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12 November 2025

Media release

Psychiatrists back Productivity Commission’s call to fix the mental health plan and system
20 November 2025
Puberty blocker pause could harm vulnerable young people, psychiatrists say

Puberty blocker pause could harm vulnerable young people, psychiatrists say

20 November 2025
Automatic membership activated for specialist international medical graduates

The RANZCP Board has approved a change to membership criteria under which specialist international m...

19 November 2025
Inaugural Rural Champion Professor Kane Vellar

Professor Kane Vellar is an inaugural Rural Champion, representing Monash Modified (MM) regions 5–7.

19 November 2025
Advancing rural psychiatry: Highlights of PIF initiatives in 2025

Explore Psychiatry Interest Forum (PIF) initiatives in rural psychiatry – from short courses and wor...

19 November 2025
Introduction to Psychiatry short course in Perth

The RANZCP Psychiatry Interest Forum successfully delivered the Introduction to Psychiatry Short Cou...

19 November 2025
Australian Health Provider Compliance Strategy 2025–30

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has published their Health Provider Compliance Strat...

17 November 2025
Expressions of interest open for Rural Champions

RANZCP trainees or Fellows who are passionate about training or practising psychiatry in a rural loc...

17 November 2025
Inaugural Rural Champion Associate Professor Ravi Bhat AM

Associate Professor Ravi Bhat AM Associate Professor Ravi Bhat AM is an inaugural Rural Champion, r...

14 November 2025
Securing the future: Addressing the psychiatry workforce crisis

Leading psychiatrists from across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia have joined senior public healt...

06 November 2025
Record mental health ED wait times a symptom of system-wide failure

The AMA’s latest report confirms what frontline psychiatrists have known for years: Australia’s ment...