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 MinistersJune 2005
30 June 2005
Extra funds boost rural aged care
Care for older Australians in rural, remote and Indigenous aged care homes has been boosted with an extra $26.1 million in Australian Government funding, the Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, has announced.
29 June 2005
Better GP access for aged care residents
Aged care residents now have better access to GPs in their own home following the success of the Australian Government’s Aged Care GP Panels initiative.
29 June 2005
$10 million to boost research into ageing
Australian researchers investigating the impact of our ageing population are invited to apply for $10 million in Australian Government funding.
27 June 2005
$152 million boost for aged care
Aged care homes across Australia will receive an extra $1,000 per resident in a one-off payment to target specific issues that will help ensure they remain sustainable in the long term, the Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, announced today.
24 June 2005
Aged care boost for culturally diverse communities
A $11.6 million funding boost will give older Australians from culturally diverse backgrounds better access to care that meets their individual cultural and language needs.
24 June 2005
$374 million respite boost to support carers
Older Australians and their carers will have easier access to respite care and carer support following the announcement today of $374 million in Australian Government funding for respite services.
24 June 2005
Applications open for 11,000 new aged care places
Aged care providers across Australia are being encouraged to apply for more than 11,000 Australian Government-subsidised aged care places and over $42 million in capital grants.
24 June 2005
Help for older people with disabilities to age at home
The Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, has recognised the work of two pilot services that are helping older people with disabilities to remain living at home in their NSW communities.
24 June 2005
Depression in the Elderly, Hammond Care Conference
Depression in the Elderly, Hammond Care Conference in Sydney, with The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Ageing.
24 June 2005
Celebration of the Uniting Care Innovative Pool pilot projects
Celebration of the Uniting Care Innovative Pool pilot projects, McCall Gardens, Box Hill NSW, with the Minister for ageing, the Hon Julie Bishop MP.
23 June 2005
Senate inquiry shows Labor still a policy free zone
Since coming to office the Australian Government has more than doubled funding for aged care, from around $3 billion in 1995-96 to more than $7.3 billion in 2005-06, a 135 per cent increase.
18 June 2005
Boost for aged care services in Byron Bay
Local community fundraising efforts and Australian Government funding have contributed to the construction of a new dementia specific wing in Byron Bay.
17 June 2005
Regis offers a la carte aged care in The Gap
Greater choice and luxury in aged care services are now available for older Australians in Brisbane's southern suburbs with the opening of Regis The Gap aged care home.
17 June 2005
Independent committee to review human cloning and embryo research legislation
The Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, appoints the committee to conduct independent reviews of Australia’s Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 200
17 June 2005
Aged care boost for northern Gold Coast
Federal Minister for Ageing Julie Bishop has congratulated the Gold Coast on securing an extra 920 new aged care places over the next three years.
17 June 2005
New trial to deliver more care, less paperwork
Julie Bishop, Federal Minister for Ageing, has announced that a trial of a new funding model for aged care which aims to simplify aged care administration, leaving more time for nurses and other staff to care for residents, will begin next month.
09 June 2005
Better aged care services for culturally diverse communities
A new glossary of aged care terms translated into 15 languages, an aged care worker with Chinese language skills and an online handbook in 12 languages are among projects receiving almost $140,000 in Australian Government funding.
09 June 2005
Influ-Info Influenza Kit for Aged Care
Julie Bishop, the Federal Minister for Ageing, has announced a new Australian Government information kit is helping aged care homes through the flu season.
09 June 2005
Funding boost delivers 3.5 million extra meals on wheels
Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, and the NSW Minister for Ageing and Disability, John Della Bosca, announced a funding boost to NSW Home and Community Care services annual plan will provide frail older Australians, people with disabilities and their carers.
09 June 2005
Genetic researcher wins prestigious award
A distinguished Canberra-based researcher, Professor Christopher Goodnow, has won this year’s prestigious Commonwealth Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research.
06 June 2005
Community service boost for Jundah and Blackall
Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop and the Federal Member for Marona, Bruce Scott officially have officially opened the new $3.5 million purpose-built McLean Place residential care facility at the Barcoo Living complex, a Multipurpose Service.
03 June 2005
Home extension increases Hunter aged care services
The opening of a new extension to Kurri Kurri Masonic Village provides local older residents with more opportunities to receive the individual care they need in their local community.
03 June 2005
Council of Australian Governments meeting
I welcome the announcement by the Council of Australian Governments to consider ways to improve Australia’s health system.
02 June 2005
National first to help embrace an ageing Tasmania
In an Australian first Tasmanians are being encouraged to have their say on an inter-governmental agreement to address issues arising from the ageing of the population.