HEALTHCARE MAY BE ABOUT TO GET (EVEN MORE) EXPENSIVE FOR PATIENTS
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
The Abbott Government is not telling the truth to patients about the full impact of its GP tax: that those who require an X-ray, mammogram, or ultrasound will be up for a lot more than $7.
- Published in MEDIA
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CHILDCARE CUTS HURT FAMILIES IN BALLARAT
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King visited Goodstart Childcare Centre in Ballarat today to meet with teachers and families who will be impacted by the Abbott Government’s cuts to childcare and early learning programs.
- Published in MEDIA
LABOR FUNDED ACCOMMODATION FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
Monday, 13 October 2014
New Labor-funded accommodation opened today in Ballarat will help make the region a more attractive destination for medical students and provide a long term health benefit to the region.
- Published in MEDIA
ABBOTTS NATIONAL JOB GUIDE CUT WILL DISADVANTAGE STUDENTS OF BALLARAT
Monday, 13 October 2014
Tony Abbott’s $128 million cut to youth education and employment programs including the National Job Guide will mean high school students currently using the Guide in selecting subjects for senior school and beyond will be the last to do so since 1971.
- Published in MEDIA
EBOLA: IT IS TIME FOR AUSTRALIA TO ACT
Friday, 10 October 2014
The Ebola crisis is no longer a humanitarian crisis for West Africa – it now poses a direct threat to world economic growth and if not contained, will spread well beyond the borders of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
- Published in MEDIA
TALKS OF POSSIBLE BALLARAT TRAIN FACTORY CLOSURE WORRYING
Friday, 10 October 2014
The Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, today called on the Victorian Government to clarify whether the Alstom Ballarat Train Factory would close in the middle of next year.
- Published in MEDIA
TIME FOR LIBERAL PREMIERS TO PUT THEIR STATES BEFORE MATES
Friday, 10 October 2014
Liberal Premiers at today's COAG meeting must put the health needs of the people of their state before their mate Tony Abbott and take a stand against his hospital cuts and disastrous GP Tax.
- Published in MEDIA
NATSEM ANALYSIS SHOWS HOUSEHOLDS IN BALLARAT ARE OVER $400 WORSE OFF UNDER ABBOTTS BUDGET
Friday, 10 October 2014
- Published in MEDIA
GP TAX A DISASTER FOR PUBLIC HOSPITALS TWO STATES CONFIRM
Thursday, 09 October 2014
Confirmation the GP Tax will smash public hospitals has emerged at Senate Select Health Committee hearings in Adelaide.
- Published in MEDIA
UPFRONT GP TAX WILL BREAK THE BANK FOR CANCER PATIENTS
Thursday, 09 October 2014
The full extent of the pain from Tony Abbott's GP Tax goes way beyond the Doctor's surgery, with experts revealing cancer patients will now be forced to fork out thousands of dollars upfront to pay for MRI, X-Rays, CAT scans and mammograms.
- Published in MEDIA