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 MinistersJuly 2006
26 July 2006
New steps to improve Indigenous health in far north
The Australian Government today announced three new initiatives to improve the health of Indigenous people in the Torres Strait and far North Queensland.
23 July 2006
Government extends Medicare-eligible MRI services
The Government has decided to provide ten additional Medicare-eligible Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services around Australia to serve areas with a relative undersupply of MRI and with the population and infrastructure to support these services.
19 July 2006
National children’s survey to help tackle obesity
The Australian Government, with industry backing, will undertake a comprehensive national child nutrition and physical activity survey.
19 July 2006
Tackling obesity head-on
The Australian Government has announced a new ministerial taskforce to tackle the nation's rising obesity rates.
17 July 2006
Launch of the Olivia Newton John Cancer Centre
Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, launches the Olivia Newton John Cancer Centre at The Austin Hospital, Melbourne 17 July 2006.
14 July 2006
COAG announces health workforce reforms
Australia’s health workforce is to be strengthened under reforms agreed to today at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting.
05 July 2006
Roll out of Opal fuel in Alice Springs
The Australian Government will fund the supply of non-sniffable Opal fuel in all ten petrol stations in Alice Springs to help reduce the incidence of petrol sniffing in Central Australia.
05 July 2006
Indigenous students encouraged to apply for scholarships
Indigenous students interested in working in the health industry can apply for one of 75 Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships commencing in 2007. The scholarships are worth $15,000 a year for each year of study to complete degrees in medicine, nursing, allied health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait health worker courses and health management.
04 July 2006
Pilot project to provide locum relief for rural obstetricians
The Commonwealth Government is funding a pilot project to strengthen specialist obstetric services in rural Australia.
04 July 2006
Access to after-hours care to continue
The Australian Government has committed an additional $13.6 million to continue operation of three after-hours medical services in NSW and Tas for a further two years to 30 June 2008.
04 July 2006
Boost for rural medical training in WA
The Australian Government will provide $16 million to support the rural clinical school attached to the University of Western Australia and Notre Dame University.
03 July 2006
Appointment of National Pregnancy Counselling Expert Advisory Committee
The Australian Government today announced the appointment of the National Pregnancy Counselling Expert Advisory Committee. The committee has been appointed for an initial period of one calendar year.
03 July 2006
Boost for Indigenous health
Health services for Indigenous mothers, babies, children and people with a chronic disease are to be boosted in 26 locations around Australia as part of the Commonwealth Government’s $102.4 million Healthy for Life program, announced in the 2005-06 Budget.
03 July 2006
Third state of our hospitals report released
As part of the Australian Health Care Agreements, state and territory governments provide information about public hospitals which is published in The State of our Public Hospitals Report, the third of which was issued on 3 July.