New statistics show that not a single GP in Brisbane’s inner north is accepting new bulk-billing patients.
Australia’s public health system has suffered years of underfunding from federal and state governments. This has led to increasing out of pocket costs, ballooning wait lists for surgery, and increased strain on hospital staff, which has only been made worse by the pandemic.
The primary healthcare system in Brisbane is failing.
CleanBill’s 2025 Blue Report shows that Brisbane is one of just fifteen Federal Divisions in Australia which have no available bulk-billing clinics for new patients, and Brisbane constituents pay the highest average out-of-pocket fee for seeing a GP in Queensland, at $50.62 per consultation.
The Greens will fight to properly fund our public health system, making it genuinely free and universal so everyone can get the care they need. This election, I’m fighting for:
- Establishing an Urgent Care Clinic in the Federal Division of Brisbane
- Tripling the bulk-billing incentive so everyone can access a bulk-billing GP locally
- Bringing dental care into Medicare
- Removing the cap on subsidised psychologist applications
- Increasing hospital funding by establishing a 50%-50% funding split with the state, territories and federal governments
Here in Brisbane, I'm lobbying the government to establish an Urgent Care Clinic so that community members who can no longer afford to see local GPs have access to healthcare without having to go to the emergency room.
I need your support. Can you write to the Health Minister today to ask him to establish an Urgent Care Clinic in Brisbane?