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• Parents warned of new child restraint laws

  Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 4:18pm CST

  New child restraint laws come into effect from today.

• States to meet hospital boards bill: Redmond

  Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 4:18pm CST

  Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond says South Australia will have to meet the bill for hospital boards under the Federal Government's proposed hospitals takeover.

• Questions raised over adults and children sharing wards

  Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 4:18pm CST

  The New South Wales opposition is calling for answers on how many hospitals are housing adults and children in the same wards.

• Rudd flags two-tier hospital system

  Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 4:18pm CST

  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Government will offer incentive payments to outstanding hospitals under its new health plan.

• 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

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

  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.