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Not good enough – Julia!

27 July 2010 The Rudd-Gillard has failed yet again to grasp what needs to be done in health. Today’s announcement of additional $277 million funding for suicide prevention falls far short of the needs of the mental health sector and those who suffer from mental health conditions. Shadow He... Read more...

Remember Rudd - Who’d believe Gillard?

26 July 2010 Today’s announcement by Julia Gillard to increase the number of doctors and nurses in emergency departments over the next decade is just “more of the same” from Labor. Another promise in health that is unlikely ever to be met. In fact they’ve made these promises before... Read more...

Gillard’s gloss will become Bligh’s blight

21 July 2010 Julia Gillard will do to Australia what Anna Bligh has done to Queensland. That is why she is desperate to avoid being seen with the Queensland Premier and next-in-line Labor national president. She knows that if Queenslanders look into the Gillard mirror they ... Read more...

Direct action on Health - $35 millionfor a Diabetes Clinical Trial Network

5 July 2010 Hundreds of families in Pine Rivers could benefit directly or in the future from the establishment of Diabetes Clinical Trial Network (CTN) in Australia. The Coalition will provide $35 million dollars to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to pursue finding a cure ... Read more...

Coalition to expand frontline community mental health services

30 June 2010 Mental health professionals and services in Dickson will get greater support from a major expansion of frontline mental healthcare services under a Coalition Government, the Member for Dickson and Shadow Minister for Health, Peter Dutton said today. In particular young people suf... Read more...

Rudd health ‘reforms’ – nothing changes

23 June 2010 First it was Victoria – now it’s New South Wales - saying clearly – ‘nothing will change in health under Kevin Rudd’s health reforms’. John Brumby said it on his return to Melbourne after the COAG meeting that Kevin Rudd’s great big ‘reforms’ to health meant there would be “no big chan... Read more...

Dickson Report - May 2010

Shameful treatment of distinguished Australian

21 June 2010 Kevin Rudd has again shown his spiteful true colours in Parliament today refusing to acknowledge the work of Professor John Mendoza for the government and for those who suffer mental health issues. The Prime Minister never once mentioned Professor Mendoza when questioned about the Prof... Read more...

More Rudd waste - this time in health

10 June 2010 The Coalition today slammed the Rudd Government for its ongoing incompetence and mismanagement of the Medicare Chronic Disease Dental Scheme. It joins the failed pink batt insulation program and school halls waste as yet another example of the Rudd Government’s inability to man... Read more...

Rudd deceiving with health advertising

8 June 2010 Health workers and the public are being misled by the Rudd Government’s deceptive advertising campaign on its so-called health ‘reforms’ which promises a ‘federally funded – locally managed’ health and hospitals system. The Prime Minister’s deception was apparent... Read more...

Question marks over Rudd health ‘reforms’

7 June 2010 Joint Media Release the Hon Peter Dutton MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Senator Fierravanti-Wells, Shadow Minister for Ageing. A variety of the nation’s major medical groups today questioned whether the Rudd Government’s so-called health reforms would meet the many prom... Read more...

Health Minister and Rudd Labor – the giant risk to health

3 June 2010 Health Minister Nicola Roxon is the perfect example of why Rudd Labor gave us the deadly pink batt blunders and the school hall scandals, she’s so busy out there scaremongering that she’s not doing her job. The Minister constantly engages in juvenile attempts to misrepresent the... Read more...

Budget Back-flip Roxon stalls mental health cuts

19 May 2010 Health Minister Nicola Roxon has been forced to perform the first Budget back-flip of 2010 less than a week after it was delivered. The Health Minister announced today that she would defer changes that would have prevented social workers and occupational therapists providing mental hea... Read more...

Kids Alive - Living with Water

Kids Alive – Living with Water Peter Dutton MP met with Laurie Lawrence recently at a function promoting Living with Water. Laurie Lawrence has teamed up with the Australian Government to produce a comprehensive free water safety DVD for parents of children under five years of age. “Sadly, since ... Read more...

Salvation Army - Red Shield Appeal 2010

Salvation Army – Red Shield Appeal 2010 On 7 May 2010, as Chairman of the Pine Rivers District Red Shield Appeal, I was very pleased to launch the 2010 Red Shield Appeal for our local area. The Red Shield Appeal doorknock assists our local Salvation Army with fundraisi... Read more...

Super clinic $$$ splash

11 May 2010 Splashing hundreds of millions of dollars on more so-called GP super clinics in tonight’s Budget would be a massive mistake, Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said today. It would be a massive mistake because the Rudd Government had shown itself incapable of deliv... Read more...

"Dominant Funding" status out the window

18 April 2010 The focal point of Kevin Rudd’s so-called health reform – making the Commonwealth the dominant funder of public hospitals - appears to be disappearing fast even before the participants have sat around the COAG table. Nicola Roxon, Kristina Keneally and Wayne Swan now are all t... Read more...

Rudd's health plan -time for transparency

9 April 2010 Mr Brumby makes a very serious claim that questions the Prime Minister’s ‘dominant funder’ status. If the claim by Mr Brumby is correct that under Mr Rudd’s plan Commonwealth funding will go from 41 per cent to 42 per cent, not 60 per cent, then Mr Rudd must now clarify... Read more...

Rudd plan - policy on the run

24 March 2010 Kevin Rudd’s admission yesterday that he would have to adjust funding in his “health plan” to keep regional hospitals open clearly showed how he was making policy on the run. Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said it had taken just two weeks for Kevin Rudd to per... Read more...

Breast Care Nurses success

18 March 2010 The Coalition today welcomed the news that almost two thousand Australian women had been assisted by McGrath Foundation breast care nurses. Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said breast care nurses played an important role in helping women who are diagnosed with breast can... Read more...

Rudd Plan threatens hundreds of hospitals

17 March 2010 Kevin Rudd’s so-called health reforms threaten hundreds of regional hospitals. Research for the NSW Government indicates that any hospital with ten or fewer beds or those that have unpredictable workloads would face closure under Mr Rudd’s plan for case-mix funding... Read more...

Rudd Government starving The Men's Shed

15 March 2010 Around the country thousands of Dads and other ‘ordinary’ blokes come together every week under the ‘Men’s Shed’ banner. The Men’s Shed – there are more than 400 of them across Australia – provides a location and support system for many men who are socially... Read more...

Dickson Report - November 2009

Distraction not reform - spin not substance

2 March 2010 Watch out Australia – Kevin Rudd intends to “whack” you before you get the chance to “whack” him – forget all those crocodile tears at the weekend. It seems certain he’s going to “whack-in” a whole new layer of bureaucracy as his answer to ‘fixing’ hospitals and health. It’s a well wo... Read more...

Insider’s revelations require investigation

22 February 2010 Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton today called for an inquiry into an insider’s revelations of events within the Department of Health and the Health Minister’s office. Mr Dutton said the Government must hold an open and transparent investigation to answer the serious questions ra... Read more...

Health change deniers

9 February 2010 Having failed to deliver on their promises to fix health, Kevin Rudd and Nicola Roxon are now trying to re-write history. The Minister’s contention today that there was no promise to ‘fix’ hospitals by mid-2009 defies belief, Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said. Mr D... Read more...

Humiliation for Health Minister - Cataract Backdown

29 January 2010 Nicola Roxon’s humiliating backdown on cataract surgery rebates showed how ill-conceived her decision to attempt to slash them by 50 per cent was in the first place. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said it also showed how little the Health Minister an... Read more...

It’s official – Health is headless and Rudderless

15 January 2010 A former senior Labor adviser’s recommendation that the Federal Department of Health virtually be abolished is a stinging indictment of Kevin Rudd and his hapless Health Minister Nicola Roxon. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the findings of the Baxter ... Read more...

Power bills cut by 40%

A Warner couple, Darren and Sally Vardy, have told Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott they have cut their power bills by around 40 per cent after putting solar panels on their roof. Mr Abbott inspected the Vardy’s solar system during a visit to the Dickson electorate on Wednesday... Read more...

‘Programmatic specificity’ needed on hospital reform

15 December 2009 Kevin Rudd is openly preparing to recycle his promise to ‘fix’ the nation’s public hospitals in next year’s election campaign. According to media reports today, Mr Rudd has set out ‘his plan for next year’ which includes a promise to ‘table his proposals for fixing... Read more...

Another verdict – Hospitals aren’t fixed

10 December 2009 The Productivity Commission report today on the Performance of Public and Private Hospitals is yet another verdict on Kevin Rudd’s failure to ‘fix’ public hospitals. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the report found that in several ways private hospitals we... Read more...

Show us the money – Kev!

8 December 2009 Kevin Rudd looks more and more like a Labor State Premier as every day passes. The announcement of “a further” $300 million for elective surgery at the Brisbane COAG meeting comes directly from the Labor Premiers’ bags of political trickery. In pure Bob Carr, Morri... Read more...

Qld Labor admits health failure

4 December 2009 Queensland Labor has finally admitted that it can’t manage the State’s health system. Today’s report in Brisbane’s Courier Mail – “Let Canberra have our hospitals” – was an abject admission of failure, Federal Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said today. “Fo... Read more...

NSW health remains in critical condition

4 December 2009 The latest performance data for New South Wales hospitals highlights yet again the failure of the State Labor Government to manage the health system and of Kevin Rudd to keep his promise to ‘fix’ public hospitals. Not one area health service across the entire state ... Read more...

Minister plays with peoples Health

27 November 2009 The Health Minister’s latest manoeuvre on Medicare rebates for cataract surgery – to yet again lift them by a few measly dollars – shows her absolute lack of concern for patients. Shadow Minister Peter Dutton described it as a sick joke. “The... Read more...

Government snubs new chance to restore cataract rebate

25 November 2009 The Senate today disallowed the Rudd Government’s savage cuts to Medicare rebates for cataract surgery for a second time. The disallowance again forces the Rudd Government to confront its ill-conceived decision to make cataract surgery more expensive for patients. The Gov... Read more...

Government gets second chance on cataract rebates

24 November 2009 The Rudd Government this afternoon gets its second chance to stop hurting patients needing cataract surgery by ensuring its short-sighted cuts to Medicare rebates are reversed. It can support amendments to the Health Insurance Act which will guarantee that rebates for cata... Read more...

Roxon running out of time

19 November 2009. Nicola Roxon tomorrow will have to produce evidence to substantiate her assertions in relation to her incomprehensible decision to slash Medicare rebates for cataract surgery.‪ The Senate today ordered that she table the information that her office or the Department of ... Read more...

Roxon refuses to show or tell

18 November 2009 Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s contortions to avoid debate, scrutiny and accountability for her cruel cuts to Medicare rebates for cataract treatments reached new heights tonight. The Minister refused to comply with a Senate order requiring her to reveal the legal advice s... Read more...

Cataracts - Rudd blind to Cataract harm

18 November 2009 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd needs to end the cataract rebate bungle which has two of his Ministers taking diametrically opposed positions.On one hand Health Minister Nicola Roxon has slashed Medicare rebates for cataract surgery by almost 50 per cent saying technology now made the op... Read more...

Roxon treats patients as fools

29 October 2009 The Coalition has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to step-in and sort out Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s cataract rebate blunder. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the Prime Minister’s intervention was necessary because the situation was clearly com... Read more...

Save the National School Chaplaincy program

The Rudd Government has refused to rule out cancelling funding for this program despite figures showing 97% of school principals who have engaged a chaplain strongly support the program and recognise the benefits for their school communities. I have been a strong supporter of our C... Read more...

Rudd-Roxon determined to cut Medicare rebates

29 October 2009 The Rudd Government has this morning rejected legislation that would have prevented it slashing Medicare rebates for cataract surgery. It appears determined to punish - mostly senior Australians - who need this life-changing surgery. The Senate yesterday passed l... Read more...

Rudd-Roxon under pressure on cataracts

28 October 2009 The Coalition, independent Senators and the Greens today all urged the Rudd Government to come to their senses and fix up the mess they’ve created as a result of pressing ahead with their savage cut to Medicare rebates for cataract treatments. All non-Government Senators to... Read more...

Rudd-Roxon punish patients

28 October 2009 The fate of the Medicare rebate for cataract surgery now lies firmly in the hands of the Rudd Government and its failed Health Minister Nicola Roxon. The Senate today disallowed regulations which would have cut the current rebate in half – from more than $600 to jus... Read more...

Disallowance of Cataract Rebate charge

27 October 2009 The Coalition and crossbench Senators Nick Xenophon and Steve Fielding today began processes in the Senate to prevent the Rudd Government halving Medicare rebates for cataract treatments. It means Australians needing life-changing cataract surgery will not have to p... Read more...

Question Time Brief - 26 October 2009

Today in Question Time, Kevin Rudd again failed to answer the hard questions on the failure of his border protection policies. Kevin Rudd and Labor can't disguise the fact that they've lost control of our borders. www.youtube.com/watch Read more...

Q&A 22 October 2009

Panellists: John Elliott, businessman and blogger; Craig Emerson, Minister for Small Business; Peter Dutton, Opposition health spokesman; Louise Adler, publisher; and Annabel Crabb, journalist. One of the year's most memorable Q&A episodes, this one was dominated by the wit and good humou... Read more...

Dutton to re-contest Dickson

21 October 2009 The Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton has announced he will re-contest the seat at the next federal election. Mr Dutton this week nominated for LNP preselection for Dickson. The electoral redistribution in Queensland would make it a tough fight to ret... Read more...

Australia Day 2010 Dickson Awards

Nominations are now being accepted for the Australia Day 2010 Dickson Awards. The application form is available under 'Community Resources'. Read more...

Government games on cataracts

9 October 2009 Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton today accused the Rudd Government of trying to divert attention from the harm cuts to Medicare rebates for cataract surgery will cause. By re-announcing that it would increase one rebate for complex cataract surgery, Health Minister Nicola... Read more...

Pressure mounting for cataract backflip

1 October 2009 Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon is under mounting pressure to reconsider her decision to slash the Medicare rebate for cataract surgery. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton supported a call today from the Rural Doctors Association for the Federal Government to ... Read more...

More reason to drop cataract funding cut

22 September 2009 An AMA survey which showed that between 20,000 and 50,000 extra people might be forced to seek cataract surgery in public hospitals was all the more reason for the Rudd Government to drop its harsh proposal to halve Medicare rebates for cataract treatment. Shadow... Read more...

Anxiety and Depression Awareness (ADA) Month - October 2009

beyondblue Anxiety and Depression Awareness (ADA) Month during October provides an opportunity for workplaces, community groups and individuals to take part in activities to raise awareness of anxiety and depression and help reduce the associated stigma. Depression is common and can affect anyone a... Read more...

Bonnie Babes Foundation - Small Miracles Launch

On 16th September 2009, during the Parliamentary sitting week I attended the launch of the book 'Small Miracles' at Parliament House. The book has been published by one of Australia's top publishers Hachette Australia who publish everything from Enid Blyton to Stephen King and many well known... Read more...

Question Time Brief - 16th September 2009

Today in Question Time, Mr Rudd and Ms Gillard again turned Parliament into a farce when they refused to answer questions on important issues such as the Rudd Labor Government's wasteful and reckless spending and the dangerous accumulation of debt.Read more...

Dickson Report - July 2009

Health Minister's powers curbed

16 September 2009 The Coalition has successfully moved to ensure Health Minister Nicola Roxon will not be able to make changes to the Extended Medicare Safety Net without reference to Parliament. The Minister, in future, will have to seek the approval of both the House of Representatives and the S... Read more...

Eyesight treatment saved

16 September 2009 Nicola Roxon has been forced into another back-flip – today withdrawing treatment for macular degeneration from proposed caps to the Extended Medicare Safety Net. Sufferers of macular degeneration had feared the Rudd Government’s safety net caps would make their treatment unaffor... Read more...

Peter's Daily Telegraph blog - 16 September 2009

Remember when Kevin Rudd uttered that four-letter word on television. It was as faked and staged as everything this Prime Minister does and probably run through a focus group fifty times before it left the Prime Ministerial mouth. I don’t think he can help it – he’s just plain boring. And the Par... Read more...

Health insurance rebates saved

9 September 2009 The Rudd Labor Government’s moves to begin dismantling private health insurance in Australia have been defeated. The “Fairer Private Health Insurance Bills” were voted down by the Coalition and all cross-bench Senators. Its attempts to reduce private health insurance rebates ... Read more...

Roxon bungles and delays, but no solution on homebirth

9 September 2009 The Rudd Government has voted against a Coalition amendment to the midwife indemnity insurance Bills which would have considered the feasibility of extending the insurance provisions to independent midwives involved in homebirths. “The Minister, despite ample opportunitie... Read more...

Cataract surgery saved

8 September 2009 Senior Australians and others with cataracts will not have to pay more for cataract surgery. Rudd Labor Government attempts to halve Medicare rebates which would have left people hundreds of dollars out of pocket from November 1 will not pass the Senate. The Coalition, Indepe... Read more...

Labor's healthcare chaos: Yet another Roxon back-down

4 September 2009 The Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, has performed another spectacular back-flip – this time on the issue of midwives providing home-birthing services. It is a humiliating and major embarrassment for the Rudd Government. On the limited information available, it appears the Mini... Read more...

Labor healthcare chaos: Time for IVF action

3 September 2009 Health Minister Nicola Roxon should end continuing uncertainty for families facing increased out of pocket costs for IVF treatment to start a family. Parliament resumes next week and the Government’s changes to the Extended Medicare Safety Net, which it promised before the last ... Read more...

Not so "super" clinics

31 August 2009 Residents of the City of Cockburn in Western Australia could be waiting a long time for Kevin Rudd to deliver a new so-called “GP Super Clinic”. So far the Government is yet to have any of the 31 “Super Clinics” it promised before the last election opened and fully operational. ... Read more...

Roxon backflipping on chemotherapy

20 August 2009 Health Minister Nicola Roxon is being forced to back-down over moves to cut funding for chemotherapy drugs outlined in the Rudd Government’s first Budget. She revealed to Parliament this afternoon that she was about to postpone implementation of the Budget measure for a third time... Read more...

Nurses redundant while Kevin CONsults

16 August 2009 Nurses are being made redundant while Kevin Rudd stumbles blindly onwards with his ‘listening’ tour to find out what’s wrong in Australia’s public hospitals. That’s the incredible latest development in New South Wales Health. New South Wales Labor’s idea of ‘fixing’ hospitals i... Read more...

Emergency Dept crisis while Kevin CONsults

14 August 2009 Kevin Rudd’s hospital ‘listening’ tour rolled into Victoria today, but it seems the Prime Minister doesn’t really want to hear the truth that he has failed to ‘fix’ hospitals. The Prime Minister’s nationwide ‘consultations’ were nothing more than an exercise in PR-spin ... Read more...

Blame Game far from ended

14 August 2009 Another of Kevin Rudd’s promises – to end the blame game in health – has been shredded. After failing to ‘fix’ hospitals by mid-2009 as Mr Rudd promised, his Health Minister Nicola Roxon is now blaming the New South Wales Government for problems in hospitals. As several thousan... Read more...

Roxon deserts IVF guarantee

12 August 2009 Health Minister Nicola Roxon has deserted her guarantee to Australians needing IVF treatment that they would not be worse off under her Government’s changes to the Extended Medicare Safety Net. The Minister refused today to stand by the guarantee to the estimated 40,000 Australian... Read more...

Thousands wait while Kevin consults

10 August 2009 South Australia is the latest Labor state caught out “doctoring” elective surgery waiting lists to hide thousands of people - again highlighting the sick state of health which Kevin Rudd has failed to fix. Revelations by Adelaide’s Sunday Mail that thousands of people are “languis... Read more...

Girl loses thumb while Kevin consults

7 August 2009 The case of a New South Wales teenager who lost a finger after a bungled transfer between hospitals again highlighted the sick state of health that Kevin Rudd has failed to fix. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the case as reported in today’s Sydney Daily Telegraph was extr... Read more...

All spin - no action

27 July 2009 Kevin Rudd has run away from taking the tough decisions on health for the second time in a month. The Prime Minister failed to meet his promise to fix hospitals by mid-2009, now he’s going to sit on his hands after his handpicked Commission told him action was required. “This is ... Read more...

Promised fix replaced by failure!

21 July 2009 The latest “snapshot” of Australia’s Emergency Department’s has yet again put the lie to Kevin Rudd’s promise to “fix” the nation’s hospitals. Almost a month after Mr Rudd’s failure to deliver on his promise comes new information which shows that rather than improving – the situatio... Read more...

Dickson Seniors' Expo

On the 24 and 25 August I was very proud to celebrate Seniors Week in Dickson with the support of the Dickson Seniors' Council, a voluntary non-profit organisation representing seniors in Dickson. For many years I have proudly been a supporter of the Dickson Seniors' Expo, having started this event... Read more...

National Tree Day 2009

During the recent National Tree Day and National School's Tree Day I was lucky enough to be involved in some wonderful local activites. For National School's Tree Day I presented local schools at the Pine Rivers Show with native trees to be planted at their school grounds. I see this as a wonderful... Read more...

Salvation Army's 'Red Shield Appeal 2009'

Once again I had the pleasure of working closely with the Salvation Army as the Patron of the Pine Rivers branch of the Salvation Army to raise money for the Salvo's in their 2009 'Red Shield Appeal' campaign. During the campaign I hosted a breakfast in Dickson at Bray Park to raise money for this ... Read more...

Moreton Bay Regional Council - National Tree Day 2009

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Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) Gaythorne Sub-Branch

Coalition launches 'Engaging with Senior Australians' Initiative

The Federal Coalition has launched its ‘Engaging with Senior Australians’ initiative to hear from Senior Australians on what’s important. “This is a very important and exciting initiative that will provide senior Australians with a real opportunity to have their voices heard on the ... Read more...

No Fix - Just Failure!

30 June 2009 The deadline has arrived – the delivery is missing. Kevin Rudd’s promise to “fix” the nation’s hospitals today lies exposed as nothing more than a cynical ploy perpetrated for electoral popularity at the last election. The Prime Minister’s self-imposed deadline to “fix” hospi... Read more...

Peter's Daily Telegraph Blog - 10 June 2009

A little noticed happening occurred two weeks ago, but it was an incredibly instructive insight into the Rudd Government that is in power in Canberra. On May 25 Health Minister Nicola Roxon held a news conference, shortly after so too did the ACT’s Health Minister Katy Gallagher – both conve... Read more...

Rudd slugs health insurance over smoking

2 June 2009 The Rudd Government last night refused to increase taxes on cigarettes preferring instead to make health insurance more expensive for 1.7 million Australians. Its action will see private health insurance rebates for almost ten per cent of Australians phased down and wiped out, leaving ... Read more...

Toogoolawah Show

Friday 5 June 2009 Toogoolawah Showgrounds, Toogoolawah Instead of the regular monthly visit to the Esk region Peter and his staff will be at the Toogoolawah Show. For further information contact the office on (07) 3205 9977 or 1300 853 640 (Esk local call) or email peter.dutton.mp@aph.gov.au Read more...

Red Shield Appeal launch for 2009

Club Pine Rivers played host again this year to the Pine Rivers Area Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal Launch on Friday 8 May 2009. The Official Launch Breakfast was kindly provided by the club and brought together local businesses and community leaders, including local high school students to ... Read more...

Arthritis Week

30 March 2009 “Arthritis in children is almost as common as diabetes”, Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton MP said at the beginning of Arthritis Awareness Week. The effects of juvenile arthritis were raised at the Parliamentary Friends of Arthritis Australia meeting in Canberra March 18 wher... Read more...

Harmony Day

16 March 2009 Peter Dutton MP is encouraging the community to celebrate our special diversity and tolerance in Dickson by celebrating Harmony Day on Saturday 21 March. Harmony Day promotes respect, fairness and a sense of inclusion for all members of the Australian community. “It is importa... Read more...

ANZAC Day 2009

April 2009 I attended services at Bray Park, Kallangur and Samford. I would like to thank and pass on my best wishes to all these dedicated people who have worked tirelessly in our community to preserve the legacy of the ANZAC. Read more...

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE HIKES

The Rudd Labor Government was forced to reveal today that a staggering 1.7 million Australians – 10 per cent of the population - will be slugged with massive hikes in private health insurance costs and taxes in the wake of the Rudd Government’s broken promise on health insurance rebates. One point ... Read more...

YOUNG BOY DENIED LIFE SAVING DRUG

Bowen, a young Melbourne boy who suffers from Hunter Syndrome desperately needs access to the life saving drug, Elaprase but has been denied it. The drug is available to other young children such as Beaconsfield’s Jimmy Webber. It halts the relentless progression of the crippling disease and gives ... Read more...

'BIG SPEND' TO COVER BIG FAILURES

Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton today said Tuesday’s budget was likely to include a “big spend” in health to try to mask the Rudd Labor Government’s failure to honour its election promises. “Mr Rudd will try to divert attention from his failures and broken promises in health with a headline ann... Read more...

BROKEN PROMISES BY RUDD AND ROXON

Labor Media Release – Kevin Rudd and Nicola Roxon - 22 September 2007 “A Rudd Labor Government will retain the Medicare safety net as Australian working families have come to rely on it for help with their family budgets. “Federal Labor will not put more pressure on family budgets by taking that... Read more...

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