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 MinistersNovember 2006
30 November 2006
Q fever vaccine
The Commonwealth Government has secured a continuing supply of Q fever vaccine.
29 November 2006
Assisted Reproductive Technologies Review
The Australian Government has released the Report of Independent Review of Assisted Reproductive Technologies along with its response.
29 November 2006
Government funds Gardasil
The Australian Government will fund the cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil®, for girls and women aged 12 to 26 from 2007.
23 November 2006
$5 million for research into complementary medicine
The Australian Government is to provide $5 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council to investigate the use and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicines.
21 November 2006
More funds for diagnostic and pathology services
The Australian Government will provide more than $70 million in additional funding to Medicare for diagnostic imaging and pathology services.
16 November 2006
Press Conference - PBS reform, Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, Sydney
16 November 2006
PBS Reform
The Australian Government is making changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to give Australians continued access to new and expensive medicines while ensuring the PBS remains economically sustainable into the future.
15 November 2006
Indigenous Australians find health system easier to access
Indigenous Australians are finding the health care system easier to access, according to a report issued on 15 November by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, and the Minister for Human Services, Joe Hockey.
14 November 2006
Tony Abbott's Interview with Alan Jones, 2GB, on Gardasil
14 November 2006
Doorstop interview regarding Gardasil, Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, Sydney
10 November 2006
Doorstop interview, Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, Sydney
Transcript of interview with the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, at his Parliamentary Offices in Sydney.
10 November 2006
September quarter GP bulk-billing
Figures for the September quarter 2006 show GP bulk-billing has increased to 76.9 per cent, a rise for the 11th consecutive quarter.
08 November 2006
PBAC advice on GARDASIL
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has not recommended the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), marketed by CSL as GARDASIL®, for listing on the National Immunisation Program at this time.
03 November 2006
Speech Notes for Address To Melbourne Institute The Health Care Agreements – What Next?
01 November 2006
Medicare changes – November 2006
Changes to Medicare to better treat mental illness and prevent chronic disease will commence on 1 November 2006.