The Hon Tony Abbott MHR - Media Items
Listed below are media items for The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Former Minister for Health and Ageing
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Previous MinistersSeptember 2005
29 September 2005
New research focus on asthma and airways
The Commonwealth Government has opened a new Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Asthma and Airways based at Sydney University.
29 September 2005
Launch of the NHMRC Review of the Use of Microwave Therapy for the Treatment of Patients with Cancer Practised by Dr John Holt in Western Australia
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, launches the NHMRC Review of the Use of Microwave Therapy for the Treatment of Patients with Cancer Practised by Dr John Holt in Western Australia on Thursday, 29 September 2005, in Melbourne.
29 September 2005
Review of microwave cancer therapy
The Commonwealth Government has released a review by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of the microwave therapy practiced by Dr John Holt in Western Australia.
28 September 2005
NHMRC funding for research into pandemic influenza
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, has announced that the NHMRC's Research Committee had decided to set aside up to $7.5 million to finance urgent research, including into pandemic influenza.
28 September 2005
Press Conference by Tony Abbott on Pandemic Flu
Press conference by Tony Abbott on Pandemic Flu at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney.
27 September 2005
Prescription for a healthy lifestyle
The Commonwealth Government has launched a new preventative health program to encourage doctors to advise patients on how to change their lifestyles to improve their health.
26 September 2005
Whew! MPs run 100km and raise $146,000
Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, and MP Pat Farmer ran 100 kilometres from Mona Vale Hospital to Campbelltown Hospital on Saturday in the ‘Beach to the Bush’ run to raise funds for cancer treatment.
23 September 2005
Helping Indigenous communities tackle petrol sniffing
The Commonwealth Government has announced that the Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services Inc. has been appointed to deliver the $1 million Youth Wellbeing Project over the next three years to Indigenous communities in the Top End region.
23 September 2005
New government effort to reduce cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australians
The Commonwealth Government has launched a new guide for health professionals on preventing cardiovascular disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
21 September 2005
Government tightens up Health Insurance Act
The report in the Daily Telegraph claiming sinister intentions behind an amendment to the Health Insurance Act 1973 has no foundation.
16 September 2005
Pandemic flu
Article for the Sydney Morning Herald, dated 16 September 2005.
14 September 2005
Risks to Australia of a bird flu pandemic
Transcript of Alan Jones, 2GB interview with the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, on the risks to Australia of a bird flu pandemic.
14 September 2005
Government releases ten year study on women’s health
The Australian Government has released research from a ten-year study on women’s health and announced a further $4.62 million over the next three years to continue this research. The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health is the most comprehensive study ever conducted on the health of Australian women, involving 40,000 women across the country. When completed in 2016, it will provide information on the health of Australian women over a period of 20 years.
14 September 2005
Pandemic flu and obesity issues
Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, interviewed by Nicole Haack on 5AA, Wednesday, 14 September 2005.
13 September 2005
Australia prepares for potential bird flu pandemic
Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott's interview on the ABC Lateline program 13 September on pandemic flu.
12 September 2005
Government announces an extra $9.5 million to combat petrol sniffing
The Australian Government has announced a $9.5 million boost in funding to tackle petrol sniffing in Central Desert Indigenous communities
07 September 2005
New governance arrangements for NHMRC next year
The Commonwealth Government has decided that the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) will become a fully independent statutory agency from 1 July 2006.
07 September 2005
New chair for GPET board
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, today announced that Dr Simon Willcock will be the new Chairman of General Practice Education and Training (GPET) Ltd.
06 September 2005
Exercise physiologists eligible to provide services under Medicare
The Commonwealth Government has decided to include the services of university trained exercise physiologists under Medicare’s allied health measure.
01 September 2005
Stronger rules governing pathology services recommended
The Commonwealth Government is considering a report that recommends the strengthening of offence and enforcement provisions in the Health Insurance Act as they relate to relationships between pathology providers and requesting practitioners.
01 September 2005
New PBS listing for the treatment of colon cancer
The Commonwealth Government has decided to add a new drug to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to help people suffering from colon cancer.