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	Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing
		We seek to provide better health and healthier ageing for all Australians through a world-class health system.
		Australians should take the opportunity during Carers’ Week to applaud the work that people undertake in looking after frail older relatives, friends or people with a disability, the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, said today in Canberra on the eve of Carers’ Week.
		The Commonwealth Government has distributed 303 ventilators to Australian hospitals to strengthen the capacity of the health system to respond to an outbreak of pandemic influenza or a major emergency.
	www.health.gov.au

	Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing
		The Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, said that according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released today, older Australians and their families continue to benefit from the record allocations of new aged care places by the Australian Government.
		Older Queensland residents will have greater support to return home after a hospital stay through a new service, jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments and announced today by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, and Qld Minister for Health Gordon Nuttall.
		Older NSW residents will have greater support to return home after a hospital stay through a new service, jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments and announced today by the Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, and NSW Minister for Health Morris Iemma.
	www.health.gov.au

	Fact Sheet: Postinor-2 morning-after pill - Media Releases - Australian Federation of Right to Life Associations
		In August 2001 the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee recommended that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care approve Postinor-2 (Levonorgestrel) for registration.
		Abortifacient drugs are restricted goods under Australian law and cannot be imported without the written approval of the Health Minister.
		Under Australian law, any substance which prohibits the development of the conceptus is an abortifacient.(14) It is not necessary for the embryo or conceptus to implant in the uterus, establishing the pregnancy, before an abortion can be induced.
	www.righttolife.asn.au /media_releases/2002_june05b.htm (1025 words)

	The Australian: Parliament back for final fortnight (archived)
		The Australian Medical Association has called for a conscience vote for government MPs on the draft laws, which it says will create tensions within families and may irreparably damage young Australians' health if they feel that their parents will be told of any medical help they seek.
		Another contentious issue before the parliament will be Health Minister Tony Abbott's plan to allow parents to access their children's medical records.
		The Australian: Parliament back for final fortnight (archived)
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,9844326^1702,00.html (439 words)

	Graham Richardson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richardson was elected to the Australian Senate in the elections of March 1983, as a Senator for New South Wales and became Minister for the Environment in March 1987 as part of the Third Hawke ministry.
		He was Minister for Health in Paul Keating's Government until he resigned on 18 May 1992 over the Marshall Islands affair.
		Richardson was implicated in a 'cash for comment' scandal in Australian radio broadcasting, where some radio personalities were found to be promoting certain companies while on the companies' payroll, but having kept the deal secret from listeners to make it look like the comments were genuine opinion/editorial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Graham_Richardson (400 words)

	Infogate: Medicine
		Complementary medicines in the Australian health system: report to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing.
		Medicine and Health - Australian Science and Technology on the Internet, National Library of Australia
		National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) An Australian Government organisation
	www.swin.edu.au /lib/infogate/medicine.htm (400 words)

	Food Standards Australia New Zealand
		All decisions must then be approved by the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council, which is composed of the Health Minister from each of the Australian states and territories, and the Health Minister from New Zealand.
		This may lead to political interference in the decision, for example the decision made over hemp seed, when the Food Standards scientists recommended that hemp seed be allowed for sale, but the ministers vetoed this because they didn't want to appear soft on drugs.
		Publications from FSANZ include the Australian Total Diet Survey and Shoppers' Guide to Food Additives and labels.
	www.1bx.com /en/Food_Standards_Australia_New_Zealand.htm (400 words)

	Welcome to the Australian Greens Online - View Document
		Australian Greens Senator Kerry Nettle today called on Immigration Minister to end the farce concerning Robert Jovocic and grant him his permanent residency.
		Greens call on federal minister to use "good office" for Auspine
		Prime Minister John Howard is set to undermine international law and make the world less safe, Australian Greens energy spokesperson Senator Christine Milne said today.
	greens.org.au (731 words)

	[Roy Morgan Research] Morgan Poll
		While the majority of Australian electors prefer Peter Costello as Treasurer (57%) over Simon Crean (27%) and Alexander Downer as Foreign Minister (49%) over Kevin Rudd (37%), the ALP Shadow Ministers are preferred for the Defence, Health and Education portfolios, a special telephone Morgan Poll finds.
		While, as expected, L-NP supporters favored Tony Abbott (63%) and ALP supporters favored Julia Gillard (59%), supporters of all minor parties favored Julia Gillard (Australian Democrats 65%, Greens 67%, other parties and independent candidates 43%).
		Meanwhile, Prime Minister John Howard is still seen as the better Prime Minister by the majority of electors (53%, up 4% since September 15/16), with 36% (down 6%) of electors saying Opposition Leader Mark Latham would make the better Prime Minister.
	www.roymorgan.com /news/polls/2004/3787 (770 words)

	National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame - Alice Springs, Northern Territory
		First elected to the WA Lower House in 1936; she became the first woman in Australia to obtain full cabinet rank when made Minister for Health Supply and Shipping in 1949.
		She was also the first SA woman to be elected to a federal ministry when made Minister for Family Services and Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women in 1993.
		First Australian Democrat Senator from 1977-1978, she was later appointed leader of the Australian Democrats in 1986, the first female leader of an Australian parliamentary political party.
	www.pioneerwomen.com.au /womensplace.htm (799 words)

	Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing
		The Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, today launched the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions in Australia 2005 which provides an overview of arthritis and musculoskeletal disease in the Australian community.
		The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, announced that from today children born on or after 1 May 2004 will receive chickenpox vaccine free when they turn 18 months old.
		We seek to provide better health and healthier ageing for all Australians through a world-class health system.
	www.health.gov.au (299 words)

	GayLawNet - Immigration - Australia
		The Minister has the power to waive the health requirements for the applicant so long as he or she determines that there will not be undue cost to the Australian community or undue prejudice to access to health care or community services for Australian citizens or permanent residents.
		There is no provision within the Australian migration program, under any other visa subclass, for gay men or lesbians to be accompanied to Australia by their same sex partner when applying for a temporary or permanent visa.
		Nominations by an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen under this class of visa are limited to 2, with a five year gap between both, unless the Minister determines that there are exceptional circumstances;
	www.gaylawnet.com /info/immig_au.html (705 words)

	Welcome to the Australian Greens Online - View Document
		Australian Greens spokesperson on Indigenous Affairs Senator Rachel Siewert said today that Australia has failed its Indigenous people, as all the major indicators of their health and wellbeing continue to slide.
		Greens Senator Bob Brown says that the Senate Rural and Regional Committee's report recommending compensation for Australian wheat growers left in debt by Iraq's inability to pay for wheat shipments during the Saddam Hussein era is a step forward but has not gone far enough.
		Environment Minister Ian Campbell's decision to issue an emergency heritage listing for grazing in the Alpine National Park is an outrageous abrogation of his duty to protect Australia's environment, Senator Bob Brown said today.
	www.greens.org.au (705 words)

	Committees
		An expert committee which advises the Minister for Health and Ageing on adoption of therapeutic standards, requirements for labelling/packaging and the manufacturing principles.
		Considers submissions for additions or alterations to the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons and undertakes policy development, harmonisation between Australia and New Zealand and has other tasks associated with the public health aspects of the scheduling of drugs and poisons.
		A statutory advisory committee which advises the Regulator and the Gene Technology Ministerial Council on matters of general concern to the community in relation to GMOs.
	www.tga.health.gov.au /committee/index.htm (357 words)

	COAG (Council of Australian Governments) Indigenous Trial Sites - home page
		A Shared Responsibility Agreement for Wadeye in the Northern Territory was signed on 21 March 2003 by representatives of the Thamarrurr (the governing body of the community), Senator Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Family and Community Services, together with the State's Chief Minister, Clare Martin.
		The Australian and South Australian Governments, and the AP Lands communities have agreed to work together under the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) whole-of-government approach to improve the outcomes for Indigenous communities.
		The Prime Minister visited Napranum, Weipa and Aurukun, and attended the Cape York Land and Health Summit at Beagle Camp.
	indigenous.gov.au /coag/news/archived.html (357 words)

	Vocational education and training, health care delivery, infrastructure provision: Council of Australian Governments communiqué
		Governments recognised that many Australians, including the elderly and people with disabilities, face problems at the interfaces of different parts of the health system.
		COAG considered and endorsed the National Response Plan for Mass Casualty Incidents involving Australians overseas which it asked to be prepared in the wake of the lessons learned from the Bali bombings in October 2002.
		The Council, comprising on this occasion the Prime Minister, Premiers, the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the President of the Australian Local Government Association, had detailed discussions on significant areas of national interest.
	www.alga.asn.au /newsroom/communiques/01.coag/20050603.php (357 words)

	Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing
		Older Australians will receive more timely access to aged care services following the announcement today by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, of extra Australian Government funding for Aged Care Assessment Teams.
		Australia's health system and standard of medical care rates very highly when measured against comparable countries, according to the Commonwealth Fund’s 7th annual International Health Policy Survey, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, said today.
		Professor Horvath will be joining the Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery, in a walk on Friday, 5th November, accompanied by the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Dr Peter Shergold, and other department heads and public servants for a brisk walk in Canberra.
	www.health.gov.au (357 words)

	Australian Medical Association (WA)
		The AMA (WA) has welcomed the appointment of Dr Andrew Miller as a member of the Medical Indemnity Policy Review Panel announced by Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott.
		AMA (WA) President Dr Paul Skerritt tells the media the decision to build a new hospital in Midland will be good news for thousands of families in the region.
		Medical Forum - An interactive board for posting messages to other members or the medical community in general.
	www.amawa.com.au (308 words)

	Australian Medical Association (AMA) At war With Wooldridge [April 21, 2001]
		A report in The Australian newspaper today highlights a rift that has developed between the Federal Minister for Health, Dr. Michael Wooldridge, and the Australian Medical Association.
		She also accused the AMA president of "getting personal" in criticising the appointment of the minister's friend, and former ACT chief minister, Kate Carnell to a job on the general practice training board.
		Dr Phelps said the AMA was attempting to talk to Dr Wooldridge about boosting medical rebates for general practitioners, the impact of competition policy in the bush, funding for public hospitals and the May Budget when he made the threat.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2001/01-04-21.shtml (551 words)

	Shining a light on a backroom body - National - www.theage.com.au
		Mr Wheeler, a monarchist who ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals for the ACT Senate seat in 2002, is married to Cate Clunies-Ross, who comes from a prominent Liberal family and is an adviser to Health Minister Tony Abbott.
		He cut his teeth as a factional boss in the Australian Liberal Students Federation before advising key right-wingers, including one-time aged care minister Bronwyn Bishop and Prime Minister John Howard.
		But Government whip Jim Lloyd, who oversees the secretariat's operation, said its function was to disseminate information and prepare newsletters for coalition MPs, not investigate politicians' private lives.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/07/07/1089000225410.html?from=storyrhs (315 words)

	Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE)
		Australians would benefit directly, through lower drug prices, enhanced pharmaceutical research employment, and improved public health, as well as indirectly, through reduced threats from foreign diseases and better relations with the developing countries.
		Report for ACT Information Management, ACT Chief Minister's Department.
		By making known the ways that ethics committee members and health researchers make decisions about research ethics and how this influences the conduct of their practice, we can be assured that health research in the future is being conducted in the most effective and ethical way.
	www.cappe.edu.au /research.htm (2365 words)

	SPEECH 02-03-2005
		Last year our Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Agriculture visited Israel, along with trade delegations led by the Premiers of the Australian States of Queensland and Victoria.
		The Israeli Health Minister has just recently visited Australia, and I understand that several other ministers hope to visit here – and we trust that will happen before too long.
		Mr President, the truth of the old saying that ‘no road is long with good company’, underpins the historic friendship between our nations, and the high regard Australians hold for the Jewish people.
	www.gg.gov.au /speeches/textonly/speeches/2005/050302.html (1080 words)

	Welcome to the Australian Greens Online - View Document
		Greens Senator Kerry Nettle today called on Health Minister Tony Abbott to review the government's massive subsidy to the private health insurance industry in light of further evidence that the system is not delivering better health outcomes or value for money to the public purse or the patient.
		The Consulate General of Nauru informed Senator Kerry Nettle today, that she would not be granted a visa to visit asylum seekers on Nauru.
		Campaigners for Tasmania's forests and wildlife are celebrating the Victorian Supreme Court rejection of Gunns claims.
	greens.org.au (1080 words)

	Welcome to the Australian Greens Online - View Document
		Environment Minister Ian Campbell's decision to issue an emergency heritage listing for grazing in the Alpine National Park is an outrageous abrogation of his duty to protect Australia's environment, Senator Bob Brown said today.
		If the Prime Minister is going to have taxpayers fund the campaign for new industrial relations law, then the same should go for the campaign to protect the fairer laws which already exist, Greens Senator Bob Brown said today.
		Australian Greens spokesperson on Indigenous Affairs Senator Rachel Siewert said today that Australia has failed its Indigenous people, as all the major indicators of their health and wellbeing continue to slide.
	www.greens.org.au (1080 words)

	COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS - COMMUNIQUE
		Accordingly, the chair of the Heads of Treasuries, in consultation with the chair of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council and the secretary to the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, will brief Commonwealth-State senior officials in July 2002 on progress in addressing issues associated with public liability, medical indemnity and terrorism insurance.
		Governments agree to put in place a strict regulatory regime under nationally-consistent legislation and administered by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) as the national regulatory and licensing body.
		The Council, comprising the Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers and the President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), had wide ranging discussions on important areas of national interest.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/2002/media_release1588.htm (1080 words)

	Lawrence, Carmen Mary -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		When Carmen Lawrence joined the Australian Cabinet as minister of health on March 25, 1994, less than two weeks after she entered the federal Parliament, it seemed only a matter of time before she became the nation's first woman prime minister.
		Lawrence had previously been the Australian Labor Party (ALP) premier of the state of Western Australia, and she had seized the opportunity…
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9111937?tocId=9111937 (86 words)

	ABC News: Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Resigns
		Prime Minister John Howard said Anderson's resignation was a "very sad day" for politics and paid tribute to his efforts to improve transport links throughout Australia and his role in initiatives to improve water supply in the arid Australian countryside and boost services to remote rural Australian communities.
		Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Announces Resignation Because of Health Concerns
		Anderson said in a speech to parliament that he was also standing down as leader of the rural-based Nationals, the junior coalition partner.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=873504 (194 words)

	Message
		Australian College of Midwives Executive Officer, Dr Barbara Vernon, and Maternity Coalition National President, Justine Caines, met today with federal Health Minister Tony Abbot, to seek federal government assistance in addressing the lack of professional indemnity for midwives.
		Following the meeting we attended a media conference with Australian Progressive Alliance Senator, Meg Lees, who continues to be very supportive of women having the choice of a known midwife in both the public and private health systems, and of midwives having the choice to practice privately if they wish to.
		At the National Office of the Australian College of Midwives we are keen to provide accurate and current information regarding midwifery that is of interest to you.
	www.acmi.org.au /text/bulletins/6_08_04.htm (692 words)

	Health & Medical News - Scientist attacks politician comments on GM - 02/08/1999
		The labelling issue will be on the agenda at the meeting of all Australian and New Zealand Health Ministers in Canberra.
		A New Zealand expert on evolutionary genetics has attacked comments made by one of the few Australian health ministers to support labelling of genetically modified foods.
		The Shadow Health Minister, John Thwaites, says Victorians have a right to know where their minister stands on the issue.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/health/HealthRepublish_40830.htm (692 words)

	The Week Online with DRCNet, Issue #93, 6/4/99
		The AMA is expected to lobby the Health Minister, the federal Attorney General, and Prime Minister John Howard to establish the trials, in which long-term addicts who have failed at other treatments will be given prescribed doses of heroin in a medical setting.
		Australian harm reduction advocates were thrilled with the news.
		And two years ago, clinical trials begun in the Australian Capital Territory were scuttled, reportedly in response to pressure from the US State Department, threatening to shut down Tasmania's pharmaceutical opioid industry if the trials proceeded.
	www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/093/full.shtml (3910 words)

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