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Tweed Heads GP Super Clinic to Provide Better Health Services - Acting Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler and Member for Richmond, Justine Elliott 
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr11-mb-mb079.htm

Yes Minister - Fewer staff + bigger hospital = good government - Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, Peter Dutton
http://www.peterdutton.com.au/MediaHub/MediaReleases/tabid/75/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/243/Yes-Minister--Fewer-staff-bigger-hospital-good-government.aspx

Labor GP 'super clinics' delusions -- Loss of dentist - a great "addition" - Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, Peter Dutton
http://www.peterdutton.com.au/MediaHub/MediaReleases/tabid/75/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/244/Labor-GP-super-clinic-delusions---Loss-of-dentist-a-great-addition.aspx

Try your luck in the PBS lottery - Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, Peter Dutton
http://www.peterdutton.com.au/MediaHub/MediaReleases/tabid/75/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/245/Try-your-luck-in-the-PBS-lottery.aspx

Guild supports sensible approach to sick certificates - The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
http://ahha.asn.au/news/guild-supports-sensible-approach-sick-certificates

Consumers want return to independent medicines approval system - Consumers Health Forum of Australia
http://ahha.asn.au/news/consumers-want-return-independent-medicines-approval-system

PBS deferrals risk creating two-tier health system - Medicines Australia
http://ahha.asn.au/news/pbs-deferrals-risk-creating-two-tier-health-system


Native mopsquitos could spread yellow fever - RN Breakfast
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3277865.htm

Dysphagia and cough - RN HealthReport
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3275643.htm

Vascular dementia - RN HealthReport
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3275637.htm

Anti-depressants for Alzheimer's patients - RN HealthReport
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3275637.htm

Sleeping with pain - breaking the vicious cycle - ABC Catalyst
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3275042.htm

Staying up Late - ABC Catalyst
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3275022.htm

Sleeping with baby - ABC Catalyst
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3275008.htm

Polio eradication - RN LifeMatters
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3277482.htm


REPORT
National breastfeeding indicators: workshop report - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare AIHW
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737419577

Cannabis-Like Drugs to be Outlawed -- Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr11-ck-ck024.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2011&mth=07

Hinch Surgery Highlights Organ and Tissue Transplant Reforms -- Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr11-ck-ck023.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2011&mth=07

Nominations Sought for the 2012 Senior Australian of the Year -- Minister Butler
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr11-mb-mb066.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2011&mth=07 

Transcript of doorstop interview - Parliament House Canberra - 7 July 2011 -- Shadow Minister for Health & Ageing Media Releases, Peter Dutton
http://www.peterdutton.com.au/MediaHub/MediaReleases/tabid/75/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/229/Transcript-of-doorstop-interview-Parliament-House-Canberra-7-July-2011.aspx 

Australian Pharmacovigilance Guideline for Sponsors - Therapeutic Goods Administration
http://ahha.asn.au/news/australian-pharmacovigilance-guideline-sponsors 
 
Advisory - Oral Contraceptives Containing Drospirenone (Yaz and Yasmin) - Therapeutic Goods Administration
http://ahha.asn.au/news/advisory-oral-contraceptives-containing-drospirenone-yaz-and-yasmin 
 
ACA's unfair and unwarranted attack on foreign doctors - Australian Medical Association AMA
http://ama.com.au/node/6894 
 
AHPRA's performance does not warrant fee increase - Australian Medical Association AMA
http://ama.com.au/node/6895 

Roxon on health reforms, cigarette packaging, alcohol and TB clinics -- ABC RN, Breakfast
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3263170.htm 

Hendra virus outbreak investigation -- ABC RN, Breakfast
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3263234.htm

Resizing Australia: Healthy Communities - RN LifeMatters
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3260246.htm 


Coming up: 
Botox for Migraines -- ACB1, Catalyst, 8:00pm 
Australians receive close to a quarter of a million Botox injections each year! But in the process of removing worry lines from our faces, some people discover they've been cured of their migraines.
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3257963.htm

MINISTER FOR HEALTH & AGEING, NICOLA ROXON


Opposition caught crying wolf over medicare levy surcharge changes - Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr11-nr-nr134.htm


OTHER SOURCES  

Health Minister tricky with patient numbers - Shadow Health Minister,Peter Dutton
http://www.peterdutton.com.au/MediaHub/MediaReleases/tabid/75/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/226/Health-Minister-tricky-with-patient-numbers.aspx

No smoking? No brainer! - National Rural Health Alliance
http://nrha.ruralhealth.org.au/mediareleases/?IntContId=14934&IntCatId=16 


TRANSCRIPTS/AUDIO FILES:   

Doctors pressure government over children in detention - ABC AM Program
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3262029.htm

Calls for effective alcohol tax - RN Breakfast
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3262134.htm

Hendra virus outbreak - RN Breakfast
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3262046.htm

Doctors want action on costs of alcohol - ABC Lateline
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2011/s3261993.htm

Urine test for heart disease - RN HealthReport
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3258453.htm

Cardiac Rehalibitation - RN HealthReport
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3258444.htm

Lung cancer screening wiht CR - RN HealthReport
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3258441.htm

Fourth Hendra outbreak in Queensland - PM Agenda
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/

MEDIA RELEASE / TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN  


33 Healthier Lifestyle Projects Nation Wide - Minister for Health & Ageing, Nicola Roxon
http://www.aushealthcare.com.au/news/news_details.asp?nid=20069

Speech - Opening of the Blood Service's New NSW and ACT Principal Site - Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/sp-yr11-ck-cksp080611.htm

OTHER SOURCES

AMA WA waste is "shadow boxing" on Medicare Locals - Australian General Practise Network
http://www.aushealthcare.com.au/news/news_details.asp?nid=20065

ACCC Institutes further proceedings against AMI - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCChttp://www.aushealthcare.com.au/news/news_details.asp?nid=20066

Regulatory Framework for Biological - Therapeutic Goods Administration
http://www.aushealthcare.com.au/news/news_details.asp?nid=20067

TRANSCRIPTS/AUDIO FILES:

The battle to help AIDS victims - ABC 7.30 Report
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2011/s3238139.htm

Fukushima escalates to worse case possibility - ABC Lateline
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2011/s3239276.htm
Mystery Illness - Ovarian teratoma associated encephalitic - RN HealthReport
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2011/3233614.htm

ALERTS / ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS:
Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Amendment Rules 2011 (No.1) - ComLaw
http://www.aushealthcare.com.au/news/news_details.asp?nid=20068