Price must be right to put obesity drug on the PBS
Whether to fully subsidise the new generation weight loss drugs such as Mounjaro and Ozempic for obese Australians without ...
Global pharma giants push for weight-loss drugs to be added to PBS
Eli Lilly will seek to have Mounjaro listed on the scheme this year. If successful, it would mean taxpayer subsidies for the ...
Higher passport fees and larger Centrelink payments. All the January 1 changes you need to know
A handful of Centrelink payments for young Australians will be increasing slightly, in line with indexation. For example, the ...
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New And Expanded PBS Listings For Breast And Prostate Cancer
Australians with prostate and breast cancer now have affordable access to affordable new and expanded medicines under the ...
Pressure on PBS advisory body as drug applications exceed its capacity to assess them
The independent expert body tasked with making recommendations on whether new medications should receive government subsidies ...
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What you will be paying from the start of 2025
The price of passports has risen as new 2025 fees and charges kick in. Douglas Shire residents and visitors will be affected by a raft of changes to Federal Government laws, fees and charges. The ...
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New treatments for breast and prostate cancer added to PBS
Hundreds of Australians with breast and prostate cancer will benefit from new treatments being added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
New year changes to boost payments and career options
Employers who underpay staff will be committing a criminal offence in 2025, while more than a million Australians will see ...
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"It's completely changed my life": endometriosis patients hail new subsidised treatment
Now, Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has listed Visanne on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which means that cost will now be subsidised. "This is all about providing cheaper medicine and ...