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16 March 2010

A Landmark Day for Australian Nurses and Midwives

On 16 March 2010 the Senate has passed historic legislation that provides recognition of Australia’s highly skilled nurses and midwives.

16 March 2010

Swift start to Australia’s Winter Paralympics campaign

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula has taken the bronze medal for the standing slalom at the Vancouver...

15 March 2010

Birthday Girl Gives Historic Gift To Nation

The Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, has congratulated Jessica Gallagher on winning a bronz...

15 March 2010

Building a National Health and Hospitals Network - Training a Record Number of Doctors

The Australian Government will invest $632 million to train a record number of doctors to...

15 March 2010

Building a National Health and Hospitals Network - Training Record Numbers of GPs

The Australian Government will invest $339 million to increase GP training places to recor...

15 March 2010

Building a National Health and Hospitals Network - Training Record Numbers of Junior Doctors in General Practice

The Australian Government will invest $148 million to ensure that more junior doctors can...