INVESTING IN CHILD AND MATERNAL HEALTH VITAL TO TACKLING INEQUALITY
Friday, 18 March 2016
Labor’s agenda for tackling inequality – Growing Together – shows improving child and maternal health is critical to reducing inequality in Australia.
- Published in MEDIA
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TURNBULL CONFIRM KIDS DENTAL SCHEME TO BE AXED
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Prime Minister has today confirmed he is preparing to axe the Child Dental Benefits Scheme.
- Published in MEDIA
LIBERAL AGILITY ON TOBACCO TAX
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Labor notes reports the Liberal Party is set to back Labor’s world leading tobacco policy after yet another backflip, but is concerned it will be a watered down version.
- Published in MEDIA
KIDS DENTAL SCHEME TURNBULLS NEXT HEALTH TARGET
Sunday, 13 March 2016
Labor is deeply concerned at reports the Child Dental Benefits Scheme is looming as the next victim of the Turnbull Government’s insatiable desire to cut health.
- Published in MEDIA
INDIGENOUS EYE HEALTH INVESTMENT WELCOME, MUCH MORE NEEDED
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Labor welcomes today’s $2.5 million funding commitment to provide continued support to the Indigenous Eye Health Unit at the University of Melbourne. However the Government must go further and match Labor’s commitment to invest $9.5 million to close the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander vision loss.
- Published in MEDIA
BAIRD BLOWS THE LID OFF MEDICARE PRIVATISATION AGENDA
Friday, 11 March 2016
NSW Liberal Premier Mike Baird has today exposed the Liberals’ agenda to privatise Medicare, with his plan to allow private insurers to move into general practice.
- Published in MEDIA
KITCHEN UPGRADE TO GET BACCHUS MARSH COOKING
Friday, 11 March 2016
Bacchus Marsh Senior Citizens Club is set to become a cooking hub for many in the local community thanks to a $12,500 Stronger Communities Grant welcomed by the Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King today.
- Published in MEDIA
LEY OPENS CENTRE FUNDED BY LABOR PROGRAM SHE SCRAPPED
Thursday, 10 March 2016
The Turnbull Government’s hypocrisy on health funding has scaled new heights today with the Health Minister opening yet another world class medical facility funded by a Labor program she scrapped, and denounced as wasteful.
- Published in MEDIA
NEW ENTRY, BETTER ACCESS AT BALLAN SENIOR CENTRE
Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King today welcomed a grant of $5,000 for Ballan Senior Citizens Centre, intended to improve accessibility by installing new automatic doors.
- Published in MEDIA
GRATTAN REPORT A WAKE UP CALL ON PRIMARY CARE
Monday, 07 March 2016
The Grattan Institute’s report on primary care highlights the need for smarter and better investment in primary care, and for the Turnbull Government to end its war on general practice.
- Published in MEDIA