TURNBULL NEEDS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM MENINGOCOCCAL B The Turnbull Government needs to progress a national response to meningococcal B, to ensure as many young Australians as possible are protected against the devastating disease. Today’s release of the Medical Journal of Australia looking at the issue of meningococcal B show that Australia

TURNBULL’S LATEST ATTACK ON PUBLIC HOSPITALS Waiting times for elective surgery and in emergency departments are set to blow out even further under Turnbull’s latest cuts to hospitals. Reports today confirm that Turnbull plans to pursue retrospective cuts that will see every public hospital in Australia worse off. This is just another sign of how

CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT   SENATOR DEBORAH O’NEILL SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR INNOVATION SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES   LABOR TO INTRODUCE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROVIDERS A Shorten Labor Government will protect patients and families by

The Turnbull Government cannot ignore their obligation to ensure that refugees in Nauru and PNG continue to receive medical treatment based on the best medical advice. Australian doctors are rightly concerned about the lack of transparency and handling of medical treatment at regional processing centres under the Turnbull Government. The Department of Immigration and Border

WHERE’S THE $2.2 BILLION MEDICARE MONEY? While it is good news that Australians will be able to access additional subsidised health procedures, it does absolutely nothing to address Turnbull’s $2.2 billion cut to GPs, specialists and allied health services. The independent Medical Services Advisory Committee has approved a number of new additions to the Medical

ESTIMATES EXPOSES GREG HUNT LIED ON LIFE-SAVING VACCINE Senate Estimates has exposed that the desperate Health Minister will say and promise anything – including lying to parents about a life-saving vaccine that would protect their children. The Chief Medical Officer knew absolutely nothing about a request to fast track the listing of the meningococcal B

LABOR CONTINUES TO STAND UP TO GIVE DYING AUSTRALIANS THE RELIEF THEY NEED Labor has once again voted to ensure that dying Australians have access to pain relief to ease their suffering, voting with the Senate to give people with a terminal illness better access to medicinal cannabis. Labor knows this is an issue of

CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT   TONY ZAPPIA MP SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR MEDICARE MEMBER FOR MAKIN TURNBULL BREAKS ELECTION PROMISE TO SHUT DOWN COSMETIC TESTING ON ANIMALS The Turnbull Government has voted against closing a loophole that allows animal test data to be used in cosmetics, showing