The Hon Christopher Pyne MP - Media Items

March 2007

31 March 2007

Inaugural Aged Care Commissioner appointed

Rhonda Parker, who has extensive experience in the aged care sector, will become Australia’s first independent Aged Care Commissioner when the position is inaugurated on 1 May this year.

29 March 2007

Further support for ban on smoking in cars welcomed

The Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne, has welcomed news that the Queensland State Government has supported his call to ban smoking in cars while children are present.

28 March 2007

Rotavirus vaccine

The Australian Government will provide $124.4 million over the next five years to include free Rotavirus vaccines on the National Immunisation Program.

26 March 2007

Thousands of new aged-care places made available

Thousands of new aged care places to be made available across Australia were announced today by the Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne.

21 March 2007

Aged care sector gets more time to meet new reporting requirements

Aged care providers will have more time to comply with new government measures to strengthen the protection of residents.

16 March 2007

Funding to expand Kids Help Line

The Kids Help Line is expanding its counselling services following a new funding commitment from the Australian Government. The Government has committed $5.035 million over two and half years to enable Kids Help Line to increase and expand its telephone counselling, self-help and web-based support programs.

12 March 2007

Quick Serve Restaurant Roundtable agrees to work on reducing transfats

A Roundtable of Australian Quick Serve Restaurant industry representatives have agreed to a September timetable to draft plans to remove artificial transfats from their products.

02 March 2007

New CEO for the Mental Health Council of Australia

David Crosbie is the new chief executive officer of the Mental Health Council of Australia.

02 March 2007

Tasmanian ban on smoking in cars welcomed

The Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, has welcomed news that the Tasmanian State Government has heeded his call to ban smoking in cars while children are present.

01 March 2007

Look, see, quit: new images to shock smokers

Graphic images on cigarette packets, similar to those introduced in Australia last March, have been found in a recently-published international study to be the most effective way to get across to smokers the range and severity of the health risks they face.