Clinton is joined by Anthony Flynn, Director of Health Knowledge & Translation at Asthma Australia, to discuss the changes that took effect on 1 September 2024, when over 70 asthma inhalers were added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) with a 60-day prescription option.

This follows advice from the independent Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), which deemed it clinically safe for eligible patients.

Prescribers now have the discretion to choose between 30 or 60-day prescriptions based on their professional judgement.

Clinton is joined by Anthony Flynn, Director of Health Knowledge &amp; Translation at Asthma Australia, to discuss the changes that took effect on 1 September 2024, when over 70 asthma inhalers were added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) with a 60-day prescription option.
This follows advice from the independent Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), which deemed it clinically safe for eligible patients.
Prescribers now have the discretion to choose between 30 or 60-day prescriptions based on their professional judgement.

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Asthma patients benefit from new 60-day prescription option

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Mike is joined by Warren Hogan, managing director of EQ Economics and economic adviser to Judo Bank, who notes that inflation stopped falling late last year and is now steady around 4%.

The RBA's forecast for core inflation is 3.4% by December 2024, requiring a significant drop in quarterly inflation. However, recent data from June and July shows no easing of price pressures.

Mike is joined by Warren Hogan, managing director of EQ Economics and economic adviser to Judo Bank, who notes that inflation stopped falling late last year and is now steady around 4%.
The RBA's forecast for core inflation is 3.4% by December 2024, requiring a significant drop in quarterly inflation. However, recent data from June and July shows no easing of price pressures.

Inflation stalls at 4% as price pressures persist warns Warren Hogan

Mike talks with Zaun Bhana, Technology Strategist and Managing Director of Leap Consulting, about the government’s proposed social media ban.

Choosing the right age to allow children to access social media fails to go far
enough to address how far behind we are in protecting those same kids from digital
harm, says Mr Bhana.

The Online Safety Act (2021) gives the eSafety Commissioner powers to react and
remove harmful content, but unlike the UK’s Online Safety Act (2023), it doesn’t
address critical areas deemed as lawful but harmful to children such as
disinformation, porn and gambling.

Significantly, the UK approach places emphasis on age assurance to protect
children from harmful content.

This includes requiring platforms to implement approved age verification or age
assurance mechanisms to ensure that children do not encounter harmful or
inappropriate content (such as pornography or violence).

Given that the average age children are first seeing pornography is 13, we must
make the right changes now.

Mike talks with Zaun Bhana, Technology Strategist and Managing Director of Leap Consulting, about the government’s proposed social media ban.
Choosing the right age to allow children to access social media fails to go far enough to address how far behind we are in protecting those same kids from digital harm, says Mr Bhana.
The Online Safety Act (2021) gives the eSafety Commissioner powers to react and remove harmful content, but unlike the UK’s Online Safety Act (2023), it doesn’t address critical areas deemed as lawful but harmful to children such as disinformation, porn and gambling.
Significantly, the UK approach places emphasis on age assurance to protect children from harmful content.
This includes requiring platforms to implement approved age verification or age assurance mechanisms to ensure that children do not encounter harmful or inappropriate content (such as pornography or violence).
Given that the average age children are first seeing pornography is 13, we must make the right changes now.

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