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Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, centre, with staff from the Nanango Medical Centre, a bulk-billing GP practice (Photo: Nanango Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 1, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington fears a ruling by the Queensland Revenue Office (QRO) in December could mean the end of bulk-billing by GPs in Queensland.<\/p>\n

The ruling followed a tribunal decision in NSW where GPs contracted to medical centres were deemed to be receiving “taxable wages” for the purposes of levying payroll tax.<\/p>\n

The QRO then clarified the position was the same in Queensland.<\/p>\n

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners president Bruce Willett has warned the increased payroll tax will cut into the profit margins for clinics.<\/p>\n

“I recently met with staff and doctors from the Nanango Medical Centre to discuss the many issues affecting GPs and medical centres, especially the threat being imposed by the introduction of the State Labor Government\u2019s new ‘patient tax’,” Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n

She said the QRO ruling had re-interpreted the law.<\/p>\n

“This will mean practices will have no choice but to increase the cost of seeing a GP, and could see the end of bulk-billing in Queensland,” Mrs Frecklington said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, the State Government refuses to acknowledge the serious ramifications this change will have for patients and GP practices. They refuse to acknowledge that GPs are already being forced to shut their doors, and charge patients more to see their doctor.<\/p>\n

“I am calling on the State Labor Government to put a stop to the new Patient Tax.<\/p>\n

“At the very least, they must make an exemption for rural and regional practices, especially the very few that still provide bulk-billing services.<\/p>\n

“For rural and regional areas that are already feeling the effect of a lack of GPs, and the further pressure this places on our hospital system, this is tax that will have dire consequences for a health system already in crisis.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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