3 March, The Australian QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has offered cautious support for Kevin Rudd's $50 billion takeover of health funding, describing it as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity''.
1 March, Adelaide Now PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will move to seize control of hospital funding from the states in a provocative shake-up of the nation's health system, to be announced this week.
28 February, The Daily Telegraph A FORMER Adelaide University student has been charged with masqueraded as a doctor at a Northern Territory hospital.
26 February, The Australian AN 11-year-old Queensland boy has delivered one of his mother's premature twin babies.
26 February, Brisbane Times DOCTORS are slugging it out with chiropractors and podiatrists over exclusive use of the titles ''doctor'' and ''surgeon'' in a dispute triggered by a national scheme meant to unify the caring professions.
22 February, The Age - National AAP Health authorities hope a mandatory calorie count label on fast food will spark a fat-busting war among retailers as consumers switch to healthier options.
19 February, The Australian MEDICAL schools have warned a $1.6 billion deal by Australian governments to support clinical training -- including a guarantee of an intern place for medical and nursing graduates -- could blow a hole in their finances by excluding overseas fee-paying students.
19 February, The Daily Telegraph HOSPITALS have been forced to increase camera surveillance and restrict access to medicine cabinets to stop staff stealing drugs.
18 February, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners The Australian Government has recently released a new brochure and poster for Australian General Practice.
16 February, Yorke Peninsula Country Times Journalist: John Duncan — The Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA) has welcomed the federal government’s announcement of a $6000 training bonus offered to city general practitioners in exchange of four weeks locum work in the country.
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