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04 April 2012
South Australia Shadow Minister for Health Martin Hamilton-Smith Health Minister Gets It Wrong Again On Oracle Victor P Taffa Minister Hill has had to seek to leave in Parliament this morning to correct wrong information he gave the house concerning the implementation of the floundering Oracle IT system, which has seen financial misadministration and a multimillion dollar [...]
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02 April 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Coalition Delivers On Pledge To Support Victorian Self Help Groups Victor P Taffa Self help groups across Victoria are being invited to apply for a share in a $4 Million funding boost from the Victorian Coalition Government. Minister for Health David Davis today officially opened the annual Arthritis Victoria Consumer Conference, Much [...]
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01 April 2012
South Australia Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond South Australia Shadow Minister for Health & Ageing Martin Hamilton-Smith Health Is Over The Hill Victor P Taffa Ten years of Labor and seven years of Health Minister Hill have delivered financial chaos and failures at emergency departments. It is time for Health Minister Hill to retire. “After seven years in the job, [...]
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29 March 2012
South Australia Shadow Minister for Health Martin Hamilton-Smith Hill Delivers Ruin To The Health Budget Victor P Taffa Health Minister Hill has been forced to reveal to Parliament that a forthcoming Auditor-General’s report is to savage his management of the $5 Billion Health budget and that his agencies have not complied with the Public Finance and Audit [...]
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26 March 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Coalition Funds Victoria’s Largest Ever Prostate Cancer Research Project Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government will deliver $2 Million to Victoria’s largest ever prostate cancer research project aimed at improving care and finding a cure. Visiting Monash University today, Minister for Health David Davis announced a $2 Million Victorian Cancer Agency Prostate [...]
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23 March 2012
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Health Jeremy Rockliff Surgery Shock: 10 Operations Cancelled Every Day Victor P Taffa Nearly ten people a day are having their surgery cancelled, many because of the Green-Labor Government’s budget cuts, Shadow Minister for Health Jeremy Rockliff said. “These figures* graphically demonstrate how Tasmanians are paying the price of Labor and the Greens’ financial incompetence.” “Over [...]
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20 March 2012
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Nominations Open For Nursing Award Excellence Victor P Taffa Prestigious nursing and midwifery awards Open to nurses, midwives in public, private or Federally-funded health services Nominations have opened for the 2012 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards. Health Minister Kim Hames said the awards recognised and rewarded Western Australian nurses and midwives from public, [...]
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07 March 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Jamie Oliver’s Ministry Of Food Partners In Victoria’s Efforts To Tackle Obesity Victor P Taffa Jamie Oliver today joined Minister for Health David Davis to announce the launch of the Jamie’s Ministry of Food as part of the Victorian Government’s new attack on obesity – the Victorian Healthy Eating Enterprise (VHEE). Mr. Davis [...]
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24 February 2012
South Australia Shadow Minister for Health Martin Hamilton-Smith Health Complaints Commissioner To Be Axed Victor P Taffa Health Minister John Hill appears set to axe the Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner (HCSCC) with the role to be absorbed into the Ombudsman Office raising concerns about how seriously the government takes accountability in our hospitals. “The Opposition understands [...]
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24 February 2012
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Health Jeremy Rockliff Gov’t Must Commit To Staffing Cancer Centre Victor P Taffa Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne must immediately commit to fully staffing the North-West Cancer Centre as soon as it is built, according to Shadow Minister for Health Jeremy Rockliff. “The last thing people in the North-West want are a white elephant – a [...]
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20 February 2012
South Australia Shadow Minister for Health Martin Hamilton-Smith Nursing Cuts Pose Serious Risk Victor P Taffa The Liberal Opposition is calling on Health Minister John Hill to explain reports of allegedly illegal and unsafe levels of understaffing in Adelaide hospitals. “Serious concerns rose this morning over inadequate staffing numbers for nurses require a full and immediate explanation from [...]
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20 February 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Generous Victorians Save The Lives Of Transplant Recipients Victor P Taffa A total of 107 Victorian families made the generous decision to donate the organs of a loved one in 2011, Minister for Health David Davis said today. Speaking at the Victorian launch of DonateLife Week 2012 and a new DVD to [...]
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13 February 2012
Victoria Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge Applications Open For New GLBTI Grant Round Victor P Taffa Funding of more than $180,000 is now available for groups and organisations to assist and promote mental health initiatives for Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) young people in local communities, Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge announced today. Ms. Wooldridge [...]
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29 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge Opportunity To Contribute To Alcohol And Drug Reform Victor P Taffa Victorians have a new opportunity to contribute to the development of the Coalition Government’s Alcohol and Drug Strategy. Mental Health Minister Mary Wooldridge said today she had supported a request from the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) to undertake additional [...]
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28 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Families Share Their Views On Healthy Eating Victor P Taffa Minister for Health David Davis today hosted a roundtable of Victorian families at Parliament House to share ideas on healthy eating. Speaking at the Victorian consultation forum of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, Mr Davis [...]
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27 January 2012
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls Large Scale Building Condition Audits For SIHI Victor P Taffa Thirty-seven building condition audits of WA Country Health Service sites are being conducted out across the southern inland area Preface planned upgrades to district hospitals, refurbish small hospitals and nursing posts Thirty-seven building condition audits [...]
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17 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge EPPIC Bid For More Youth Mental Health Services Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government is calling on the Commonwealth to co-invest to significantly increase and improve youth-focused mental health services in Victoria. Mental Health Minister Mary Wooldridge today said Victoria has submitted a substantial proposal to the Commonwealth as part of [...]
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16 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development Wendy Lovell Minister Reminds Parents To Protect Children From UV Rays Victor P Taffa Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development Wendy Lovell today reminded Victorian parents to protect their children from dangerous sun exposure – especially during the school holidays. Visiting a children’s picnic in Collingwood, Ms. Lovell said [...]
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15 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Heat Health Alerts Provide Timely Advice Victor P Taffa Victoria’s heat health alert system will be put to the test again this summer, with January the month most likely to have the most days of extreme temperatures, Health Minister David Davis said today. “Already this month, one Statewide heat health alert has [...]
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10 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge Applications Open For Mental Illness Research Fund Victor P Taffa Mental Health Minister Mary Wooldridge has called for submissions to a $10 Million fund that will bolster collaborative research and achieve better outcomes for Victorians affected by mental illness. Delivering on a Victorian Coalition Government election commitment, the Mental Illness Research Fund [...]
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