Committee updates
NSW Trainee Committee 2026
Elected annually by New South Wales (NSW) trainees, the NSW Trainee Committee acts as a conduit between trainees and fellows in the region, and the ANZCA Council. The newly elected NSW Trainee Committee will have their first meeting on Monday 9 February 2026.
The elected members for 2026 include:
- Joel Selby (Co-chair)
- Jovana Stojkov (Co-chair)
- Jack Mangos (Deputy)
- Gabriella Charlton
- Benjamin Chau
- Ghalia Feddah
- Lachlan Gan
- Stella Graham
- Shubash Quazi
- Peggi Xie
- Eric Xu
- Rachel Yeong
Office Bearers for 2026 ANZCA NSW Trainee Committee were appointed on Monday 9 February 2026. Dr Joel Selby and Dr Jovana Stojkov were elected as Co-chairs and Dr Jack Mangos were elected as Deputy Chair. The NSW Trainee Committee thanked outgoing Co-chairs Dr Sukhi Hedge and Dr Bahaven Jeyaratnam, Deputy Dr Dominic Horne for their commitment and dedication to supporting NSW trainees.
NSW Regional Committee 2026
The call for nominations for the 2026-2028 NSW Regional Committee closed on Friday 20 February. We received fourteen nominations for the twelve positions on the committee and will be going to election from Monday 16 March to Friday 17 April 2026.
FPM NSW Regional Committee 2026
The call for nominations for the 2026-2028 FPM NSW Regional Committee closed on Friday 20 February. We received eight nominations for the seven positions on the committee and will be going to election from Monday 16 March to Friday 17 April 2026.
NSW workers compensation medical and surgical fees orders indexed commencing 1 February 2026
The NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) has advised that the SIRA set fees of the medical and surgical fees orders have been gazetted and indexed by 4.57%, commencing on 1 February 2026. The fees orders include:
- Workers Compensation (Medical Practitioner Fees) Order
- Workers Compensation (Surgeon and Orthopaedic Surgeon Fees) Order
- Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation (Injury Management Consultant Fees) Order
- Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation (Medical Examinations and Reports Fees) Order
The indexation is a composite rate (50% WPI / 50% CPI) based on the figures from the September 2025 quarter. The wage price index used is the ‘Australia Private and Public Health care and social assistance’ index and the consumer price index used is the "Medical, dental and hospital services – Sydney" index.
Please note, the maximum fees adopted by these fees orders which are set by the List of Medical Services and Fees issued by the Australian Medical Association (the AMA Fees List) have not been indexed, as these were indexed by the AMA on 1 November 2025.
The updated fees orders, with a commencement date of 1 February 2026, can be found in the NSW Government Gazette No 20 of 23 January 2026. All updated fees orders and fees and practice requirements documents will be available on the SIRA website under the current health-related fees on the List of SIRA publications page from 1 February 2026.
Event highlights
Save the date
Saturday 20 June 2025 8am – 5pm
Hilton Hotel Sydney
The theme for this year’s event is “Hearts at the Hilton” with proposed topics on:
- Perioperative cardiac risk
- Cardiology for anaesthetists
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Obstetric and paediatric cardiac cases
- ECG interpretation and rhythm analysis
- Heart failure and STEMI definition updates
We are currently nearing completion of the planning stages of the NSW ACE Winter Meeting, please save the date and we will be in touch soon.
Courses
Upcoming courses
New South Wales Primary exam practice viva 2026.1
- between 6 April to 1 May 2026
New South Wales Final exam practice viva 2026.1
- between 4 to 22 May 2026
New South Wales Primary exam refresher course 2026
- Monday 2 to Friday 6 November 2026
New South Wales Final exam refresher course 2026
- Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December 2026
NSW directory
117 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065
+61 2 9966 9085
The New South Wales Regional Committee is an elected body that act as a conduit between Fellows and trainees in the New South Wales region and the ANZCA Council to which they report.
Elected annually by NSW trainees, the committee act as a conduit between trainees and fellows, as well as with the ANZCA Council.
The FPM NSW Regional Committee is an elected body that acts as a conduit between fellows and trainees in the NSW region, and the FPM Board to which they report.