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Rudd to offer incentives for top hospitals

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 8:24am CST

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Government will offer incentive payments to outstanding hospitals under its new health plan.
Nursing homes facing crisis, say nurses, industry

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There are fears some of Tasmania's nursing homes will have to close their doors because of rising costs and staff shortages.
Blood Service moves to reassure nervous donors

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service has moved to reassure Tasmanians that blood supplies to the state will not be compromised.
Alcohol a 'recurring theme' in youth violence

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The chair of a long-running Federal Government inquiry into youth violence says she is starting to see a recurring connection between alcohol and aggression.
Labor repeats Burnie hospital pledge

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The Tasmanian Premier has reassured north-west residents that the government will buy back the Burnie hospital.
Parents demand school asbestos answers

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

Parents at a north Queensland high school say they want answers from Education Queensland about whether their children have been exposed to asbestos fibres.
Increase in Indigenous babies with low birth weight

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The number of Indigenous babies with a low birth weight is increasing according to a new report from the National Indigenous Health Equality Council.
Country health boost promised by ALP

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

A re-elected Labor government would set up a $22 million hospital fund to improve facilities and equipment in South Australian country hospitals.
Government to proceed with long-awaited locks

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The State Government will go ahead with ignition locks for repeat drink drivers - three years after announcing the plan.
Doctors show intended bulldozer targets

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The Save the RAH Party has taken the media on a tour of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) to boost its argument for rebuilding the hospital.
Health progress report delay

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The Tasmanian Government's quarterly health performance report looks like being delayed until after the election.
Redmond chases health policy detail

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

South Australian Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has gone to Canberra with health policy on her mind.
Bottle shop wins right to continue 24 hour trading

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The State Government is considering appealing against a ruling that means a bottle shop can keep selling alcohol 24 hours a day in Melbourne's CBD.
Police vow alcohol crackdown at Ceduna

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

New rules aimed at curbing alcohol abuse at Ceduna on South Australia's west coast are being circumvented by some residents.
Rocks thrown at anti-abortion poll campaigner

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

A Democrats election candidate, Jeanie Walker, says the anti-abortion political party, Save the Unborn, has behaved in a way that provokes attacks.
Sydney eateries trial 'scores on doors' rating scheme

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

Restaurants and cafes in Sydney's Canada Bay area will be part of a trial of a new system of rating food safety and hygiene standards.
Push on for more Indigenous health funds

Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 3:42am CST

The coordinator of a children's health program in the Torres Strait, off far north Queensland, says she will call for more funding for the region during meetings in Canberra today.
Senate rejects health rebate changes

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 2:38pm CST

The Federal Government has been given another double-dissolution election trigger with the Senate blocking changes to private health insurance.
Labor confident about hospital fix

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 2:38pm CST

The Tasmanian Government has dismissed the many hurdles facing its re-election bid on health.
'Commonsense' fix urged for dialysis dilemma

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 2:38pm CST

Aboriginal groups say the Northern Territory and South Australian governments are refusing to take responsibility for the critical shortage of dialysis places in Alice Springs.
Health Dept backs hospital services

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 2:38pm CST

The Northern Territory Department of Health has defended the standard of medical services at the Tennant Creek Hospital.
WorkSafe targets Mid West

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 2:38pm CST

Construction sites across the Mid West will come under the spotlight this week when WorkSafe begins another round of inspections.
No asbestos exposure says Woodside

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 2:38pm CST

Woodside has denied any of its workers were exposed to asbestos on the Pluto LNG project in the Pilbara.
Court grants sterilisation order for disabled girl

Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 2:38pm CST

The Family Court has granted a Queensland couple permission to have a hysterectomy performed on their 11-year-old disabled daughter.
Vet association backs Hendra audit

Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:36pm CST

The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) says it supports an audit of Queensland vet practices to reduce the risk of future outbreaks of Hendra virus.
Oldest woman in America dies age 114

Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:36pm CST

Mary Josephine Ray, the oldest woman in the United States and the second oldest woman in the world, has died at age 114 at a nursing home in the state of New Hampshire.
Human error blamed for infection scare

Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:36pm CST

Queensland Health has confirmed a dental sterilisation bungle at Bundaberg Hospital was caused by human error.
Homeowners threatened with jail over tradies' safety

Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:36pm CST

A leading workplace health and safety lawyer says homeowners will soon be facing a possible six-year jail sentence if a worker is injured or killed on their property.
More money pledged to tackle hospital waits

Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:36pm CST

The ALP has pledged to spend $109 million to ease waiting times in hospital emergency departments.
Labor campaign puts health centre stage

Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:36pm CST

Tasmania's Labor Party has begun its final re-election push with an official campaign launch focussed on health.

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