LABOR TO DELIVER HELIPAD AT MACLEAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
A Shorten Labor Government will provide faster access to care for critically ill people in the Clarence Valley by building a new helipad at Maclean District Hospital. Shadow Health Minister Catherine King and Labor Candidate for Page Patrick Deegan made the announcement today during a visit to the Hospital, where they met with the Clarence
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LABOR TO DELIVER MEDICARE-FUNDED MRI SCANS FOR SICK KIDS IN MELBOURNE
Saturday, 22 September 2018
Sick children in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs will benefit from affordable access to life-saving medical scans under a Shorten Labor Government. Labor will deliver a new Medicare-subsidised MRI licence to Monash Children’s Hospital – ensuring sick kids can get access to the scans they need when they need them. Currently, families with children in this area
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LABOR TO SLASH ELECTIVE SURGERY BACKLOG
Sunday, 18 February 2018
BILL SHORTEN MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT LABOR TO SLASH ELECTIVE SURGERY BACKLOG Tasmanians will get the essential surgery they need faster, with a Shorten Labor Government to invest
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LOCAL PATIENTS STILL LEFT IN LURCH TO ACCESS MEDICINAL CANNABIS
Friday, 05 January 2018
THE HON JULIE COLLINS MP ACTING SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE SHADOW MINISTER FOR AGEING AND MENTAL HEALTH MEMBER FOR FRANKLIN LOCAL PATIENTS STILL LEFT IN LURCH TO ACCESS MEDICINAL CANNABIS Reports today that local patients are still caught up in a bureaucratic mess to access medicinal cannabis show that Turnbull can’t paper over
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HEALTH DATA OF ONE IN TEN AUSTRALIANS EXPOSED
Monday, 18 December 2017
HEALTH DATA OF ONE IN TEN AUSTRALIANS EXPOSED Another shocking health data breach has occurred on Turnbull’s watch – with the revelation that one in ten Australians have had their medical records compromised by a publicly available Government dataset. Researchers from the University of Melbourne were able to link medical records with individual people –
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INACTION AND DELAYS ARE PUTTING NBN USERS OF NON-MONITORED MEDICAL ALARMS AT RISK
Monday, 20 November 2017
MICHELLE ROWLAND MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS MEMBER FOR GREENWAY CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT INACTION AND DELAYS ARE PUTTING NBN USERS OF NON-MONITORED MEDICAL ALARMS AT RISK In recent weeks Western Australia’s new fire chief is the latest to warn that phone services running off the NBN
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TURNBULL MRI FAILURE COULD BE EXPOSING CHILDREN TO HIGHER CANCER RISK
Friday, 10 November 2017
TURNBULL MRI FAILURE COULD BE EXPOSING CHILDREN TO HIGHER CANCER RISK A Senate Inquiry has heard evidence that a lack of access to MRI technology under Turnbull – especially in regional and rural communities – could be driving up rates of cancer in children. Witnesses from Children’s Healthcare Australasia told the inquiry that for about
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Transcript – Sky News, PVO Newsday, 23 October 2017
Monday, 23 October 2017
E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEW WITH TOM CONNELL SKY NEWS, PVO NEWSDAY MONDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2017 SUBJECT/S: Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying legislation. CONNELL: Interested in your opinion on this, the assisted dying bill in Victoria, should it be passed? KING: My view is yes it should be passed. I think this is a very limited form
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APPOINTMENT OF NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH COMMISSIONER
Sunday, 22 October 2017
CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT TONY ZAPPIA MP SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR MEDICARE MEMBER FOR MAKIN APPOINTMENT OF NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH COMMISSIONER Labor congratulates Professor Paul Worley on his appointment as Australia’s first National Rural Health Commissioner. Labor has been a strong supporter of the National
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Transcript – ABC Drive – 13 October 2017 – Private health insurance
Friday, 13 October 2017
E&OE TRANSCRIPT RADIO INTERVIEW ABC DRIVE MELBOURNE FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2017 SUBJECT/S: Turnbull’s private health insurance fail. RAFAEL EPSTEIN: You’ve got to give them points for trying don’t you – the exchange of some natural therapies for things like mental health services – worth a try isn’t it? CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND
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