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Public 'not ready' to raise drinking age
Sydney :: Australia | 8 days ago
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Ms Roxon on Thursday ruled out increasing the legal drinking age to 19 on the basis that it was not one of the strategies recommended in the preventative health taskforce. Despite the government's decision, the community can still debate the issue, she...
Tags: health minister, drinking age, Ms Roxon, Australia, Sydney, Alcoholism, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Nicola Roxon, Alcoholic beverage, Social Issues
Medical companies on notice
Canberra :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Health Minister Nicola Roxon to desist or face tougher government regulation...In the wake of revelations in The Age , Ms Roxon said she was keen to see leadership from the industry in how it responded to the reports that some medical device companies...
Tags: medicare, health, Nicola Roxon, Ms Roxon, Australia, Canberra
Minister warns of doctor showdown
Ama :: LA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Minister Nicola Roxon has warned of an unprecedented showdown with doctors who fail to fall into line with government measures to cut costs in fees and prescribing. Ms Roxon yesterday threatened tighter controls on the use of expensive cancer drugs and...
Tags: cataract surgery, Ms Roxon, AMA
Roxon weighs price of health takeover
Auckland :: New Zealand | 4 months ago
Credibility Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says people will have to start considering what they are prepared to pay for better health services. Today Ms Roxon and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will begin six months of consultations on the recommendations put forward...
Tags: Nicola Roxon, Ms Roxon, health minister, health services, minister nicola
Health minister reassures parents over swine flu
Melbourne :: Australia | 4 months ago
Credibility The death of a three-year-old Victorian boy almost a week ago was made public yesterday. The circumstances of the boy's death are unclear, but health authorities say he had been diagnosed with swine flu. Ms Roxon says she can not comment further, as police...
Tags: swine flu, Melbourne, Nicola Roxon, Ms Roxon, health minister, face masks, health authorities
Private health firms surge
Sydney :: Australia | 6 months ago
Credibility A leaked report obtained by The Sunday Age reveals that 225,000 more people took up private cover during the 12 months to March this year. The report, from the independent but publicly funded Private Health Insurance Administration Council, shows that...
Tags: private health, health insurance, Queensland, Rudd, Ms Roxon, While Labor, Australia, Mr Turnbull
Australians await swine flu results
Canberra :: Australia | 6 months ago
Credibility Australia are awaiting test results for swine flu, Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said today. “We do currently have a number of people, including a family, who have tested positive to influenza A,” Ms Roxon said in Melbourne today. “We're likely...
Tags: swine flu, Australian Associated Press, Nicola Roxon, test results, health minister, flu test, minister nicola, Ms Roxon
Flu drug to be rationed
Canberra :: Australia | 6 months ago
Credibility Tamiflu will be rationed in Australia after a rush on the anti-viral drug in response to the global swine influenza outbreak. Drug maker Roche will supply Tamiflu to hospitals for treatment of confirmed cases of influenza. GPs will have to contact the...
Roxon questions Della Bosca's blood plan
Brisbane :: Australia | 12 months ago
Credibility Premier Nathan Rees says public hospitals are charged for blood products and it is only fair that private hospitals also pay. But Ms Roxon says she has asked her Department to remind the State Government there is a national agreement that blood services...
Tags: Australian Private Hospitals Association, Ms Roxon, NSW
Health ambassador sacked over gay-hate
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 1 year ago
Credibility Health Minister Nicola Roxon has admitted making a mistake in appointing a men's health ambassador who held offensive anti-gay views. Two of the ambassadors, appointed on Tuesday, are listed as co-authors of a paper that suggests gay people are more likely...
Tags: health ambassadors, Warwick Marsh, Nicola Roxon, molest children, Barry Williams, Ms Roxon, minister nicola, Fatherhood Foundation, mental disorder
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