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November 2012

30 November 2012

Transcript, Doorstop, Woolworths, Town Hall, Sydney Friday, 30 November 2012

30 November 2012

Big Tobacco should do the Right Thing by Small Business

The Australian Government would not allow tobacco companies to use retailers as pawns in their fight against plain packaging, Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek said on 30 November.

28 November 2012

Peter Dutton Misleads Patients on PBS Listings

The Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek, responds to claims by the Shadow Minister for Health, Peter Dutton.

23 November 2012

Abbott’s Secret Plan to Sack 6,000 Health Workers Revealed

Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has commented on Coalition plans for front line health jobs.

22 November 2012

Building Australia’s Health Workforce - More Medical Specialists

A hundred and fifty new specialist training positions for doctors have been announced as part of the Australian Government’s $346 million commitment to better access to health specialists.

21 November 2012

Statement on Pricing of Chemotherapy Drug

The Government is committed to providing lifesaving drugs for cancer patients.

16 November 2012

Tony Abbott wrong about Private Health Insurance

Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has said that figures from the Private Health Insurance Administration Council showed that at 30 September 2012 the number of people covered for private hospital treatment increased 3.1% (317,860 extra people) since 30 September 2011.

16 November 2012

Medicine Subsidy for Sufferers of Chronic Nerve Pain

Around 270,000 Australians will benefit from a medicine used to treat chronic nerve pain, which will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

14 November 2012

Kids’ Diamond Jubilee Ward Named at Prince Charles Hospital

The brand new children’s short-stay ward at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital has been officially named in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

09 November 2012

Skinner's Three Card Trick on Health Funding

Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has said the Australian Government’s investment in New South Wales' health continues to grow.

09 November 2012

Davis' Three Card Trick on Health Funding

Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has said the Australian Government’s investment in Victoria's health continues to grow.

09 November 2012

Springborg's Three Card Trick on Health Funding

Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has said the Australian Government’s investment in Queensland’s health continues to grow.

09 November 2012

Transcript of Doorstop - Standing Council on Health - Perth - 9 November 2012

09 November 2012

Federal Minister Welcomes Leadership on Medical Interns

Health Minister Tanya Plibersek today congratulated those jurisdictions that are working with the Commonwealth to fund additional medical internship training in public and private hospitals.

09 November 2012

Minister Welcomes Western Australian Funding for Intern Training

The Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek, has welcomed the Western Australian Government’s decision to fund additional medical internship training in the state’s public and private hospitals.

08 November 2012

Official Opening of GP Plus Super Clinic Modbury

The GP Plus Super Clinic Modbury, opened on 8 November, is providing more comprehensive and convenient health care in the local community.

08 November 2012

Speech - National Primary Healthcare Conference - Adelaide Convention Centre - 8 November 2012

04 November 2012

Government Steps up Anti-Smoking Momentum

Anti-smoking advertising campaigns aimed at the general community and high-risk groups such as pregnant women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are the latest initiative in the Government’s world-leading push to help Australians stop smoking.

02 November 2012

Australia and Gates Foundation Fund Fight Against Drug Resistance

Australia is providing $5 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the next three years as part of a project jointly sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to deal with the emerging threat of drug-resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.

01 November 2012

Improved Access to Medicare-Funded MRI Services

Thousands of patients, particularly children, will benefit from expanded access to Medicare-funded Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services.