Australian Medical Association

We welcome the federal government’s commitment to establishing an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). It’s essential this independent CDC tackles AMR and other critical One Health challenges.

Read the AMA's One Health position statement: www.ama.com.au/articles/one...

The AMA’s One Health position statement highlights this vital link, recognising that threats like antimicrobial resistance (AMR) undermine healthcare systems, food safety, and contribute to millions of deaths globally each year.

🌍 Today marks the 10th annual global One Health Day — a timely reminder of the deep interconnection between the health of people, animals, and our environment.

An alarming new report from @thelancet.com shows millions are dying each year as a result of our failure to tackle the climate crisis. In 2019 we declared climate change a 'health emergency'. It has only worsened since. We need more than words. We need action.
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AMA Chair of Public Health Dr Michael Bonning spoke to the ABC this morning about social media's role in promoting the use of supplements, and some of the risks associated with supplement use.

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Vaccination rates are falling in many areas leading to the increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases like whooping cough, which can be deadly. Vaccines save lives.

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Our hospitals are in logjam following years of underinvestment. We need state and territory governments and the federal government to commit to both increase funding our public hospitals to expand capacity and improve performance.

Story: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Health ministers are absolutely correct, confirmed in our ongoing research on the causes of logjam in our hospitals. This is one piece of the puzzle which needs solutions if we are to clear the hospital logjam.

Our report: www.ama.com.au/articles/hos...

Our hospitals are in logjam.

Patients can't move through the system due to exit block or 'bed block', with flow-on effects right through to long ED waits and ambulance ramping.

We need urgent funding reform from state and fed govts to expand capacity and improve performance.

hospitallogjam.com.au

If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs urgent support:

• Lifeline – 13 11 14
• Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 467

#worldsuicidepreventionday is a call to shift from silence and stigma to openness, empathy and action, to ensure those who are struggling feel heard, supported, and connected. Together, we can help create a future where more lives are saved and more stories are shared.

In Australia, suicide remains the leading cause of death among people aged 15–44.

Wednesday 10 September is #worldsuicidepreventionday; and this year’s theme, ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’, challenges us to transform how we think and talk about suicide.

Two years of government inaction leaves Australians exposed to gambling harm Two years after the landmark 'You win some, you lose more' parliamentary inquiry delivered 31 unanimous recommendations, the federal government is yet to deliver an adequate and comprehensive response...

AMA ACT President Dr Kerrie Aust was also present saying "We want kids and young people playing sport and having their heroes without a constant stream of gambling advertising."

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Usman Khawaja says Labor has been ‘100% too slow’ to ban gambling ads to protect children Australian cricketer says the normalisation of gambling in sport for young people is ‘scary and dangerous’ as government continues to sit on reforms

Cricketing legend Usman Khawaja has taken a brave stand today calling out the government for failing to protect our children from the scourge that are gambling ads.

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Episode 3 - The Case for a Tax on Sugary Drinks

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Episode 3 - The Case for a Tax on Sugary Drinks

Have a suggestion for a topic that you would like covered in future podcasts? We're keen to hear your thoughts on this too!

We're also inviting you to submit questions for upcoming episodes. Do you have any questions about artificial intelligence in healthcare or the issue of vaping? Drop your question in the comments below and we'll see if we can get them answered in coming weeks.

The AMA’s new podcast, hosted by Dr Omar Khorshid and Dr Chris Moy, is back with a new episode this week discussing preventive health and the AMA's campaign for a tax on sugar sweetened beverages.

Experiences like this shine a light on the 'hidden' waitlist, or the years many patients wait to even see a specialist before joining the elective — really, essential — surgery waitlist. Years lost to pain and suffering.

Our solutions and more are at hospitallogjam.com.au

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The AMA’s new podcast, hosted by Dr Omar Khorshid and Dr Chris Moy, is back later this week. Subscribe to The Waiting Room to have each episode delivered to you as soon as it is released!

6000 people waiting for so-called elective — really, essential — surgeries in SA as hospitals remain in a state of logjam. We need state and federal govts to fix the funding formula to help expand hospital capacity and improve performance.

Our solutions: hospitallogjam.com.au

Clear the hospital logjam | Australian Medical Association

…bed block contributes to an entire system in logjam. We urge all governments to get a new hospital funding agreement finalised asap to clear the hospital logjam.
www.hospitallogjam.com.au

SA didn't need an investigation to find out that "exit block" is one of the biggest problems contributing to ambulance ramping. We've been saying it all along…
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Patients left in hospital foyers and corridors, waiting for hours to receive treatment as nurses are rostered to 'babysit' them.

This isn't right.

We need state and federal govts to step up and deliver funding reform to clear the logjam in our hospitals.

www.hospitallogjam.com.au

We need state and federal governments to step up and deliver funding reform to clear the logjam in our public hospitals.

More aged care beds will help exit block, but we need real investment to expand capacity and improve performance.

www.hospitallogjam.com.au

Ambulance ramping reaches record high in South Australia amid flu season As South Australia records its worst ambulance ramping, one of the ways the government is tackling the problem is by moving patients from hospitals to a hotel.

Worst ramping on record as flu cases overwhelm the SA hospital system.

How can you help? Get vaccinated.

How can governments help? State and federal governments must agree to funding reform to expand capacity and improve performance.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

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