DR JEFF ROBINSON
Sunday, 25 October 2015
Labor warmly congratulates Victorian High Country GP Dr Jeff Robinson, the 2015 Rural Doctors Association of Australia Rural Doctor of the Year.
- Published in MEDIA
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AUDITOR-GENERAL CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE PALMERSTON HOSPITAL
Friday, 23 October 2015
The Auditor-General has been asked to investigate the Palmerston Hospital Project following this week’s revelations the Abbott-Turnbull Government paid $56 million to the Northern Territory’s CLP Government despite doubts any meaningful construction has taken place at the site.
- Published in MEDIA
LABOR TO CAREFULLY SCRUTINISE MEDICARE SAFETY NET CHANGES
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Almost 18 months after it was first announced, the Turnbull Government has today finally brought before Parliament its proposed cuts to the Medicare Safety Net.
- Published in MEDIA
$56 MILLION TO BUILD PALMERSTON HOSPITALS STAIRWAY TO NOWHERE
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
In astonishing evidence at Senate Estimates this morning Department of Health officials have revealed that the Abbott-Turnbull Government has paid $56 million to the CLP Government to dig a hole, part fill it with concrete, hold a media conference then immediately fill it in again.
- Published in MEDIA
LABOR WILL ENSURE SAFE AND LEGAL ACCESS TO MEDICINAL CANNABIS
Saturday, 17 October 2015
A Shorten Labor Government will ensure patients who are suffering from a terminal illness or other serious medical conditions will be allowed access to safe, reliable and legal medicinal cannabis if prescribed by their Doctor.
- Published in MEDIA
BACCHUS MARSH AND MELTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL TRAGEDY
Friday, 16 October 2015
The terrible news that as many as seven babies may have died as a result of failings at Bacchus Marsh and Melton Regional Hospital is both distressing and shocking.
- Published in MEDIA
BALLARAT PENSIONERS STILL ANGRY AT PENSION CUTS
Friday, 16 October 2015
Pensioners in Ballarat have today joined the Shadow Minister for Families and Payments, Jenny Macklin and local member Catherine King to discuss the Abbott-Turnbull Government’s cuts to the pension.
- Published in MEDIA
KING & MACKLIN CELEBRATE CARERS WEEK & NDIS
Friday, 16 October 2015
Shadow Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin and Member for Ballarat, Catherine King tody visited Karden Disability Services in Ballarat to celebrate the continued rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as part of Carers Week.
- Published in MEDIA
NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS STUPIDITY OF LIBERAL HOSPITAL CUTS
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Today’s AIHW report on elective surgery waiting times again highlights the stupidity of the Abbott/Turnbull Government’s decision to scrap Labor’s landmark Health and Hospitals Reform Agreement with the states and territories.
- Published in MEDIA
LABOR’S PLAN FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
Friday, 09 October 2015
A Shorten Labor Government will ensure mental health is a national priority, with a new regional or place-based approach as recommended by the National Mental Health Commission.
- Published in MEDIA