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• Consumers fed up with misleading food labels

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Consumer groups say the serving sizes listed on food packaging may be giving people the wrong impression about how much they should eat.

• Waiting list blowout

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The W-A Opposition says patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital have been forced to wait longer for elective surgery after operating theatres were closed for 42 days over the Christmas period.

• Abbott attacks PM as 'weak and tricky'

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, accusing him of being untrustworthy, deceptive and "tricky" with voters.

• Charles Darwin Uni gets $10m research boost

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Charles Darwin University has received a further $10 million in federal funding to develop its research sector.

• Child burn injuries spike over summer

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  A conference in northern Tasmania has heard there has been a sharp rise in the number of children needing treatment for burns this summer.

• Emergency waiting times put lives at risk: Opposition

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The Queensland Government has defended the performance of the State's public hospital emergency departments, and promised to release a more detailed report card.

• China seizes more tainted milk powder

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Chinese authorities are shutting dairy companies down following the discovery of new batches of poisoned milk powder.

• Nurses welcome changes to migration rules

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) says it welcomes changes the Federal Government is introducing to the skilled migration program.

• Researcher warns on herbal medicines

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  A forensic pathologist thinks some people's embarrassment about taking herbal medicines can leave them vulnerable to taking a lethal cocktail of drugs.

• Swine flu vaccine push

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The New South Wales Government has launched a month-long push to get people to vaccinate themselves and their children against swine flu.

• Beaches reopen after stinger threat

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Beaches across far north Queensland reopened yesterday afternoon four days after they were closed due to the potentially fatal irukandji jellyfish.

• Hospital delays pressuring remote health: RDAQ

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The Rural Doctors Association (RDAQ) of Queensland says patients in remote areas of north Queensland may suffer if Townsville hospital's waiting lists remain high.

• Toddler in front seat with alleged drink driver

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Police have arrested a man who they say was drunk, while driving with his 18-month-old son in the front seat.

• No deal: Calvary sale falls through

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The deal to sell Canberra's Calvary Public Hospital has been called off.