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Listed below are media items for The Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Former Minister for Health and Ageing
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15 December 2011
Statement on Appointment to Attorney General
Nicola Roxon expresses her thanks to those she had worked with as health minister for four years.
13 December 2011
Transcript of Press Conference – Sydney – Plain Packaging of Tobacco, Appointment to Attorney-General, 13 December 2011
11 December 2011
Beacon of Hope for Cancer Sufferers
The fight against cancer moved up a gear with a Government scheme providing almost $10 million in funding for Australia’s world-class researchers to continue their search for new ways to prevent and treat the disease.
09 December 2011
Teenagers Urged to Have Free Dental Checkups
Teenagers have been reminded to book a Medicare-subsidised dental checkup before the end of the year.
09 December 2011
Northam GP Super Clinic on the Way
Negotiations with Wheatbelt GP network to establish the new $3 million GP Super Clinic in Northam are well advanced.
06 December 2011
Negotiations for Gold Coast GP Super Clinic Well Advanced
Negotiations with Oxenford Medical Centre Pty Ltd to establish the new $7 million GP Super Clinic on the Gold Coast are well advanced.
06 December 2011
Interim Dental Health Reform Report Received
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and Greens Health Spokesperson Senator Richard Di Natale have acknowledged receipt of the interim report on dental health reform options from the independent National Advisory Council on Dental Health.
06 December 2011
Boost to Health Services in Lismore on the Way
Lismore residents can look forward to better access to doctors and nurses following the signing of a $7 million agreement to establish the Lismore GP Super Clinic in Goonellabah.
06 December 2011
47 Communities Step into Summer with Healthy Habits
47 communities around the nation will step into summer with healthy habits as a result of new healthy eating and exercise programs designed to help combat obesity.
04 December 2011
Queensland to get after hours GP helpline
Queenslanders will soon be able to get medical advice from a GP after hours as the state’s 13HEALTH nurse advice service teams up with the Australian Government’s after hours GP helpline
04 December 2011
Address to ALP Conference
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, speaks on 'Preparing for Australia's future health needs'.
01 December 2011
1 Year for Big Tobacco to Get Plain Packs Into Gear
Tobacco companies have a full year to transition to plain packaging, with regulations setting out the specific requirements for the retail packaging and appearance of cigarettes under the Australian Government's world-leading plain packaging legislation released today.
01 December 2011
New Cancer, HIV and Other Drugs Listed on the PBS
More than 160,000 patients will benefit directly from changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from today, including patients being treated for cancer, HIV and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.