system (17 November 2022)
• RACP President available to comment on raising the age of criminal responsibility (14 November 2022)
• Joint statement: Child health experts say urgent action needed to resolve child immunisation crisis (4 November 2022)
• Joint statement: Health systems straining under mounting under climate pressure, MJA & Lancet report warns (2 November 2022)

October

• Wellbeing budget welcome but falls short of intervention to halt health crisis (26 October 2022)
• ‘No choice but to face the crisis’ – RACP says Federal Budget must invest in healthcare system (22 October 2022)
• The RACP welcomes NDIS Independent Review but it must include physicians and the health sector (19 October 2022)
• New research highlights extent of neurological damage caused by nitrous oxide inhalation, or “nanging” in young people (7 October 2022)

September

• College calls for NSW Government intervention over junior doctor burnout (26 September 2022)
• RACP: Some positive changes and welcome funding for drug treatment, but more needed to comprehensively address drug policy reform (23 September 2022)
• RACP welcomes Inquiry into long COVID led by paediatrician Dr Mike Freelander MP (6 September 2022)
• New study shows room for improvement for treating childhood anaphylaxis in regional hospitals (5 September 2022)

August

• Access to specialist physicians must be included in establishment of urgent care clinics in NSW and VIC (31 August 2022)
• Physicians support push to ban junk food advertising aimed at children (8 August 2022)
• Paediatricians welcome vaccines for at-risk children under five (4 August 2022)

July

• One-third of migraine sufferers go undiagnosed despite treatment options advancing (26 July 2022)
• Physicians partner with Thrive by Five for early learning reform (11 July 2022)
• RACP welcomes ATAGI decision on COVID-19 vaccine booster doses (8 July 2022)
• Government should reverse Telehealth wind back as report shows crucial role (8 July 2022)
• Paediatricians issue vaccination plea after diptheria cases identified  (6 July 2022)
• Physicians urge general public to take precautions now, as new COVID wave bites (14 July 2022)

June

• ‘A backwards step for healthcare’ – Physicians disappointed some specialist phone telehealth items will not be made permanent (30 June 2022)
• ‘The clock has run out’ - Physicians urge government to keep specialist telehealth a permanent feature of healthcare past today’s deadline (30 June 2022)
• Physicians and paediatricians say rise in youth vaping is seriously concerning – calls for urgent strengthening of importation laws (29 June 2022)
• Physicians extremely disappointed that NSW Government continues to avoid Ice Inquiry response (28 June 2022)
• “Don’t cut them off” - Physicians urge government to maintain specialist phone telehealth items to address healthcare inequities (22 June 2022)
• New study says artificial intelligence could reduce diagnostic error (22 June 2022)
• RACP President Available to Comment on NSW Healthcare Reform (3 June 2022)
• Physicians congratulate Minister Butler, eager to see investment in healthcare priorities (1 June 2022)

May

• College welcomes new Federal Government (27 May 2022)
• Paediatricians concerned over new data showing student setback (17 May 2022)
• Paediatricians say kids have fallen behind – taskforce and Chief Paediatrician needed to address setbacks (16 May 2022)
• Media Statement - Workforce Burnout (12 May 2022)
• Physicians and paediatricians want a plan for a greener health system (11 May 2022)
• Physicians call for program to keep regional and remote communities connected to digital healthcare (11 May 2022)
• Physicians and paediatricians unite to tackle gender equity: RACP Congress 2022 (11 May 2022)
• Indigenous physicians say we must do better to Close the Gap on Indigenous health (10 May 2022)
• “We must now take the lead” – Sustainable healthcare is vital for action on climate change (9 May 2022)
• RACP backs universities’ call for 1000 student doctors, but says more is needed (5 May 2022)
• Working together to support access to quality colonoscopy care across Australia (4 May 2022)
• Regional shortages: Physicians and paediatricians call for increase in regional places to address shortages (3 May 2022)

April

• Paediatricians devastated by new figures showing 1 in 3 expelled students have a disability, say additional support needed (12 April 2022)
• Federal Budget stops short of delivering key reforms needed in healthcare (1 April 2022)

March

• Ten medical colleges, representing more than 100,000 doctors write to political leaders calling for a climate ready and climate friendly healthcare system (24 March 2022)
• RACP welcomes funding renewal for regional training positions but calls for expansion (23 March 2022)
• Efforts to Close the Gap must include raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 (17 March 2022)
• Heart attack awareness for over-35s vital to mitigating serious cardiac risk during exercise (15 March 2022)
• “Use every drop wisely” – New push to reduce unnecessary blood transfusions (11 March 2022)
• Healthcare system unprepared for extreme weather events (11 March 2022)
• Physicians say Federal Budget must include Telehealth items or risk cutting off care in regional and remote communities (9 March 2022)
• New obesity strategy puts forward positive ideas but firm commitments and funding needed (5 March 2022)
• RACP calls for solution on electricity disconnections in remote areas – reports of lives at risk (1 March 2022)
• IPCC report: RACP spokesperson available to comment (1 March 2022)

February

• "They’ve suffered major setbacks: Make kids a top priority as we rebuild from the pandemic” - Paediatricians call for a national children’s taskforce and COVID-19 recovery plan (18 February 2022)

January

• Paediatrician available to comment on schools returning (28 January 2022)
• RACP welcomes NSW and VIC government plans to keep kids at school (24 January 2022)
• Physicians welcome decision to reinstate telehealth items for specialist care (17 January 2022)
• Paediatricians call for a national plan to keep schools open (13 January 2022)
• RACP welcomes review of phone consultation audits for specialists but remains concerned about reduction of phone consultations (6 January 2022)
• Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) key to preventing health system overload from COVID-19 wave (5  January 2022)

2021

December

• RACP calls on governments to reintroduce and maintain certain COVID-19 restrictions in the Christmas season (21 December 2021)
• RACP welcomes permanent telehealth MBS arrangements, but concerned about changes that might hurt vulnerable patients (17 December 2021)
• RACP welcomes National Preventive Health Strategy and calls on all major parties to support its implementation (15 December 2021)
• RACP says new vaccine agreement will be a game changer for future pandemics (14 December 2021)
• Physicians and Paediatricians welcome Australia’s Disability Strategy but says more funding protections needed (8 December 2021)
• Climate change is the biggest threat to health system (2 December 2021)

November

• Twelve is still too young: RACP urges Attorneys-General to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years in line with expert health advice (16 November 2021)
• Opinion piece by Professor John Wilson AM, RACP President: Climate action needed to prevent health crisis worsening (9 November 2021)
• “Our national health is on the line”: Physicians want a plan for climate and health from the PM at COP26 (2 November 2021)
• The RACP calls for urgent medical team to assess health of asylum seekers held in Park Hotel (1 November 2021)
• ‘We cannot continue by expecting more from physicians’: Calls for Federal Government to release workforce modelling and boost resources as survey shows major burnout among doctors (1 November 2021)

October

• Physicians and Paediatricians welcome National Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy (14 October 2021)
• RACP tautoko COVID-19 Nationwide Vaccination Day (13 October 2021)
• Joint Statement – NSW Government delay on Ice Inquiry recommendations is costing lives: COVID-19 makes comprehensive strategy to tackle addiction issues more urgent (7 October 2021)
• RACP calls for urgent action to prioritise COVID-19 vaccination of people living with disability (1 October 2021)

September

• RACP Stands Up For COVID-19 Vaccinations (Rāhina 6 Mahuru 2021 | Monday, 6 September 2021)

August

• Paediatricians support vaccinations for young people: “Protecting children from COVID-19 is the best thing to do” (27 August 2021)
• RACP calls for COVID-19 national return-to-school guidelines (25 August 2021)
• Reset for equity: First dose of COVID-19 vaccines for Māori and Pasifika (Rāmere 20 Here-turi-kōkā 2021 | Friday 20 August 2021)
• Physicians reassure parents: "COVID-19 vaccination of children is important to protect them from the virus" (17 August 2021)
• Specialists welcome Government Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability (13 August 2021)

July

• RACP urges involvement of specialist physicians in implementing dust disease taskforce report (16 July 2021)
• Physicians support ATAGI advice, and say public messaging campaign will be vital to achieving broad vaccination coverage (2 July 2021)
• RACP concerned over refusal to increase number of medical experts on the Newcastle Committee overseeing licensed venue trials (1 July 2021)
• RACP warns against blanket school closures, and says Governments should not ‘extend’ school holidays to manage outbreak (1 July 2021)

June

• RACP welcomes decision to reunite Murugappan in Perth (16 June 2021)
• ‘Listen to the medical experts’ – RACP releases Open Letter signed by 9 peak medical organisations to Minister Karen Andrews calling for urgent release of Biloela family (13 June 2021)
• Physicians call for Biloela family to urgently be released from detention (9 June 2021)

May

• Specialist physicians and paediatricians welcome Budget funds for people with intellectual disabilities (20 May 2021)
• RACP calls on State and Territory Governments to immediately raise the age of criminal responsibility (19 May 2021)
• RACP encourages the Australian Government to release further information on the vaccine rollout to people with disability and disability support workers (17 May 2021)
• ‘Disappointing’ – Physicians say preventive healthcare overlooked in budget (14 May 2021)
• RACP welcomes additional funding for aged care in budget, but is concerned it may not be enough to address Royal Commission findings (12 May 2021)
• An additional $2.5 billion a year is not enough to deliver Royal Commission’s recommendations for aged care (10 May 2021)
• RACP calls on state and territory governments to identify new MSIC sites after two decades of success (6 May 2021)

April

• RACP releases top policy priorities for incoming Tasmanian Government (30 April 2021)
• RACP welcomes decision to axe Northern Territory liquor megastore (29 April 2021)
• RACP welcomes health system reform (29 Paenga-whāwhā 2021 | 29 April 2021)
• RACP calls on Government to increase preventative healthcare to better prepare Australia for future health challenges (19 April 2021)
• RACP urges calm over advice on AstraZeneca vaccine (9 April 2021)

March

• RACP calls for incoming WA Government to undertake major alcohol law reform (11 March 2021)
• RACP urges Newcastle Mayor to protect community from alcohol related violence (5 March 2021)

February

• RACP welcomes landmark day for Australia’s COVID-19 protection response (22 February 2021)
• Facebook takes aim at Royal Australasian College of Physicians during global pandemic (18 February 2021)

January

• RACP supports Australian Government’s COVID-19 vaccine national roll-out strategy – public should have confidence in the Government’s approach (16 January 2021)

2020

December

• Doctors launch landmark statement on Indigenous Child Health in Australia and Aotearoa NZ (18 Hakihea / December 2020)
• Both sides now: Doctors launch landmark statement on Indigenous child health in Aotearoa NZ and Australia (17 Hakihea / December 2020)
• Climate inaction harming Australians’ health, experts warn (3 December 2020)

November

• RACP urges Federal Government not to rush environmental changes before report is released (13 November 2020)

October

• Incoming Queensland Government must be prepared for big health challenges ahead – physicians (28 October 2020)
• Doctors: Aotearoa must eliminate more than COVID-19 (8 Oketopa/October 2020)

September

• Make it the Norm: Doctors’ prescription for a nation’s health (23 Mahuru / September 2020)
• Telehealth extension a win for patient health, equity and health budgets (18 September 2020)
• Medical colleges welcome new health worker protection measures (16 September 2020)
• Open Letter to the University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo: Medical School proposal to introduce equity pathway caps disturbing (11 Mahuru / September 2020)

August

• Physicians release new recommendations warning that opioid cessation must take into account both mental and physical health impacts on the patient (31 August 2020)
• RACP says healthcare worker infection numbers in Victoria are extremely concerning (25 August 2020)
• RACP statement on use of PPE (21 August 2020)
• RACP calls on all parties to commit to protecting minimum unit alcohol pricing in the NT (12 August 2020)
• RACP survey: 20 per cent of physicians in public hospitals sourcing their own PPE – calls for greater transparency on government stockpile (10 August 2020)

July

• RACP pays tribute to President of RACGP Harry Nespolon (27 July 2020)
• Physicians welcome Ministerial decision to adopt effective pregnancy warning labels on alcohol products (18 July 2020)
• RACP advice on the use of masks in hotspots (15 July 2020)
• Pregnancy warning labels on alcohol must be mandated (8 July 2020) 

June

• RACP strongly supports TGA decision to ban the importation of e-cigarettes into Australia (24 June 2020)
• Health and Disability System Review: Māori Health Authority proposal rings hollow (24 June 2020)
• Survey of specialists shows telehealth can improve access and equity permanently (12 June 2020)

May

• Sustained focus on wellbeing essential to support Aotearoa NZ post COVID-19 (20 May 2020)
• Doctors say new health funding must prioritise equity (15 May 2020)
• Specialist physicians urge people with chronic health conditions not to defer visits (6 May 2020)

April

• Improving support for patients receiving treatment for opioid dependence during COVID-19 outbreak (24 April)
• RACP clarifies position on vaping (24 April) 
• COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate existing inequalities in Aotearoa NZ (24 April)
• Face masks must be conserved for frontline health workers (6 April 2020)

March

• RACP supports expansion of telehealth (29 March 2020)
• RACP rejects idea of moving to exclude COVID-19 from death cover (27 March 2020) 
• Physicians welcome expansion of telehealth (23 March 2020)
• Physicians call for Telehealth to be expanded to all consultations (20 March 2020)
• Physicians need access to personal protective equipment (18 March 2020) 
• Physicians welcome Government response package - COVID 19 (11 March 2020) 
• RACP statement on gender dysphoria (6 March 2020) 

February

• Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki NZ Children’s Day: Making Whānau Wellbeing the Norm (28 February 2020)
• Physicians call for government to release NSW Ice Inquiry findings (16 February 2020)
• Long-awaited Homelessness Action Plan a mixed bag: Doctors (14 February 2020)
• Physicians say increase in silicosis cases must be a catalyst for NSW Government action (13 February 2020)

January

• RACP congratulates College Fellow, Brendan Murphy, on being recommended for appointment as Secretary of the Department of Health (23 January 2020)

• Physicians say bushfires are creating an unprecedented public health crisis (11 January 2020)

2019

December

• Physicians call on the NSW and Federal Governments to take action on climate change (16 December 2019) 
• Health equity still 'under construction' say Doctors (10 December 2019)
• Doctors deeply disappointed in decision to repeal Medevac (6 December 2019)  
• RACP statement on organ trafficking (1 December 2019) 

November

• Over 5,000 doctors sign open letter to save Medevac ahead of possible Senate vote (27 November 2019)
• Leading medical group declares public health emergency and calls for national strategy to tackle climate change (21 November 2019)
• “Medical decisions should be made by medical professionals” – Alliance of medical authorities appeals to Parliament to save Medevac (12 November 2019)
• Leading medical groups disappointed in Medevac inquiry report recommendation (1 November 2019)

October

• Leading medical authorities ask Parliament to maintain Medevac law (13 October 2019)
• Drug testing welfare recipients doesn’t work: Physicians disappointed in Senate Report that flies in the face of evidence (10 October 2019)
• “Booze should not be cheaper than water” – Physicians mark anniversary of NT alcohol laws with renewed national push for minimum pricing (1 October 2019)

August

• So much more than a free lunch: Doctors welcome Government’s lunch programme announcement (30 August 2019)
• Physicians join calls for stronger national air pollution standards (23 August 2019) 
• Statement regarding gender identity correspondence (20 August 2019)
• Physicians urge Queensland Government to implement a floor price for alcohol to reduce harm in the community (13 August 2019) 
• Physicians support Bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW (8 August 2019)

July

• Physicians welcome national task force to urgently address the accelerated silicosis epidemic (26 July 2019)
• Physicians urge decision makers to maintain Sydney’s last drinks laws (22 July 2019)

June

• Urgent reforms needed to address abuse of children in custody, as reports of young Queensland boy left abused, naked and neglected (19 June 2019) 
• Physicians welcome new shadow minister to the health portfolio (4 June 2019)

May

• Physicians congratulate Minister Hunt and outline policy priorities for a healthier nation (27 May 2019)
• RACP appoints new Chief Executive Officer (24 May 2019)
• Experts warn against overuse of chemotherapy in patients with advanced cancer (16 May 2019)
• Physicians say age of criminal responsibility must be raised to help end abuse in custody (13 May 2019)
• RACP welcomes Liberal National Coalition funding for child health (9 May 2019)
• RACP Congress 2019: Doctor burn out and 'healing thy self' - practicing what we preach (8 May 2019)
• RACP Congress 2019: Physicians demand a shift in pain management treatment to tackle global opioid epidemic (7 May 2019)
• RACP Congress 2019: Physicians unveil comprehensive plan for the incoming government to improve child health (6 May 2019)
• RACP Congress 2019: Rising to the challenge of obesity (6 May 2019)
• RACP Congress 2019: Foremost Australasian medical experts gathering in Auckland to lead health discussion (6 May 2019)
• RACP meeting with ACNC (3 May 2019)
• RACP welcomes ambitious Labor plan to address future health of Australia (2 May 2019)

April

• Calls for national task force to address growing epidemic of fatal accelerated silicosis (30 April 2019)
• Federal election 2019: Sustainability, Prevention and Equity: Physicians outline policy agenda ahead of the Federal Election (24 April 2019)
• ALP cancer package welcome to reduce out of pocket costs (5 April 2019)
• Budget 2019: Physicians welcome investment in primary care but budget is lost opportunity to invest in prevention and future proof our health system  (3 April 2019)
• Physicians welcome more ambitious ALP climate policy (2 April 2019)

March

• Tackling child obesity and climate change key to achieving sustainable health care (27 March 2019)
• RACP recognises Indigenous leadership on National Close the Gap Day (21 March 2019)
• RACP congratulates NZ Government on improved gun control (21 March 2019) 
• Health bodies declare Aboriginal youth suicide an urgent national priority (20 March 2019)
• RACP urges the NZ Government to ban semi-automatic rifles (19 March 2019)
• RACP asks NSW political parties to respond on health priorities (7 March 2019)
• RACP welcomes increased transparency of the costs of specialist services  (7 March 2019)
• RACP welcomes alcohol update: New NT regulation paying health dividends (7 March 2019)

February

• RACP calls on all parties to implement dust diseases recommendations (27 February 2019)
• New Rental Housing Standards put improving health outcomes front and centre (26 February 2019)
• Statement from RACP on IHAP panel (22 February 2019)
• Medivac bill will provide better access to health care for asylum seekers – RACP  (14 February 2019)
• RACP welcomes Labor’s commitment to establishing Australian Health Reform Commission (14 February 2019)
• Statement from the President, RACP on safe and respectful working environment (7 February 2019)

January

• RACP writes to nation's leaders: there is sufficient evidence to support pill testing trials (17 January 2019)

2018

December

• Safe, warm and well-fed: Making it the norm (13 December 2018)
• The RACP responds to new data released by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres concerning offshore detention (3 December 2018)

November

• Royal Australasian College of Physicians calls for end to medical crisis in offshore detention (30 November 2018)
• Invest in early warning systems: Doctors fear mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in changing Australian climate (29 November 2018)
• Physicians call on incoming Victorian government to maintain Richmond safer injecting room  (22 November 2018)
• Doctors warn against prescribing unnecessary antibiotics for asthma (11 November 2018)
• RACP welcomes Government plan but refugee kids cannot wait for months (1 November 2018)

October

• No time to play politics: RACP urges immediate transfer of all remaining children and their families from Nauru (25 October)
• RACP implores Government to address medical crisis escalating on Nauru (17 October)
• RACP welcomes COAG review of silica exposure standards and register (13 October 2018)
• RACP welcomes COAG consideration of Silicosis at its meeting today (12 October 2018)
• Minimum alcohol prices to tackle WA alcohol epidemic (12 October 2018)
• RACP raises grave concerns for refugee children on Nauru (11 October 2018)
• Call for regulators to address public health crisis in the artificial stone benchtop industry (10 October 2018)
• Children and families in immigration detention is a health emergency: NZ paediatricians (4 October 2018)

September

• RACP backs Kids Off Nauru campaign (27 September 2018)
• Doctors welcome progress report on child health and development (19 September 2018)
• RACP and SPC partner up to build health capacity in the Pacific (10 September 2018)

August

• Fewer rheumatological tests required (30 August 2018)
• Calls for Australian Government to end its policy of offshore processing (28 August 2018)
• RACP congratulates Greg Hunt and Ken Wyatt on their ministerial appointments (27 August 2018)
• Doctors welcome floor price for alcohol in NT (24 August 2018)
• Minister Farmer must act now to stop 150 young Queensland kids losing childhood in jail (9 August 2018)

July

• Physicians welcome My Health Record system (27 July 2018)
• RACP backs statement promoting integrity and ethics in healthcare (25 July 2018)
• Public health response needed to manage syphilis outbreak (18 July 2018)
• Doctors support proposal to tackle alcohol-related harm (12 July 2018)
• Experts call for ban on ‘Real Bodies - The Exhibition’ (11 July 2018)
• Make pregnancy health warning labels mandatory for alcohol products (4 July 2018)
• We need action on sugar not promises - doctors (3 July 2018)

June

• RACP President pays tribute to outgoing CEO (27 June 2018)
• Terminally ill asylum seeker should have palliative care (20 June 2018)
• Physicians acknowledged in Queen’s Birthday Honours (14 June 2018)

May

• Time to rethink how we prevent and treat obesity: NZ physicians and paediatricians (24 May 2018)
• Changing of the guard at RACP (16 May 2018)
• RACP releases new position statement to tackle obesity (16 May 2018)
• Enabling gender equality in medicine (15 May 2018)
• Paediatricians launch position paper to address inequities in child health (14 May 2018)
• New resource to help health stakeholders improve health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients (14 May 2018)
• RACP releases Indigenous Strategic Framework (14 May 2018)
• Creating sustainable healthcare for the future (14 May 2018)

April

• Drug testing trial will hurt, not help Australians on welfare (23 April 2018)
• Submission on drug testing trial (20 April 2018)
• $2.5 million in Fellowships to further research and improve clinical care (16 April 2018)
• Doctors warn against unnecessary CT scans in children presenting with new onset seizures (16 April 2018)
• RACP election results announced (11 April 2018)
• March for asylum-seekers in detention (7 April 2018)

March

• Opinion piece - Don’t be dopey: we owe it to patients not to rush to medicinal cannabis (27 March 2018)
• Inquiry commences into RACP computer-based exam (12 March 2018)

February

• Media Statement from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Board: Basic Training Written Divisional Exam (27 February 2018)
• Media Statement - New date for Basic Training Written Divisional Exam (20 February 2018)
• Media Statement - Computer Based Testing (19 February 2018) 
• Medicinal cannabis: the challenge for physicians (19 February 2018)
• Specialists push for investment to improve the health of Australian children (12 February 2018)
• Fight to cure cancer receives funding boost (8 February 2018)
• An Indigenous-led and stronger response is needed to Close the Gap (8 February 2018)
• Doctors warn against unnecessary arthroscopic knee surgery (6 February 2018)

January

• Commitment and investment needed to address syphilis epidemic (31 January 2018)
• Expand telehealth services to improve access to specialist medical care (30 January 2018)
• RACP calls on Government to increase investment in drug and alcohol treatment services (30 January 2018)
• Response to article published in the AJP – OTC codeine death claims must stop  (29 January 2018)
• Doctors urge Federal Government to commit funding to end-of-life care (22 January 2018)  
• MoU to develop specialist training and education (22 January 2018)
• Funding needed to improve Indigenous health (19 January 2018) 
• RACP - a national strategy needed to prevent and treat obesity (13 January 2018) 
• Medical specialists outline their reform agenda (13 January 2018)

2017

December

• Peak medical bodies to urge political leaders to improve healthcare for vulnerable asylum seekers (12 December 2017) 
• Study reiterates codeine harms (11 December 2017)
• Marriage Equality Bill passes (7 December 2017)
• Plans to drug test welfare recipients rejected (7 December 2017)
• Doctors want tighter restrictions on alcohol advertising (1 December 2017)

November

• New guide to pregnancy and work (29 November 2017)
• Doctors, lawyers, experts unite in call to raise age of criminal responsibility (21 November 2017)
• Doctors welcome Royal Commission findings into youth detention (20 November 2017)
• Deliver marriage equality without delay (15 November 2017)
• Lack of national resolve on codeine will cost lives (4 November 2017)
• Put patient health first in regulating codeine, Ministers urged (2 November 2017)
• Opinion piece - end to over-the-counter purchase of codeine (1 November 2017)
• Response to opinion piece in the Australian - codeine crackdown (1 November 2017)

October

• The Lancet: climate change already damaging the health of millions globally (31 October 2017)
• Physicians welcome additional funding for codeine upscheduling (27 October 2017)
• Opinion piece - reducing children's exposure to alcohol advertising (25 October 2017)
• Doctors welcome alcohol reforms in the Northern Territory (20 October 2017)
• Open letter to Health Ministers on upscheduling codeine (18 October 2017)
• Opinion piece - patient safety before profit for codeine (13 October 2017)
• Opinion piece - LGBTI parenting: love it seems, is the most important ingredient (12 October 2017)
• Codeine scheduling changes are about patient safety not commercial interests (7 October 2017)
• Close loophole to reduce children's exposure to alcohol advertising (5 October 2017)

September

• RACP supports changes to codeine scheduling (28 September 2017)
• RACP calls for release of asylum seekers in detention (27 September 2017)
• Alcohol promotion and sport - kids are the collateral damage (27 September 2017)
• Unnecessary xrays for children, meds risky for those 65+ and better support for keeping people at work among medical recommendations (25 September 2017)
• Doctors criticise gay conversion therapy remarks in marriage equality debate (18 September 2017)
• RACP welcomes release of modelling tools on drugs and alcohol services (18 September 2017)
• New recommendations to improve Rehabilitation Medicine (18 September 2017)
• Response to legal proceedings initiated by Professor Paul Komesaroff (14 September 2017)
• RACP: Make whanau wellbeing the norm (12 September 2017)
• Opinion piece - Make health equity the norm (11 September 2017)
• RACP supports marriage equality for LGBTI Australians (8 September 2017)
• Government should heed the evidence (5 September 2017)
• Opinion piece - humiliating Australians on welfare is not the answer (1 September 2017)

August

• Drug testing trial isn't necessary (30 August 2017)
• RACP: Make good work the norm (23 August 2017)
• Evidence shows that drug testing pilot won't work (22 August 2017)
• Asylum-seekers must be transferred for safe care (22 August 2017) 
• RACP: Make healthy housing the norm (18 August 2017)
• Doctors saving patients and planet too (17 August 2017)
• RACP: Make health equity the norm (10 August 2017)
• Drug and alcohol measures will not work (4 August 2017)
• New Evolve recommendations to improve obstetric and paediatric care (3 August 2017)

July

• World Hepatitis Day - tackling a global health threat (27 July 2017)
• Seal the loophole for alcohol advertising and sports (10 July 2017)
• RACP submission to Northern Territory alcohol review (7 July 2017)

June

• Doctors to explore health issues in Refugee Week 2017 (20 June 2017)
• Disability support pension changes flawed (20 June 2017)
• RACP supports release of Second Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation (7 June 2017)

May

• RACP urges Government to abandon welfare drug testing plans (31 May 2017)
• RACP calls for health equity in all government policies (26 May 2017)
• A leader who listens improves mental health of workers (10 May 2017)
• RACP welcomes government commitment to lifting rebate freeze (10 May 2017)
• Smaller, specialised hospitals - the way of the future (9 May 2017)
• Much more than a gut feeling for faecal transplant patients (9 May 2017)
• More needs to be known about ADHD variations (8 May 2017)
• Health care system failing people with obesity (7 May 2017)

April

• RACP submission calls for Melbourne medically supervised injecting centre (13 April 2017)
• Australians concerned about the health impact of extremely hot weather (5 April 2017)

March

• Cricket Australia drops ball with another alcohol sponsor (28 March 2017)
• Parents not tuned in to health impacts of alcohol ad loophole (23 March 2017)
• Doctors need to take holistic view of patient medications (23 March 2017)

February

• Silly season is non-stop for Australian sports (22 February 2017)

January

• It's just not cricket - alcohol sponsorship impacting children (22 January 2017)
• RACP Pre-Budget Submission 2017-18 (13 January 2017)