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29 August 2011
Opening Address - Consumers' Health Forum Parliament House, Canberra 29 August 2011
26 August 2011
Food and Health Dialogue Communique
An Australian Government project to tackle poor dietary habits and to make healthier food choices easier and more accessible for all Australians, is achieving significant outcomes with the food industry stepping up to the mark with a number of better nutrition initiatives, the federal Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King, said today, when chairing the seventh meeting of the government's Food and Health Dialogue.
25 August 2011
Bone Marrow Donor Registry Awarded Three-Year Funding Agreement
The Australian Government has signed a three-year $7.4 million funding agreement with the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
11 August 2011
St Vincent’s Part of Improving Organ and Tissue Donation Trend
The Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King, has highlighted St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney as typifying the positive impact of the Australian Government’s $151 million National Reform Agenda to increase organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
11 August 2011
Speech - GS1 Recallnet Launch
10 August 2011
Victoria’s Organ and Tissue Donate Rate Welcomed
Victoria’s improving record in organ and tissue donation and its contribution to an increasing national trend has been welcomed by the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King.
09 August 2011
Record July Organ Donation Rates
The highest-ever organ donation rate for the month of July has been achieved with 33 deceased donors giving a second chance at life to 98 Australians in need of a transplant.
08 August 2011
New Merino Community Health Centre
A new Community Health Centre at Merino in Western Victoria, funded with the assistance of the National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program, has been opened by the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King.
02 August 2011
Celebrating 20 Years of Safer Food
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has celebrated 20 years of ensuring safer food for Australia and New Zealand at a special event at Old Parliament House, Canberra.