Presidents Report Archives

President report for 2025

by Gerald | Aug 25, 2025 | Members Only, News

Dear Members, Re: Change of membership year to align with the financial year. As MSASA closes off another financial year, I’m pleased to report that the organisation has made a surplus for the year 24/25 and remains in a very sound financial position. During a recent...

President’s Report for 2024

by Gerald | Mar 26, 2024 | Members Only, News

The past year has been a busy one for the executive as we focused on two core issues. Firstly, there has been the ongoing communication with the Government objecting to the recommendations of the Surgical Assistant Working Group (subcommittee of the Medicare Review...

Presidents Update – 18th March 2023

by Gerald | Mar 21, 2023 | News

Dear Members, Further to our newsletter of Dec 22, I am writing to give you all an update and urge you to renew your membership of MSASA for 2023. Since my update at this time last year, the MSASA executive has been busy engaging with the Medicare Review Advisory...

President’s Update – 2021 Year in Review

by Gerald | Jan 27, 2022 | Members Only, News

After my optimistic report in March last year, 2021 turned out to be really tough (again), especially for those of us in Victoria and NSW. Through 2021 our medico-political work has been focussed on the following: This content is for Member members only.Join Now...

President’s Update December 2020

by Gerald | Feb 16, 2021 | Members Only, News

Dear Members, As 2020 draws to a close it’s time to reflect on a most extraordinary year. Although all of us have suffered significant disruption to our work and family lives, (especially in Victoria) thankfully most of us have not been personally impacted by the...