Work & the workplace
Union welcomes Award increase
Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase award rates “an important win for the nation’s hard-working pharmacists”, a union leader says Professional Pharmacists Australia is welcoming the announcement of a 4.75% increase to …
Pay rise coming for Award workers
Pharmacists on Pharmacy Industry Award wages will get a 4.75% pay increase following Annual Wage Review, but ‘real wages’ remain lower than in 2021 Employees earning award wages are set …
Telehealth an option: Ahpra
Practitioners urged to consider whether telehealth may be an appropriate alternative for patients during the ongoing fuel crisis Telehealth consultations could help patients maintain access to healthcare amid calls to conserve fuel, the Australian …
Mentoring and connection: the heart of pharmacy
AdPha has created a new platform for mentoring and networking, developed exclusively for pharmacy professionals Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has today (Friday 29 May 2026) officially launched AdPha Connect, a …
Older pharmacists dropping rego
Declining numbers of pharmacists aged 60 years and older are maintaining their registration, as profession’s ranks continue to swell Registration data from the Pharmacy Board of Australia for the March 2026 quarter …
Budget a missed opportunity for pharmacy: PPA
Government’s investment in medicines access and Medicare is a positive, but a union warns the failure to address workforce issues will drive unsafe conditions for pharmacists and patients Professional Pharmacists …
Pharmacists ‘notably excluded’ from MBS: Bonner
Leader in aged care pharmacy argues for MBS-billed “team-based prescribing” over autonomous prescribing Pharmacist prescribing along with other pharmacy clinical services should be integrated into Medicare via the MBS, argues …
‘You can only be who you see’
Female visibility in pharmacy research increased over more than two decades… but progress is needed in editorial leadership, a new study finds A new study has found a “substantial rise” …
Sexual misconduct finds added to Ahpra registers
Regulator begins updating the public registers of practitioners and cancelled practitioners to include existing sexual misconduct findings Sexual misconduct findings against more than 100 health practitioners have been added to …
‘Behave appropriately’: NT Health
Violence and aggression in public hospitals will not be tolerated, the chief executive of Northern Territory Health says NT Health is calling on the community to “behave appropriately” in the …
Pharmacy assistant’s dismissal ‘unjust and unreasonable’
Pharmacy assistant with a 14-year unblemished record wins unfair dismissal case over alleged theft of confectionery A pharmacy owner has been ordered to pay a long-serving pharmacy assistant almost $24,000 plus superannuation …
Pharmacist prescribers deserve more: Barometer
Close to three-quarters of pharmacists say they would back an hourly rate of $70.80 for prescribers, UTS Pharmacy Barometer reveals As pharmacists’ scope of practice expands to include prescribing for certain conditions, …