This is readily available. However an Unrestricted Provider Number is required in order for your patients to claim benefits from Medicare. Without this number, doctors are mostly restricted to working in the Public Health system, essentially the Public Hospitals. These Unrestricted Provider Numbers have been recently restricted and so there is some difficulty in obtaining one. There may be a few exceptions to the requirement to sit the AMC examination, notably for doctors from New Zealand and Canada.
Many overseas doctors apply to become doctors in Australia.
It is very competitive and many do not obtain their registration. Information on the AMC examination may be purchased from the AMC website publications page The University of Queensland runs a bridging course to help prepare overseas trained doctors who need to sit for the MCQ exam. It may be possible to work for short periods of time within Australia. In this case one option is to contact a locum service such as Family Care Medical Services . The Australian Medical Association is an organisation which represents registered medical practitioners and medical students.