MALCOLM TURNBULL DEFUNDS AUSTRALIAS ONLY PEAK BODY FOR WOMENS HEALTH
Saturday, 10 September 2016
Malcolm Turnbull’s savage health cuts will force the Australian Women’s Health Network - Australia’s only peak body for women’s health - to cease all paid staff positions in only four months’ time.
- Published in MEDIA
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INTERNATIONAL FASD AWARENESS DAY
Friday, 09 September 2016
International Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day is an important reminder of the lifelong consequences of maternal drinking in pregnancy, and of the need to redouble Australia's efforts to prevent foetal alcohol disorders.
- Published in MEDIA
MAINTAIN PRESSURE TO REMOVE MOBILE BLACK SPOTS: KING
Thursday, 08 September 2016
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, has urged communities to maintain pressure on the Turnbull Government to eliminate mobile black spots across the region. Responding to a report of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) into the Government’s handling of the mobile blackspot program, Ms King said the region should not rest until all blackspots
- Published in LOCAL MEDIA, MEDIA
PROSTHESES LIST ADVISORY COMMITTEE A GOOD STEP BUT THE REAL TEST IS YET TO COME
Thursday, 08 September 2016
Some four months after it was promised in the Budget papers, the establishment of the Prostheses List Advisory Committee is a welcome step - but the ultimate test will be if consumers can see an end to the massive private health insurance premium hikes which have occurred under the Abbott/Turnbull Government.
- Published in MEDIA
MORE PROOF OUR HOSPITALS CANT AFFORD MALCOLM TURNBULLS HEALTH CUTS
Wednesday, 07 September 2016
New data released today shows why Malcolm Turnbull needs to drop his cuts to Medicare and hospitals, with emergency departments struggling to cope under unprecedented demand.
- Published in MEDIA
GOVERNMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO MEDICARE FREEZE
Monday, 05 September 2016
In an interview in today’s Australian, Mr Turnbull said the Government had “not decided to change the policy”. This is in spite of Mr Turnbull’s comments, in the same interview, that “what we have to do this term is categorically reassure Australians about our commitment to universal health and Medicare”. Mr Turnbull’s comments echo his
- Published in NATIONAL MEDIA
GOVERNMENT OUT OF TOUCH ON MEDICARE
Monday, 05 September 2016
The Government’s triumphalism about today’s bulk billing figures shows how out of touch they are on Medicare. As the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has said previously, the statistics the Government is using are “misleading” and “should be rejected”. That’s because they measure the number of services that are bulk billed, not the number
- Published in NATIONAL MEDIA
TURNBULL CONFIRMS HIS COMMITMENT TO MEDICARE CUTS
Monday, 05 September 2016
Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that he is continuing with every one of his cuts to Medicare. In Question Time today, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten asked the Prime Minister which of his health cuts he had reversed in the two months since the election. This followed Mr Turnbull’s claim that he had learned the lesson of
- Published in NATIONAL MEDIA
LABOR WELCOMES PROFESSOR SIR MICHAEL MARMOT BACK TO AUSTRALIA
Monday, 05 September 2016
Labor welcomes Professor Sir Michael Marmot back to Australia, this time to deliver the 2016 Boyer Lectures. Sir Michael is President of the World Medical Association and Director of the Institute of Health Equity. His Boyer Lecture series is titled Fair Australia: Social Justice and the Health Gap. Sir Michael’s visit is a call to
- Published in NATIONAL MEDIA
WOMENS HEALTH WEEK THE TIME FOR TURNBULL TO REVERSE HIS CUTS
Monday, 05 September 2016
Women’s Health Week 2016 is an opportunity to raise awareness about health issues facing Australian women, and to look at the future of women’s health care under the Turnbull Government’s savage cuts to health.
- Published in MEDIA