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MON 08 AUGUST 2011

Productivity Commission final report on aged care

The Gillard Labor Government today released the 2011 Productivity Commission Report, Caring for Older Australians. The Government thanks the Productivity Commission for their final report, which provides analysis of the aged care sector and detailed proposals for aged care...

THU 04 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of interview with Tony Jones, Lateline

HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for joining us. PM: Thank you, Tony. HOST: Do you think Australian voters will by and large applaud images of asylum seekers being forcibly removed to Malaysia? ...

WED 03 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Melbourne

PM: I’m here today at Maroondah Hospital and I’m joined by the Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon and of course by our local Member Mike Symon, and I’d like to say a very big thank you to all the staff and patients here at Maroondah who have made us feel so welcome today, as...

WED 03 AUGUST 2011

National health reform gains for Maroondah Hospital

Patients at Maroondah Hospital will benefit from better access to elective surgery, emergency treatment and sub-acute hospital bedsas a result of the Gillard Government’s historic national health reforms. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the national health agreement will...

TUE 02 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

PM: I am joined by the Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon. In February this year I sat in this building with premiers and chief ministers from around the country and we entered an agreement to fundamentally reform our health system, an agreement to deliver better services to patients...

TUE 02 AUGUST 2011

National health reform finalised

The Gillard Government today signed off on the final details of national health reforms with all States and Territories to secure the future of health in Australia. This historic agreement will deliver the funding public hospitals need, with unprecedented levels of transparency and...

THU 07 JULY 2011

Transcript of interview with David Speers, Sky News

HOST: Prime Minister welcome, I want to start with the live cattle trade, it’s now been reopened to Indonesia, are you able to say now that no Australian cattle will be subject to the sort of brutal slaughter that we saw in the Four Corners program? ...

THU 30 JUNE 2011

GP health care a call away for families

After hours GP advice will only be a phone call away for Australian families with the launch of the after hours GP helpline tomorrow. The new helpline is one of the Gillard Labor Government’s key health initiatives that will provide late night reassurance for families,...

WED 29 JUNE 2011

Telehealth transforming health care

Australian patients will be able to have Medicare funded consultations with any medical specialist via a video conference for the first time starting this Friday. Telehealth will transform the way health care is delivered in Australia by removing distance, time and cost as a barrier to...

MON 27 JUNE 2011

Transcript of interview with Jon Faine, ABC Melbourne

HOST: Prime Minister, good morning to you. PM: Good morning, Jon. HOST: We’ll come to carbon tax problems in a moment, but I understand today you’re going to get for your anniversary a writ from Big Tobacco, who are opposed to your plain packaging legislation. Do...

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