Tasmanian Times
Health
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1.1KIn Search of Wisdom
The getting and begetting of wisdom – so revered in the past as a practical and spiritual necessity for both individuals and...
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Asylum seeker’s ‘brain death’ shows failure of care and of democracy
The news that Hamid Kehazaei, a 24-year-old Iranian asylum seeker detained on Manus Island, has been diagnosed as brain dead following his...
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Tasmanians are the biggest losers …
With the one year anniversary of the Abbott Government, Tasmanians will be the biggest losers from what is already recognised as one...
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A bad budget for patients
It is, as usual, extremely difficult to cut through the spin and work out, in real terms, how the budget cuts affect...
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Pharmaceutical industry code of conduct fails to find favour
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is considering whether to approve the latest Medicines Australia code of conduct for pharmaceutical companies....
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Tasmanians puffing twice need to seek advice: National Asthma Week 2014 (1-7 Sept) … Morwell …
Friendly Care Chemmart Pharmacy Manager Ashlee Anderson shows asthma and hay fever sufferer Anne Warren how to use her asthma reliever medication....
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Critic of Tasmania’s health reform gets Government invitation to contribute to plan
HEALTH Minister Michael Ferguson has invited health economist Martyn Goddard – A TT regular analyst since 2012 (all Martyn’s articles here) –...
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Swedish journalist visiting Australia calls for a stop to surrogacy
Kajsa Ekis Ekman is a Swedish journalist, activist and feminist visiting Australia as a guest speaker at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas...
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Abbott’s climate denial puts Hydro Tasmania on life support
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens senator for Tasmania offers the following comments on the impact of the Government’s climate policies on Tasmania: “The...
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The callous, appalling and simplistic response of Brett Whiteley
Since the 1980’s I have worked both in Burnie on the North West Coast and now in Triabunna on Tasmania’s East Coast....
