Tasmanian Times
Health
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4.2K“A significant gap remains”
Image: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/health/index.html Aboriginal communities and human rights groups are in full cry over a legislation feared to being approved by the Australian...
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How to save our hospitals
Pic of Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne, left and Premier Lara Giddings. Pic: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ When politicians hand out grants worth hundreds...
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The Good, Bad and Ugly of Electroconvulsive or Shock Therapy
There is something about the words “ETC Folder” written down the spine of a K-Mart folder in big blue texta that concentrates...
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Standing up for sex workers is standing up for pimps
Elite academics in Australia love to profess their support for ”sex workers”. University of New South Wales academic Catharine Lumby in ”Sex...
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Dr Warwick Raverty: Many acts of bullying and intimidation in CSIRO
Dr Warwick Raverty speaks at a pulp mill rally. Picture: Dave Groves, http://adigitalphotographer.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/once-upon-a-night-time/ The Victims Of CSIRO group was formed in mid-2011...
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Dear Dr Bleaney
Dear Dr Bleaney, I’m responding, on behalf of Minister Green, to your email of 10 June 2012 concerning agricultural pesticides. I note...
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Many minders make much work
Spot Turnbull image from SMH tribute, here REGINALD (Spot) Turnbull achieved great things as Tasmania’s second state health minister. After he succeeded...
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The federal health package: less than meets the eye
Pic: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ The federal health package, negotiated between the Commonwealth government and the Denison independent, Andrew Wilkie, comes with an...
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What do readers think of this idea?
Some years ago I sprained a muscle in my back which left me totally incapacitated. A single ambulance driver came to my...
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$325M rescue package to revive Tasmania’s public health system
$325M RESCUE PACKAGE TO REVIVE TASMANIA’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the Federal Government’s $325m...
