29/05/2026
From a recent RACGP article :- ‘At the moment the rhetoric is that primary healthcare is a federal problem, and that’s how it should be funded, and we 100% agree that the Federal Government is responsible for primary healthcare.
‘But the implications of primary healthcare not being supported by the State Government is that the people that we support will end up presenting at the hospitals, and when they present at the hospitals, the state picks up the bill.’
We have a year of support from the State Government thanks to Bridget Archerand Jeremy Rockliff. They have our backs to help advocate for federal funded primary healthcare.
Rebecca White Senator Claire Chandler Senator Nick McKim Senator Jonno Duniam Senator Jacqui Lambie Senator Carol Brown
Amid funding cuts and fears patients are falling through cracks, one state government says it cannot ‘keep picking up the tab on services that should be funded by the Commonwealth’.