Painaustralia is Australia’s leading pain advocacy body working to improve the quality of life of people living with pain, their families and carers, and to minimise the social and economic burden of pain on individuals and the community.
Media Release
23 October 2019 Painaustralia - Putting pain services on the map
23 October 2019 Minister for Health the Hon Greg Hunt MP - Supporting people with chronic pain to access services
Painaustralia in the news
Australian Women's Health- 4 December 2019
ABC NEWS- 3 December 2019
Daily Telegraph- 30 November 2019
Daily Telegraph- 19 November 2019
Herald Sun- 16 November 2019
Hospital and Healthcare - 14 November 2019
Croakey independent, in-depth social journalism for health - 7 November 2019
7 News - November 2019
itK - Official Journal of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia- October/November 2019
PHNEWS- 24 October 2019
Senior AU - 23 October 2019
Latest Submissions
ENEWS Issue 92
- Consultation on National Obesity Strategy, submission from Painaustralia December 2019 Download the submission
- Royal Commission into Disability November 2019 Download the submission
- IASP's Proposed New Definition of Pain Released for Comment September 2019 Download the submission
- Submission from Painaustralia to Independent Review of Nursing Education Download the submission
- Proposal for new aged care funding instrument Consultation May 2019 Download the submission
- PBS Improvements Process_Medicines Status Website From Painaustralia April 2019 Download the submission
- Medical Benefits Schedule Review: Draft Report from the Pain Management Clinical Committee From Painaustralia April 2019 Download the submission
- Productivity Commission Inquiry into Mental Health_Submission from Painaustralia April 2019 Download the submission
- TGA Spinal Implants reclassification Consultation_Submission from Painaustralia March 2019 Download the submission
- TGA prescription medication under evaluation Consultation_Submission from Painaustralia March 2019 Download the submission
- ACRE Draft Prescribing Guidance-Non-Cancer Pain_Submission from Painaustralia March 2019 Download the submission
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Submission from Painaustralia February 2019 Download the submission
- TGA Medical Devices Consultation Submission from Painaustralia February 2019 Download the submission
- Review of Early Release of Superannuation Benefits: Furthers consultation and draft proposals February 2019 Download the submission
- Submission to Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health January 2019 Download the submission
- A message from the CEO
- New National Pain Services Directory
- Codeine use and harms in Australia: evaluating the effects of re‐scheduling
- NPS Medicinewise Education Program: Opioids, Chronic Pain and the bigger picture
- Faculty of Pain Medicine releases Procedures in Pain Medicine Clinical Care Standard
- National Carers Week
- Painaustralia partners with PMRI, University of Sydney, the Kolling Institute and NSW Health for a global conference on opioid deprescribing
- PharmAus 2019
- Queensland’s move towards Real Time Prescription Monitoring
- Out and About
- In the media
- Guest Contribution: Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
