Revelations this week that Western Australia health department officials recently accepted $750,000 worth of gifts from sources including drug and device makers are simply unbelievable.
Junkets
Spinning the Media: Pack your suitcase for some free advertising
Welcome to a world of junkets and media familiarisation tours: also known as the travel section of your local newspaper, write Giselle Nguyen, Ajay Khandhar and Yasmin Geneva.
Ethics on holiday for NYT and Newsweek writers’ Jamaica junket
Writers from the NY Times and Newsweek have been caught out skirting their companies’ ethics policies on an all-expenses-paid “swag orgy” junket to Jamaica , courtesy of Thrillist.
Political snippets: No good press for MP travel junkets
Why it’s a good idea for pollies to stay home for the holidays and viewing Hillary Clinton through the prism of existentialism.
Never mind the politicians, what about funded trips for doctors?
Amidst all the public angst about politicians accepting trips and other gifts, these practices continue unabated amongst the medical profession, writes Melissa Sweet.
Medicines Australia: Time for a crackdown on junkets
There is no reason why appropriate standards of conduct should not be enforceable for all pharmaceutical companies, writes Ian Chalmers.
