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15 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Tribute paid to former MP for big donation to the Lung Institute of WA Victor P Taffa Health Minister Kim Hames today paid tribute to former MLA and Opposition Whip Barry Blaikie, who has made the biggest private donation ever received by the Lung Institute of WA (LIWA). Dr. Hames said the [...]
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15 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames New Director General for Department of Health Victor P Taffa Health Minister Kim Hames today announced the appointment of Kim Snowball as Director General of the Department of Health for a term of Five years. The recruitment process for the role included an international search, begun in January and culminating in an [...]
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12 July 2010
Victoria Shadow Minister for Health David Davis BRUMBY FAILURE ON SOUTHERN HEALTH PERFORMANCE Victor P Taffa DANGEROUSLY ILL PATIENT WALKS OUT OF CASEY HOSPITAL John Brumby’s health system has failed yet another Victorian, this time a young woman who presented at Casey Hospital Emergency Department with an ectopic pregnancy. Shadow Minister for Health David Davis said Casey Hospital, a facility [...]
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12 July 2010
Victoria Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan AUDITOR-GENERAL TO PROBE BRUMBY’S AMBULANCE FAILURES Victor P Taffa The Auditor-General will report to Parliament before the State Election on John Brumby’s string of Regional Ambulance Failures after the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition asked him to investigate Labor’s Ambulance Crisis. Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Development and Leader [...]
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12 July 2010
Victoria Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu COALITION ANNOUNCES $2 Million UPGRADE FOR WARRAGUL EMERGENCY DEPT Victor P Taffa The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition if elected in November will provide $2 Million for the Redevelopment of the Emergency Department at Warragul Hospital, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Leader Ted Baillieu said today. “The upgrade of the Warragul Hospital Emergency [...]
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11 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames New Health and Wellbeing Centre for Peel Region Victor P Taffa Health Minister Kim Hames was today joined by elders and community members to officially open Nidjalla Waangan Mia – a dedicated Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Centre for the Peel Region. The Centre, which includes a Primary Health Care Service, is part [...]
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11 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Albany Health Campus-Contract Awarded Victor P Taffa The new $166 Million Albany Health Campus today marked another important milestone with John Holland Pty Ltd awarded the contract for the first stage of design and construction. Health Minister Kim Hames said he was delighted building was on track for a 2012 finish, with [...]
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09 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls New Medical Centre Opens in Wongan Hills Victor P Taffa Wheatbelt residents will have better access to medical services thanks to a new Medical Centre at Wongan Hills, funded by the State Government’s Royalties for Regions Program. Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls opened the new $1.6 Million Medical Centre which adjoins [...]
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08 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs Everyone’s business: Have Your Say on Mental Health Reform in WA Victor P Taffa The Liberal-National Government is inviting West Australians to have a say on Mental Health Reform in WA. Releasing the ‘WA Mental Health Towards 2020: Consultation Paper’, Mental Health Minister Graham Jacobs encouraged all West Australians to make [...]
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30 June 2010
Victoria Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu COALITION ALLOCATES TEN ADDITIONAL MICA PARAMEDIC TEAMS FOR REGIONAL VICTORIA Victor P Taffa The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition today announced if it wins the November election, it will allocate ten new MICA Single Responder Units in regional Victoria, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Ted Baillieu said. The Single Responder Units (SRUs) will [...]
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30 June 2010
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott Federal Election 2010 Mental Health Plan Victor P Taffa The Federal Coalition will provide $1.5 billion to expand frontline services to cut the burden of Mental Health disorders within Australia. The Federal Coalition’s Real Action Plan for Better Mental Health will deliver 20 new Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centres (based on the EPPIC [...]
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28 June 2010
Victoria Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu COALITION’S HUGE BOOST TO AMBULANCE SERVICE WITH 340 NEW OFFICERS Victor P Taffa 13 % INCREASE IN OPERATIONAL AMBULANCE OFFICERS ACROSS VICTORIA 210 NEW AMBULANCE PARAMEDICS FOR REGIONAL VICTORIA 100 NEW AMBULANCE PARAMEDICS FOR METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE 30 NEW PATIENT TRANSPORT OFFICERS A Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Government will recruit an additional 310 New Ambulance Paramedics plus 30 [...]
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28 June 2010
Victoria Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu COALITION ANNOUNCES NEW WALLAN AMBULANCE STATION Victor P Taffa The Victorian Liberal National Coalition announced today that if elected in November it will in its first term build a full 24 hour Ambulance Station at Wallan in Mitchell Shire, Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Leader Ted Baillieu said. Mr. Baillieu said this commitment follows today’s [...]
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27 June 2010
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Outliving most of the world, but not healthy in every way, says nation’s health report card Victor P Taffa Australians generally enjoy good health, and as a nation we are among the healthiest in the world—but there is still room for improvement, according to the latest national report card on health, released [...]
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