28 June 2017 - For many years, pharmacies have held a favoured place in Australia.

Most suburbs have a pharmacy – a place where many people, particularly the elderly, feel they can go for the right medicine and perhaps some free and friendly health advice from the pharmacist.

That special status, maximised by their lobby organisation, the Pharmacy Guild, has delivered pharmacy owners political clout that reaches well beyond their customers.

Read Consumers Health Forum press release