KERANG pharmacy owner Kin Chong says the Federal Government decision to change dispensing from monthly to bimonthly will wipe an average $170,000 from the bottom line of every pharmacy in the country.

Mr Chong, who owns Kerang's TerryWhite Chemmart and a pharmacy in Barham, said the cuts would almost certainly cost jobs and curtail local services.

He said Canberra’s overhaul of pharmacy operat...