The Hon Tony Abbott MHR - Media Items
Listed below are media items for The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Former Minister for Health and Ageing
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Previous MinistersJanuary 2004
14 January 2004
More doctors in areas of need
Australians living in outer metropolitan areas now have better access to doctors as a result of a relocation program by the Australian Government.
13 January 2004
Bulk-billing incentives from February 1
The $935 million MedicarePlus bulk-billing incentive will take effect from 1 February.
12 January 2004
$5 bulk billing incentive payment as part of MedicarePlus
Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Bishop, attends a doorstop interview about the $5 bulk billing incentive payment that the Government promised as part of Medicare Plus.
08 January 2004
Innovative projects to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services
A new approach to the problem of violence in Aboriginal communities will be trialled in Western Australia as a result of an Australian Government grant.
06 January 2004
$7 million for Indigenous health research
The Australian Government has announced $7 million for research to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.