I had to catch a train via the airport line to Central, and then catch a train back to Redfern. I had to leave home 20 minutes earlier today than I did on Friday to get to work at the same time. By the way, there was one person waiting at the Domestic station and about six at the International station, none with bags. Peter Finneran, Padstow Heights. The Federal Government controls the prices of pharmaceuticals through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, giving Australia probably the world's lowest prices for prescription medications.
Overseas experience shows that the opposite is true.
Governments have restricted the ownership and location of pharmacies precisely to ensure that people everywhere have appropriate access to medications and to professional advice about their use and effects. The National Competition Review of Pharmacy Regulation found there are public interest reasons to maintain the limitations. The guild has introduced quality care pharmacy standards to ensure that the quality and availability of pharmaceutical advice are consistently high. This will become an Australia-wide accreditation system. More than 3,000 pharmacies have already taken up the standards.