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3 June 2011 Threatening to deny states funding under its so-called health ‘reforms’ is a sign of Nicola Roxon’s desperation to get a deal on health. For the second time in a year, Labor’s ‘reform’ is stalled with the Health Minister convening a crisis meeting next week to appease the states... Read more...
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA House of Representatives STATEMENT BY MEMBERS Hansard Thursday 2 June 2011 The Hon Peter Dutton MP regarding the senseless killing of Senior Constable Damian Leeding 13:48 I pay respect to and honour to plain clot... Read more...
30 May 2011 Joint media release from The Hon Peter Dutton MP Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing and Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Shadow Minister for Ageing and Shadow Minister for Mental Health. Health Minister Nicola Roxon will be forced to convene a meetin... Read more...
17 May 2011 Joint Media Release from Hon Peter Dutton MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing and Senator Fierravanti-Wells, Shadow Minister for Ageing and Shadow Minister for Mental Health. A Senate Committee hearing has again revealed the incompetence of the Health Ministe... Read more...
13 May 2011 The Budget has shown the Gillard Government’s folly in refusing expert advice to list crucial new drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. ‘Prevenar 13 catch up’ was one of eight medications the Gillard Labor Cabinet refused in February to subsidise either on the PBS or the National... Read more...
12 May 2011 “The Federal Budget confirms how out of touch Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan are with Australian families. It fails the essential test: to ease the cost of living on Australians who face higher prices every day,” the Member for Dickson Peter Dutton said today. “There is no... Read more...
9 May 2011 Legislation to establish a National Health Performance Authority should be withdrawn from Parliament until the Gillard Labor Government addresses the concerns of states and stakeholders who know the health system best. The National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Aut... Read more...
4 May 2011 Eleven million Australians with private health insurance face further cost of living pressures from the Gillard Labor Government’s plans to means test private health insurance rebates. New research has found that Labor’s proposals, likely to be re-introduced into Parliament in coming wee... Read more...
19 April 2011 Nicola Roxon is under increasing pressure to clarify the Government’s position and rule out any cuts to health and medical research in the upcoming Federal Budget. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the proposed cuts of $400 million and the media reports today of an unconfirmed ... Read more...
11 April 2011 The Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton today welcomed the certainty for the pathology sector that would be provided by a new agreement with the Commonwealth Government. The previous Coalition Government had a longstanding Memorandum of Understanding with the sector which effectiv... Read more...