03/06/2024
There’s a new threat to access and affordability of healthcare.
Today my colleagues and I discussed with doctors at a Darlinghurst practice how the NSW Government will potentially rely on a court ruling last year and collect payroll tax for the first time (including retrospectively) on fees charged by contracting GPs.
This liability could be hundreds of thousands of dollars each for many practices.
This move would force the closure of practices and higher fees for patients - each leading to more patients presenting at overwhelmed hospital emergency departments where waiting times are blowing out from budget cuts.
Other states have acted. The Opposition is calling on the NSW Government to grant an amnesty to June 2025 and then appropriate exemptions going forward.
