Departmental
Departmental Media Releases
This section of the website contains Departmental media releases from January to December 2006.
Date: 19/11/2006
Title: Launch of Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign
Description:
Young people almost universally believe that a suntan is desirable, increasing their attractiveness, and skin cancer is something only older people suffer, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor John Horvath said.
Date: 13/10/2006
Title: Exercise Cumpston 06 – 16 to 19 October 2006 - Background for media
Description:
Exercise Cumpston 06 - background notes for the media
Date: 14/7/2006
Title: PBAC recommendation to list Herceptin on the PBS
Description:
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended that the Australian Government subsidise, under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), the drug, trastuzumab (Herceptin), for the treatment of patients with HER2 positive early stage breast cancer following surgery. Certain conditions apply.
Date: 5/7/2006
Title: Workplace giving scheme aims to make a difference
Description:
Local, national and international charities are among those that will benefit from the Workplace Giving Program launched on 5 July at the Department of Health and Ageing.
Date: 28/5/2006
Title: Australia evacuates injured East Timorese to Darwin
Description:
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, in conjunction with the Australian Health Protection Committee, has arranged for two critically injured East Timorese nationals with gunshot wounds to be evacuated to Royal Darwin Hospital today (Sunday) for urgent medical attention. Arrangements are underway to evacuate a further eight injured patients, likely to be tonight.
