Departmental
This section of the website contains Departmental media releases from January 2004 to October 2004.
Date: 12/8/2004
Title: Social Marketing - Helping Australians to help themselves
Description:
Ms Jane Halton, Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing, presents a speech at the Fifth National Public Affairs Convention.
Date: 12/8/2004
Title: New pathology agreement negotiations near completion
Description:
The Australian Government has made an offer to the pathology profession which is being considered by the profession.
Date: 2/8/2004
Title: Committee to implement changes to GP Divisions
Description:
Membership of a new committee to implement the Australian Government?s plans for the future of Divisions of General Practice has now been finalised.
Date: 30/6/2004
Title: New pathology agreement under negotiation
Description:
The Australian Government is negotiating a new agreement with the pathology profession to provide high quality and affordable pathology services under Medicare through a Pathology Quality and Outlays Agreement.
Date: 27/4/2004
Title: Health promotion in Australia - an overview
Description:
Ms Jane Halton, Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing, presents a speech about Health Promotion in Australia and Professor John Horvath AO, Chief Medical Officer, presents a speech about Australian Preventative Successes at Health 2004, lunch time session, 27 April 2004.
Date: 15/4/2004
Title: Public Servants walk around the world for health
Description:
To help counter the rise in chronic diseases and obesity in Australia, the Department of Health and Ageing is leading by example and celebrating the first anniversary of the successful '10k a Day' program.
Date: 10/3/2004
Title: Health consolidates Central Office accommodation
Description:
The Department of Health and Ageing will consolidate its Central Office accommodation in the Woden Town Centre when it occupies a refurbished and extended Scarborough House, due for completion in July 2005.
