The Hon Julie Bishop MP - Media Items
Listed below are media items for The Hon Julie Bishop MP - Former Minister for Ageing
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Previous MinistersMay 2005
30 May 2005
Free access to latest hearing technology
Australians with hearing difficulties will soon have access to the latest hearing device technology free of charge through the Australian Government Hearing Services Program.
28 May 2005
$1.7 million boost to help Canberrans age at home
Older people in the ACT will have access to more respite care, domestic assistance, personal care and social support services enabling them to remain at home and in the local community
27 May 2005
Dr Gallop, stop blaming older Australians for your hospital bed cuts
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report, Australian Hospital Statistics 2003-04, has been released.
27 May 2005
Mr Carr, stop blaming older Australians for your hospital bed cuts
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report Australian Hospital Statistics 2003-04 has been released.
27 May 2005
Aged care places rise while states cut hospital beds
The Australian Hospital Statistics 2003-04 report has been released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
27 May 2005
More aged care places for Riverina-Murray
Older Australians in the Riverina-Murray region will benefit from more than 200 new aged care places allocated and funded in the region by the Australian Government, Julie Bishop, the Federal Minister for Ageing, and Kay Hull, the Federal Member for Riverina, announced today.
27 May 2005
More aged care places deliver greater choice
New aged care places allocated today to metropolitan, regional and remote regions of Australia will provide older Australians with greater choice in aged care services.
27 May 2005
Care boost to help older Tasmanians live at home
A $4.2 million dollar funding boost will help older Tasmanians to remain living in their own homes and communities.
26 May 2005
Carr denies at home care to older Australians
The Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop has called on New South Wales Premier Bob Carr to release $65 million in aged care funding allocated to the state over the past two years, but still not spent.
24 May 2005
WA volunteers rise to Games challenge
Western Australia’s volunteering spirit has risen to the challenge with local residents signing up to be considered as volunteers during the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, Julie Bishop, Federal Minister for Ageing and Member for Curtin, announced today.
21 May 2005
Perth Hellenic community boosts aged care choice
Access to aged care services that meet the needs of culturally diverse communities have been boosted in Perth through a new partnership between the Hellenic community and the Australian Government.
20 May 2005
$3.1 million boost for the elderly, disabled and carers
Older NSW residents, people with disabilities, and their carers, will benefit from a $3.1 million boost to improve buildings and equipment at 135 Home and Community Care services across the state.
18 May 2005
New Perth aged care cluster provides more choice in culturally sensitive services
With the opening of a new service in Perth, older Western Australians from Greek and Italian backgrounds will have greater access to aged care services that meet their cultural and societal needs.
13 May 2005
Address to Alzheimer’s Australia’s national conference
Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop addresses Alzheimer’s Australia’s national conference in Sydney.
13 May 2005
Dedicated care places for people living with dementia to remain at home
The Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, today released details of the allocation of the 2,000 new dementia-specific Extended Aged Care at Home places announced in this week’s Federal Budget.
13 May 2005
Labor stands still on aged care
Response by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop to Labor’s Budget-in-Reply speech.
13 May 2005
World first dementia memory clinics
In a ‘world first’ program, the Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, has today announced $8.5 million to establish Dementia and Memory Centres to help improve prevention, awareness and management of dementia in Australia.
12 May 2005
International Nurses Day–A time to acknowledge aged care nurses
International Nurses Day is a day to recognise and acknowledge the work of the more than 40,000 nurses working in aged care across Australia, Julie Bishop, the Federal Minister for Ageing, said today.
09 May 2005
Major boost for Queensland community care
A large boost in Home and Community Care program funding will give thousands of additional hours of in-home and community care for Queenslanders.