GOVERNMENT MUST SUSPEND MY HEALTH RECORD ROLLOUT AND ORDER A PRIVACY REVIEW
Thursday, 18 October 2018
GOVERNMENT MUST SUSPEND MY HEALTH RECORD ROLLOUT AND ORDER A PRIVACY REVIEW The Government must heed Labor’s call to suspend the rollout of the My Health Record and commission an independent review of privacy provisions. A Labor-initiated inquiry into the My Health Record – which Greg Hunt dismissed as a “stunt” – has uncovered a
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BUNGLED $220 MILLION PRIVATISATION OF NATIONAL CANCER SCREENING REGISTER SLAMMED BY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED COMMITTEE
Thursday, 18 October 2018
CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT JULIAN HILL MP DEPUTY CHAIR, JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT MEMBER FOR BRUCE BUNGLED $220 MILLION PRIVATISATION OF NATIONAL CANCER SCREENING REGISTER SLAMMED BY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED COMMITTEE In a scathing report, the powerful Joint Standing Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) slammed the Government’s
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MEDICAL TRANSFER OF CHILDREN FROM AUSTRALIAN-FUNDED REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRES
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
THE HON SHAYNE NEUMANN MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BLAIR CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT MEDICAL TRANSFER OF CHILDREN FROM AUSTRALIAN-FUNDED REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRES Labor will introduce legislation to address the Government’s failure to ensure children in Australian-funded regional processing centres receive
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Transcript – Triple J Hack – Gay conversion therapy – Monday, 15 October 2018
Monday, 15 October 2018
E&OE TRANSCRIPT RADIO INTERVIEW HACK, TRIPLE J MONDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2018 SUBJECT: Gay conversion therapy TOM TILLEY, HOST: Should gay conversion therapy be banned in Australia? Or would that be an assault on religious freedom? It’s been banned in 14 American states and the Federal Labor Opposition is calling for it to be banned here
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LABOR’S COMMITMENT TO DRIVE DOWN AUSTRALIA’S STILLBIRTH RATE
Sunday, 14 October 2018
CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT MALARNDIRRI MCCARTHY CHAIR OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STILLBIRTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABOR SENATOR FOR NT KRISTINA KENEALLY MEMBER OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STILLBIRTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABOR SENATOR FOR NSW LABOR’S COMMITMENT TO DRIVE DOWN AUSTRALIA’S STILLBIRTH RATE A Shorten
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Speech to the RACGP GP18 – Gold Coast – 12 October 2018
Friday, 12 October 2018
CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT SPEECH TO RACGP GP18 GOLD COAST FRIDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2018 *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Acknowledgements In my five years as Shadow Health Minister, there hasn’t been a dull moment in Australian health policy. Since the 2013 election, and particularly since the 2014
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MORRISON’S MEDICARE FREEZE STILL HURTING GOLD COAST
Friday, 12 October 2018
CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT SENATOR MURRAY WATT LABOR SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND DES HARDMAN LABOR CANDIDATE FOR FORDE MORRISON’S MEDICARE FREEZE STILL HURTING GOLD COAST Hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders are skipping the specialist care they need as doctors abandon bulk-billing because of Scott Morrison’s continuing Medicare freeze.
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GREG HUNT DELAYS PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE CHANGES BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEY WILL HURT
Thursday, 11 October 2018
GREG HUNT DELAYS PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE CHANGES BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEY WILL HURT Greg Hunt has delayed a key element of his private health insurance changes, in a clear admission that his policies could hurt millions of Australians. Under new rules announced today, private health insurers will have until April 2020 to implement the new
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HOWARTH FAILS ON MRI LICENCE FOR REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL – BUT LABOR WILL DELIVER
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Luke Howarth has spectacularly failed to secure a Medicare MRI licence for Redcliffe Hospital from his own LNP Government – but Labor will deliver a new licence at the hospital, making life-saving scans more accessible for the people of Petrie. Federal Shadow Health Minister Catherine King and Labor Candidate for Petrie Corinne Mulholland visited Redcliffe
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Speech to World Hospital Congress – Brisbane – 11 October, 2018
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Acknowledgements The last time Australia hosted the World Hospital Congress was more than 20 years ago, in 1997. At that time, Australia was deeply mired in the “hospital wars” – a seemingly endless battle between Commonwealth and State Governments about how to fund our public hospitals. Australia’s public hospitals were then – and still are
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