For the first time, on 1 November 2025, Labor is expanding eligibility for bulk billing incentives to all Australians and creating an additional new incentive payment for practices that bulk bill every patient.
This will mean 9 out of 10 GP visits will be bulk billed by 2030, boosting the number of fully bulk billed practices to around 4,800 nationally - triple the current number.
GP practices around the country are already preparing to sign up to be fully bulk billing practices ahead of November.
The Government is now launching a calculator so practice managers and GPs can more accurately estimate the financial impact of adopting a fully bulk billing model.
The calculator provides practice managers and GPs with tailored income estimates based on their consultation mix, current billing model, location, and concessional patient proportion to support decision-making by comparing different scenarios.
From 1 November 2025, the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program will provide an additional 12.5 per cent incentive payment on MBS benefits paid for eligible services, split between the GP and the practice, when participating GPs and their practice bulk bill all eligible patients for all eligible services.
Doctors will also access MBS incentives for bulk billing for all Medicare eligible patients.
Practice managers and GPs can use the calculator, register their interest in the program and find more about bulk billing changes by visiting health.gov.au/BBPIP.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
"Already GP practices around the country have said they will move to a fully bulk billing practice.
"Doctors and practices are making the shift because they know it is good for patients, and it is good for their bottom line.
"The calculator will help practices and GPs see how mixed billing practices will be better off when they switch to fully bulk billed.
"We know this investment will work, because it has already worked for the patients the incentive already applies to - pensioners, concession cardholders, and families with kids."
