Entries by Richard Hart

Payroll Tax Update

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The payroll tax campaign continues with a joint campaign with  AGPA, RACGP and PCBC  very active in Victoria.

The AGPA leads are Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, AGPA Deputy Chair and Dr Sarah Lewis, AGPA Board Member.

RACGP survey data is now confirming the predictions of the impact of payroll tax with only 3% of Practices considering that they would be able to absorb the tax and 78% of Practices  (95% of Victorian Practices) indicating they would need to raise fees.  The implications of this for the provision of primary healthcare

Since November the joint campaign has

  • submitted revised scenarios for […]

ACCC opposes Australian Clinical Labs’ proposed acquisition of Healius

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The Australian GP Alliance made a submission and engaged in a number of discussions with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) regarding our concerns with the Australian Clinical Lab’s  proposed acquisition of Healius. AGPA’s concerns centered around the potential for service quality reduction and the reduction of competition for collection centre rentals. This has the potential to impact on a tender process to establish market rents, with a resultant reduction in the ability to establish rental rate that is higher the assessed value of the property.

On 15 December 2023 the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that […]

Payroll Tax – Administrative Controls

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Webinar

Tuesday 12 December 2023, 7:30pm AEDT

6:30 pm Queensland, 7:00 pm SA, 4:30 pm WA

AGPA Webinar Payroll Tax – Administrative Controls

Speakers

Paul Copeland, Director, William Buck

Ben Ryan, Senior Associate, Avant Law

 

Victoria, NSW, ACT, Queensland and South Australia are all applying precedents which allow them to charge payroll tax on medical professional fees paid to independent GPs under conventional General […]

ACL Acquisition of Healius – ACCC Inquiry

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The Australian pathology industry is dominated by four large companies.  When measured using the number of Approved Collection Centres (ACCs) as a measure of market share three companies dominate the industry: Healius, Sonic and ACL have approximately 80% of the ACCs.

When the smaller share held by 4Cyte is added, the proportion of the market held by these four companies rises to over 90%.

On 23 March 2023  Australian Clinical Labs Ltd (ACL) made an off-market takeover offer […]

AGPA Webinar: Payroll Tax – Another View

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Webinar

Tuesday 29 August 2023, 7:30pm AEST

7:30 pm Queensland, 7:00 pm SA, 5:30 pm WA

AGPA Webinar Payroll Tax – Another View

Speakers

Paul Copeland, Director, William Buck

Ben Ryan, Senior Associate, Avant Law

 

State Payroll Tax is threatening to become a major threat to the viability of General Practices in many Australian States.

Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia are all applying precedents which allow them […]

Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA) Raises Concerns Over Government’s Decision on Prescription Exchange Provider Monopoly

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Media Release Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA) Raises Concerns Over Government’s Decision on Prescription Exchange Provider Monopoly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
08/08/2023

The Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA) maintains the recent decision by the Department of Health and Ageing, which attempts to mandate a single prescription exchange provider for publicly funded prescriptions runs counter to the interests of primary care sector and its patients and is by its design anti-competitive.

AGPA said the move eliminates the healthy competition that existed between MediSecure and Fred IT, two key companies providing prescription […]

APGA at the RACGP Owners Conference

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AGPA participated at the RACGP Practice Owners Conference in Adelaide 20-21 May 2023.

A big thanks to AGPA Directors Dr Craig Richards (NSW) and Dr Richard Barker (QLD) for two days of hard work at the AGPA stand.

AGPA At Practice Owners Conference- Stand 53

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The AGPA will be present at the upcoming RACGP Practice Owners Conference 20 & 21 May 2023.

A number of Directors will be present so this will be a great opportunity to catch up and discuss the issues that are important to you as a Practice Owner and what the AGPA can do to help.

See you at Stand 53