Pharmacists recognised in 2025 King’s Birthday Honours

In this year’s King’s Birthday Honours, five pharmacists have been awarded prestigious Orders of Australia Medals.

Information on Commonwealth, state and territory statutory declarations

  JURISDICTION DEPARTMENT FORM Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department www.ag.gov.au/legal-system/ statutory-declarations www.ag.gov.au/node/2838 New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice www.jp.nsw.gov.au/Documents/ witnessing-legal-documents- remotely-jp-factsheet.pdf www.jp.nsw.gov.au/Pages/ justices-of-the-peace/nsw- statutory-declaration.aspx Northern Territory Northern Territory Government www.nt.gov.au/law/processes/ statutory-declarations www.nt.gov.au/__data/ assets/word_doc/0011/ 167933/statutory-declaration.docx Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives /documents-during-covid/ statutory-declarations South Australia Attorney-General’s Department www.agd.sa.gov.au/jp-covid-updates www.agd.sa.gov.au/sites/ default/files/0007_jphandbook_v6_web.pdf (pp. 19–21 and 61–64) www.agd.sa.gov.au/sites/ default/files/south_australian _statutory_declaration_form.pdf Tasmania Department of Justice www.justice.tas.gov.au/forms /statutory_declarations www.justice.tas.gov.au/ forms/statutory_declarations Victoria Department of...

Pharmacists can help improve medicine literacy

Helping consumers understand the language of medicines is the key message to emerge from this year’s Be Medicinewise Week. To improve this understanding, PSA encourages...

PBS offering could provide relief from severe asthma

A medication that promises to alleviate symptoms of severe asthma is now listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) under Section 100, giving patients...

Pharmacists funded under new medicine safety trial

A new intervention will target medicine safety in primary care, with the aim of reducing medicine-related hospitalisations by identifying at-risk patients.

COVID-19: Finish line or first lap?

As Australia reaches vaccine targets, what’s next for pharmacists and Australians?