Tasmanian Times
Health
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1.0KCOMMENT: Does the Tasmanian Government really know what its policy is on pathology privatisation?
The Minister for State Growth, Matthew Groom, emphatically told State Parliament on Wednesday last week that the Hodgman Government’s policy was that...
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State Government considers secret private bid for public ‘medical services’
The State Government is refusing to disclose details of unsolicited bids received by the Office of the Coordinator-General from companies pitching proposals...
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Health underfunded by $1.4 billion over a decade
Tasmania’s state health system has been underfunded, compared with those in other states, by at least $1.4 billion over the past decade....
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What happens if a major political donor doesn’t disclose?
People who don’t vote – unless they persuade the Australian Electoral Commission that they have a compelling excuse – are subject to...
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Who’s a Liberal donor gonna call? Rentbusters!
Federal Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, has confirmed that she is considering a proposal by Australia’s private pathology industry lobby group to...
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The private pathology industry emerges as major Tasmanian Liberals donor
In the past three years a Canberra-based lobby group for Australia’s $2.5 billion a year private pathology industry – together with two...
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Federal Hotels’ predicament
*Pic: From ‘Team Mulawa’ here: “Greg Farrell Jr, “Mr. Mulawa”: Greg is by nature very hands-on – activity done translates into learning...
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Pioneer folk wonder if TasWater’s WorkSafe Tasmania Award is a joke …
On the eve of Pioneer’s third ‘anniversary’ living with lead-contaminated drinking water, TasWater pockets the WorkSafe Tasmania Award (and $5000, TT here:...
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Palm oil, pollution and pyro-politics
*Pic: Figure 1. Borneo, in a non El Nino year: The skies over Putusibau, West Kalimantan, 28 October 2014. Another smokey morning...
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NATION, Turnbull: ‘Small L’ Liberal Or Planet-Eating Death Star … ? Amnesty, Abyan
*Pic: Original image: Serious Cat, Flickr Early indications from the Turnbull Government Next week, Malcolm Turnbull will clock up six weeks as...
