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• Boating officers in pay dispute for Harbour patrols

  Fetched: September 7th, 2008, 7:19am EDT

  Boating safety officers are in a dispute with the New South Wales Maritime authority over pay for night patrols of Sydney Harbour.

• Calls for changes to ACT Prostitution Act

  Fetched: September 6th, 2008, 10:33pm EDT

  Sex workers in the ACT want Territory legislation to be changed to better protect their members.

• Polls set to close in the state election.

  Fetched: September 6th, 2008, 7:36am EDT

  Polling will close in the state election shortly.

• 'Abortion on demand' protesters rally in Melbourne

  Fetched: September 6th, 2008, 7:36am EDT

  Anti-abortion campaigners have been rallying in central Melbourne to protest against proposed legislation to decriminalise abortion.

• Salvos cautious on part-time takeaway grog ban in Darwin

  Fetched: September 6th, 2008, 7:36am EDT

  The Salvation Army has lent some support to a suggestion that takeaway alcohol sales be banned on at least two nights a week in Darwin.

• Plastics chemical 'harms brain function in monkeys'

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 5:36pm EDT

  Scientists have reported new evidence that low doses of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), widely used to make plastic food and drinking containers, can impair brain function in primates, extending the findings of previous research conducted in rats.

• Intervention gave Indigenous children vital health care: Chalmers

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 5:36pm EDT

  The head of the Northern Territory emergency response says compulsory health checks for children have given a record number of Indigenous children much needed medical attention.

• Exciting expansion for Tas. university

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 5:36pm EDT

  The University of Tasmania is set to become a world leader in pharmaceutical research, with the opening today of a $4.6 million analytical research centre.

• E Coli found in north Qld reservoirs

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 5:36pm EDT

  The bacteria E Coli has been found in seven out of 13 reservoirs in the Queensland's far north.

• NT Health Minister denies responsibility for patient's death

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 5:36pm EDT

  Northern Territory Health Minister Chris Burns says he is not responsible for the death of a woman during a staffing crisis at Royal Darwin Hospital.

• Govt extends deadline for Haneef charges inquiry

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 5:36pm EDT

  The Federal Attorney-General has agreed to extend the deadline for the Clarke Inquiry into the case of former Gold Coast-based doctor Mohamed Haneef.

• Robertson open to discussion on kids' hospital services

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson says he is taking an open mind into tomorrow's meeting about the future of children's hospital services in Brisbane.

• Carpenter spends last day campaigning at school

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  The Labor Leader, Alan Carpenter, has spent the morning of his last day of campaigning at a primary school in Perth's northern suburbs.

• WA's first Indigenous nurse dies

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  Western Australia's first Aboriginal nurse has died at the age of 78.

• Darwin Hospital 'still short' of nurses

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  The Northern Territory branch of the Nursing Federation says there is still a shortage of nurses at Royal Darwin Hospital.

• Scientists having success in predicting premature births

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  In Australia 70 per cent of deaths of newborn babies are related to them being premature, but until recently there has been no accurate way of picking which women will go into early labour.

• Mulcahy calls for specialist Parkinson's nurses

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  Canberra Party MLA Richard Mulcahy is calling on the major parties to establish specialist nursing positions to support sufferers of Parkinson's disease.

• Health Dept to make 'tough decisions' on coronial inquiry

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  The Northern Territory Health Department says it is not afraid to make tough decisions after yesterday's coronial finding found cost-cutting contributed to a patient's death in 2006.

• Kirralee home back on track

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  A Ballarat nursing home which failed to meet patient care standards earlier this year has been given a reprieve.

• Task force finetunes country health ideas

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  The South Australian Government's country health task force says it is finetuning four key discussion papers on country health to give to Health Minister John Hill.

• Tennant Creek grog shelter numbers down

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  The number of people going to the sobering-up shelter in Tennant Creek has almost halved since new alcohol laws were introduced last month.

• Fielding threatens to block alcopops tax

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  Family First Senator Steve Fielding has not ruled out blocking the Federal Government's alcopops tax, after he joined forces with the Opposition to block the luxury car bill yesterday.

• Pan shareholders, businesses to launch class action

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  Shareholders and businesses who suffered major losses during Australia's biggest drug recall are expected to announce a class action against the Commonwealth today.

• Federal MP welcome to run hospital: Robertson

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson says a Federal Labor backbencher is welcome to take over the running of a western Queensland hospital.

• Health Dept contributed to NT patient's death: Coroner

  Fetched: September 5th, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  The Territory Coroner has found that the Territory Health Department's failure to recruit nurses for Royal Darwin Hospital contributed to a patient's death.

• New superbug strain loose in the community

  Fetched: September 4th, 2008, 7:11am EDT

  There is a new super strain of the superbug, which began in Queensland and has spread throughout Australia - and not just in hospitals.

• Toddler found floating face-down in Vic lake

  Fetched: September 4th, 2008, 7:11am EDT

  A Melbourne toddler is in a serious condition after being found floating in a lake at Warrnambool, in south-west Victoria this afternoon.

• Labor's polling hasn't improved: Premier

  Fetched: September 4th, 2008, 7:11am EDT

  The Premier Alan Carpenter says he has been told Labor's internal polling has not improved since the party strategically leaked figures two days ago.

• Toddler home after radiotherapy

  Fetched: September 4th, 2008, 3:38am EDT

  An Adelaide toddler has returned home after a trip to Britain to treat a a rare form of eye cancer.

• Greens introduce junk food ad ban bill

  Fetched: September 4th, 2008, 3:38am EDT

  The Greens have introduced a bill in the Senate to ban junk food advertisements on television during peak children viewing times.