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 MinistersOctober 2006
27 October 2006
Government funds new breast cancer treatments
The Australian Government will add two drugs for the treatment of breast cancer to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
26 October 2006
Introduction of new pregnancy support counselling items
New pregnancy support counselling MBS items will be available from 1 November 2006 to help women who are concerned about a pregnancy.
26 October 2006
Chef Luke Mangan has recipe for healthy living
Luke Mangan will join sporting stars Harry Kewell, Cathy Freeman and Kieran Perkins in the Ausatralian Government’s campaign to tackle Australia’s obesity problem. As a Healthy Active Ambassador, Luke will bring an expert perspective to promoting good nutrition, particularly among young people.
20 October 2006
Release of exposure draft of private health insurance legislation
The Australian Government has released an exposure draft of the main elements of the proposed new private health insurance legislation.
19 October 2006
Conclusion of Exercise Cumpston 06
Exercise Cumpston, designed to test preparedness for a pandemic outbreak, showed that systems and procedures are working effectively, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, said.
18 October 2006
Doorstop Interview – Healthy Lifestyles Forum Parliament House, Canberra Wednesday, 18 October 2006.
Doorstop Interview, by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott at the Healthy Lifestyles Forum Parliament House, Canberra.
18 October 2006
Opening the 2006 Healthy Lifestyle Forum
Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, opening the 2006 Healthy Lifestyle Forum at Parliament House in Canberra.
18 October 2006
Research grants target social and economic factors on health
The Australian Government has awarded $3.4 million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding for three innovative projects focusing on preventing obesity in Australians.
18 October 2006
New research grants target obesity
The Australian Government has announced $9.7 million in funding for eight innovative projects focusing on social, economic and environmental factors impacting on the health and wellbeing of Australians.
17 October 2006
Doorstop Interview - Exercise Cumpston 06
Doorstop interview regarding Exercise Cumpston with the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, and the Queensland Minister for Health, Stephen Robertson, at Brisbane International Airport.
16 October 2006
Doorstop Interview, Research Australia “Thank You Day”,Australian National University, Canberra
Doorstop Interview, by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott at the Research Australia “Thank You Day”, Australian National University, Canberra
16 October 2006
New head for WHO influenza centre
Queensland immunologist and vaccines expert Professor Anne Kelso will head the Commonwealth-funded World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne.
16 October 2006
$529 million in health and medical research grants
The Australian Government will provide $529 million in health and medical research funding, awarded through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), for new projects beginning in 2007.
16 October 2006
Exercise Cumpston 06 begins
Exercise Cumpston 06, the largest health simulation exercise ever held in Australia to test preparedness for a pandemic influenza outbreak, will take place between 16 and 19 October. It will simulate two people infected with pandemic influenza arriving at Brisbane airport.
16 October 2006
Doorstop Interview – Launch Of Exercise Cumpston 06 Department Of Health And Ageing, Canberra Monday, 16 October 2006
Doorstop Interview by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott at the Launch Of Exercise Cumpston 06 Department Of Health And Ageing, Canberra.
16 October 2006
National Breast Cancer Centre Pink Ribbon Breakfast Westin Hotel
Speech presented by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, at the National Breast Cancer Centre Pink Ribbon Breakfast Westin Hotel, Sydney.
10 October 2006
Children’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital
The Australian Government has provided funding of $10 million for the new Children’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
06 October 2006
MRI at Sydney Children’s Hospital
Patients at Sydney Children’s Hospital now have access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Medicare-eligible services at no cost through $5 million in funding from the Australian Government.
06 October 2006
Walk To Work Day
Friday October 6 is Walk to Work Day, which is supported by the Australian Government through funding to the Pedestrian Council of Australia of $1.5 million over three years.
01 October 2006
New extended listings on PBS from 1 October 2006
The Australian Government is extending the listing of several drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 October for the treatment of breast cancer, diabetes and hepatitis B.