Campaign to tackle depression - June 27, 2006
A new national campaign and telephone hotline to tackle depression in men living in rural areas will be launched by Melbourne- based anti-depression agency Beyondblue...More

The Bush To Benefit From Increased Registrar Numbers - June 26, 2006
The Australian Divisions of General Practice welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s Rural Transition Program (RTP) aimed at encouraging medical graduates wanting to specialise in general practice to be trained in the areas that need them most...More

We must save our small hospitals, for the good of the nation - June 24, 2006
Small hospitals have been the lifeblood of communities across Australia for more than a century...More

Stay fit or lose health fund discount - June 23, 2006
Former smokers who resume the habit and gym bunnies who let their visits slip will be stripped of health insurance discounts under a plan being put to the federal Government...More

Funding For Rural Pharmacy Programs And Services - June 23, 2006
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, announced several measures to enhance professional practice and services provided through community pharmacies under the Fourth Community Pharmacy Agreement...More 

Diagnosis: nation in good shape but at obesity risk - June 22, 2006
Australians are among the healthiest people in the world but an alarming rise in obesity and diabetes could lead to a drop in their life expectancy and place unprecedented pressure on an already stretched health system...More

Black health 'horror' - June 22, 2006
Seventy per cent of Aboriginal people die before the age of 65, compared with 20 per cent of non-indigenous Australians...More

Australians living longer - June 21, 2006
Australians are living longer and children are healthier but obesity and poor Aboriginal health continue to dog the nation, according to a new report...More

Rural Health Education Foundation Hits Milestone Of 600 Satellite Receiving Sites - June 21, 2006
The Rural Health Education Foundation is pleased to announce that it now has more than 600 satellite receiving sites for its health and medical professional development television programs...More

E-health on life support says Labor - June 20, 2006
The nation's e-health strategy is an expensive failure, with little to show for more than $200 million spent on consultancies and small projects, according to opposition health spokeswoman Julia Gillard...More

AIHW Confirms Labor's Findings On Aged Care - June 16, 2006
The release today of Residential Aged Care in Australia 2004-05, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare confirms Labor's findings of significant aged care bed shortages and highlights the Howard Government's failure to provide sufficient residential aged care beds for frail older people in Australia...More

Medical education still has a beating heart - June 6, 2006
A 50-year-old man lies prepped and draped on the operating table, the hiss of the ventilator almost strangely in synch with the gentle strains of the cardiac surgeon's favourite Mozart sonata...More

Ending medical guesswork - June 3, 2006
If you'd had the misfortune to get sick in 19th-century , chances are you would have endured the treatment du jour - having your blood sucked out by a leech...More

Interviewing prospective students weeds out the ill-suited - June 3, 2006
We all know a good doctor - or a bad one - when we encounter one...More

No guarantee on premiums: Abbot - June 2, 2006
The sale of Medibank Private alone would not push up private health insurance premiums, Health Minister Tony Abbott said...More

$50m private health ads 'planned' - June 2, 2006
The Federal Government plans to spend $50 million on advertising private health care products, but should instead use the money to combat childhood obesity, Labor said today...More

Abbott hospital view startling: Gillard - June 1, 2006
Health Minister Tony Abbott's comments on rising health costs and hospital waiting lists was a startling admission, Labor said today...More

State/Territory News

782 Doctors Have Started Work Since Mini Budget - June 26, 2006
A record 782 doctors have commenced work in the Queensland public health system since the October mini-budget, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today...More

Wider powers for private hospitals - June 25, 2006
New South Wales private hospitals will be required to more rigorously investigate serious mistakes in a plan to bring them into line with the state's public system...More

National Dementia Research Centre For Brisbane - June 23, 2006
QUT has won Federal Government funding to establish a $2.2million Dementia Collaborative Research Centre at Kelvin Grove to help strengthen Australia's ability to improve the quality of life for people with dementia - a group now numbering more than 200,000...More

Senior Doctors To Head Queensland's New Health Watchdog - June 23, 2006
Senior doctors will be in charge of Queensland's new independent health watchdog, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today... More

Dollars Spent = Better Health For NSW - June 22, 2006
AMA (NSW) welcomes the latest improvements in the NSW public hospital waiting list for elective surgery...More

Beds Will Determine The State Of Our Health - June 22, 2006
Despite a reported 16 per cent increase in national health funding in the last decade, bed numbers will be key to alleviating pressure on our hospitals...More

Townsville Is Home To Australia's Largest Community Health Hub - June 21, 2006
Australia's largest community health facility was officially opened in Townsville today by Health Minister Stephen Robertson...More

$1 Billion Pay Rise For Queensland Nurses Delivered - June 19, 2006
Pay rises and better working conditions worth nearly $1 billion have been delivered for Queensland's 23,000 public sector nurses, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today...More

Queensland Health And GPs Work Together To Combat Chronic Disease - June 16, 2006
The Beattie Government has delivered a $2.8 million boost to support local general practitioners in their efforts to combat chronic disease...More

Fluoride Is Sound Public Health Policy - June 16, 2006
AMA Queensland has backed renewed calls by the Australian Dental Association Queensland for water fluoridation to combat the growing epidemic of tooth decay in our State...More

Extra $9.7b for health: Beattie - June 5, 2006
An extra $9.7 billion would be spent on health over the next five years, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said today...More

States ask Canberra to control hospitals - June 2, 2006
A Commonwealth takeover of state-run public hospitals has been put back on the national agenda, this time by two Labor state governments...More